On television, she guest-starred in an episode of the television series Martial Law alongside Sammo Hung in 1998 and appeared in the sci-fi television film Epoch, which first aired on the Sci Fi Channel in 2001. In 1998, she starred in the Hong Kong action film Enter the Eagles, directed by Corey Yuen, co-starring Michael Wong and Anita Yuen. Lee made her acting debut playing a cameo in her father's 1993 biopic film Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story as the party singer of the song 'California Dreamin.'' She went on to appear in the direct-to-video films Cage II (1994) with bodybuilding veteran and actor Lou Ferrigno and High Voltage (1997) with Antonio Sabato Jr. Because the film Enter the Eagles required her to fight Benny Urquidez, Urquidez himself taught her in kickboxing.

She also studied under the tutelage of the director of Enter the Eagles, Yuen De, Jackie Chan's Chinese opera brother. She studied Taekwondo under Dung Doa Liang and Wushu under Eric Chen. To train for parts in action movies, she studied Jeet Kune Do with Ted Wong. However, her serious studies did not begin until the late 1990s. In her youth she studied Jeet Kune Do, the martial art created by her father, under Richard Bustillo, one of her father's students. She was born on April 19, 1969, in Los Angeles, to martial arts film star Bruce Lee and Linda Emery. She is the daughter of late martial arts film star Bruce Lee and retired martial arts teacher Linda Lee Cadwell, the granddaughter of Cantonese opera singer Lee Hoi-Chuen, and the younger sister of Brandon Lee. Shannon Emery Lee (born April 19, 1969) is an American actress, martial artist and businesswoman.

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