NO. 4: MICHELLE YEOH AND ZHANG ZIYI
as Yu Shu Lien (Yeoh, left) and Jen Yu (Zhang, right) in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000)
WHO ARE THEY? Two of the fiercest martial-arts warriors ever to face off on film, in this case over a purloined sword called the Green Destiny
SKILLS Though Shu Lien is a veteran and Jen a rookie, they appear evenly matched at swordfighting, kung fu, and gravity-defying leaps between rooftops and tall trees.
MALE ADMIRERS Retiring warrior Li Mu Bai (Chow Yun-Fat) raises Shu Lien's heart rate; Jen has a romp with desert bandit Lo (Chang Chen).
CAN'T GET ENOUGH? Yeoh fights alongside Pierce Brosnan's 007 in Tomorrow Never Dies (1997). Zhang proves similarly deadly in Rush Hour 2 (2001) and in Zhang Yimou's martial-arts epics Hero (2002) and House of Flying Daggers (2004).
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