Cynthia Rothrock
Actress and competitive karateka
American competitive karateka who became the genre's first female action star.
Quick Facts
Date of Birth3/8/1957
Country of OriginUnited States
Biography
Between 1981 and 1985 she won American and international titles in both forms and weapons divisions, and was among the first women to compete with weapons against men. She entered Hong Kong cinema as a finished competitor, not an actress learning choreography.
Associated Martial Arts
KarateChampion→
An Okinawan striking art reshaped in the 20th century into Japanese budo and an Olympic sport. Built on kata and hand and foot techniques.
Kung FuNotable figure→The collective name for hundreds of Chinese fighting traditions. It has no founder: Bodhidharma is a legend spread only from the early 20th century.