ALTERNATIVES TO FAN BINGBING : 41 FEMALE ACTRESSES OF CHINESE DESCENT ( because you’re all really out there thinking she’s the only chinese woman, and if not her then it’s zhang ziyi and occasionally liu tao )
faceclaims are listed in order of age as of september 2017 (oldest to youngest) in the format “NAME (AGE) | ETHNICITY”. note: ethnicity and nationality are NOT the same. a number of these faceclaims are mixed-race and not simply born / raised in a different country.
IMPORTANT NOTE & PSA BEFORE PROCEEDING: use the faceclaims for characters who are the same ethnicity as them, please and thank you. so many people are still getting it wrong ( yes, casting a korean fc for a chinese muse still happens ! ), and as an east-asian poc in the rp community it aggravates me to no end that people are still finding excuses for racist behaviour. thinking it’s okay to use one ethnicity in place of another completely different ethnicity is, in essence, implying that they’re interchangeable and saying they’re ‘practically the same thing’ - recognise that this is offensive.
please use this list accordingly and use the faceclaims for characters of their respective ethnicities. if you can’t find one that matches or fits, hold off on adding a faceclaim until you do. you’ll live without using a faceclaim and icons for the time being, trust me, and it’s far better than being lazy and racist.
there’s also plenty of other resources out there available for you to find a suitable faceclaim. additionally, please don’t whitewash your icons/graphics. for more guidance on how to recognise and avoid this, refer to this handy post !
ming na wen (53) | chinese
françoise yip (45) | chinese / french-canadian
sandrine holt (44) | chinese-french
grace huang (40) | chinese
lynn chen (40) | chinese
olivia cheng (38) | chinese
mei melançon (37) | chinese / japanese / french / native american
gemma chan (34) | chinese
julia ling (34) | chinese
li jun li (33) | chinese
sophie wu (33) | chinese-scottish
steph song (33) | chinese
tiffany tang (33) | chinese
celina jade (32) | chinese-american
jadyn wong (32) | chinese
jessica lu (32) | chinese
jessika van (32) | chinese
jing lusi (32) | chinese
erika fong (31) | chinese-korean
yang mi (31) | chinese
cecilia liu (30) | chinese
katie leung (30) | chinese
viann zhang (30) | chinese
kelly vitz (29) | chinese-german
zanila zhao (29) | chinese
an yue xi (28) | chinese
krista marie yu (28) | chinese
teresa daley (28) | chinese-american
li qin (26) | chinese
samantha jo (26) | chinese-canadian
zheng shuang (26) | chinese
jessica henwick (25) | singaporean-chinese / zambian / english
AM I THE ONLY ONE THAT DIDNT KNOW THAT ZOEY DEUTCH IS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH AVAN JOGIA?!?!?! WHAT THE FUCK? MY HEART IS BROKEN. MY OTP WILL NEVER HAPPEN. #ZANILA :( WELL, AT LEAST SHE LIKES GUYS WITH LONG HAIR.
I hate seeing Avan Jogia and Danila's girlfriend on my dash, it's like do you want to ruin my zanila ship because in my disfunctual mind they are married,living in Russia with two children. Nothing will convince me otherwise, not even the people they are actually dating.