After the original pilot for the tv show "Young Americans" was filmed the producers cast Chow as an additional character named Paige. However, she backed out at the last minute and the character was dropped.

Her father is Chinese (with some English blood) and her mother was Japanese-German making her Eurasian like fellow actresses Jessica Anderson, Devon Aoki, Moon Bloodgood, Kelly Hu, Traycee King, Kristin Kreuk, Jaymee Ong, Maggie Q, Nicole Scherzinger, Monica Young and actors Andrew Johnston, Brandon Lee, Keanu Reeves, Anthony Begonia, Rob Schneider, Russell Wong and Michael Wong.

Siblings: One younger brother (Maximillian) and one younger half-sister (Asia).

Niece of actress Tsai Chin.

Daughter of Michael Chow

Briefly dated Mark Wahlberg after filming The Big Hit (1998) together.

Holds a B.A. in Psychology from Scripps College.

Maternal niece of singer 'David Byrne' (of The Talking Heads fame), who is married to Tina Chow's sister Adelle Lutz.

Maternal niece of actress/costume designer Adelle Lutz.

Had no prior acting experience before her first role in "The Big Hit"

Daughter of the late Tina Chow, a fashion icon of the '80s.

Following in the footsteps of her mother and her aunt, China also modeled for Shiseido cosmetics.

Eschewed the party scene to take care of her mother, who was dying of AIDS in the early 1990s (Tina Chow passed away in January 1992).