JuJu Chan Szeto

JuJu Chan Szeto isn’t just some random action star popping up on your Netflix queue—she’s the real deal. Born in Hong Kong, raised in the States, she’s got a stuntwoman’s grit mixed with serious brains. She’s got a master’s from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, but you’ll probably know her better if you’ve seen her throwing down on screen or demolishing opponents in martial arts competitions. The woman’s not just doing movie-fake moves either—she’s repped Hong Kong’s National Taekwon-Do squad, snagged medals (gold, no less), and even jumped into the Muay Thai ring, where she took down a seasoned pro. Oh, and she’s deadly with nunchakus—double nunchakus, to be exact—which is why the Hong Kong press started calling her the “Female Bruce Lee.” No pressure, right? Before JuJu was flipping bad guys on TV, she tried her hand at beauty pageants (and, shocker, won a bunch), then dipped her toes into the music game. She’s got an album, a couple of music awards, and a solid rep as a singer-songwriter. But martial arts was always simmering in the background, just waiting for the right moment. When action roles finally became a thing for women, she brought all that training to the screen. Most folks recognize her as Zan in Wu Assassins, where she did every single fight herself—no stunt doubles, just JuJu versus the world. She’s shared scenes (and probably bruises) with big names like Donnie Yen, Iko Uwais, Tony Jaa, Scott Adkins, and Max Zhang. Basically, she’s not someone you want to mess with.