19 Mixed-Race Celebrities Who You Might Not Have Realized Have AAPI Heritage


Olivia — who is partly of Chinese descent — has talked openly about rejecting stereotypical roles. She said in 2021: “Typically, as an Asian American, as an Asian American woman, the rules are: to be the submissive wife, or to be the out of control wife, to just constantly, be supporting other people’s storylines, but creating this and perpetuating the stereotype that we are either submissive or crazy. For me, it has meant that I don’t work as much as I would want to, because, in order to work, I’d have to take a lot more of those offers. So it takes a long time of just saying no to a lot of stuff.”


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