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Macau to the World: Global Icons

Some names born in Macau reached well beyond the Chinese-speaking world — leaving their mark in Hollywood, K-pop, international film festivals and contemporary art. This series gathers Macau people who became known across the globe: from the Hollywood actress Ming-Na Wen and the K-pop idol Hendery to the Australia-based director Clara Law, the US-based composer Lam Bun-Ching and the Japan-based photographer Season Lao.

A Small City, a World Stage

Macau is small, yet it has produced names that reached the world stage. Placed side by side, "born in Macau" becomes not just a birthplace but a thread running from the small city to Hollywood, Seoul, international film festivals and contemporary art.

Hollywood and K-pop

Born in Coloane, Ming-Na Wen is one of the most recognised Chinese-American actresses in Hollywood — the voice of Disney's , a familiar face from Marvel's and , named a Disney Legend in 2019 and given a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2023. From a younger generation, (Wong Kun-Hang) carried Macau into K-pop as a lead rapper of SM Entertainment's Chinese boy group WayV and of NCT — the first Macau-born artist signed to the company.

Hollywood & K-pop

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Ming-Na Wen: the Macau-born actress who carried Coloane to Hollywood

Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen, born in Coloane, Macau in 1963, is a Chinese-American actress and voice actor and one of the most internationally recognised people born in Macau. She voiced the title role in Disney's animated *Mulan*, starred in the medical drama *ER*, played Melinda May in Marvel's *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.*, and the bounty hunter Fennec Shand in the *Star Wars* series *The Mandalorian*. She was named a Disney Legend in 2019 and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.

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Hendery: the first Macau-born artist signed to SM Entertainment

Hendery

Hendery (Wong Kun-Hang), born in Macau in 1999, is a rapper and the first Macau-born artist under SM Entertainment. He was introduced as an SM Rookies member in 2018, debuted in 2019 with the Chinese boy group WayV, and formally joined NCT in 2020, serving as lead rapper of WayV and NCT U. Fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin, English and Korean, he is one of the new-generation figures born in Macau active on the international pop stage.

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