^ah Yo Yo Ma...I swear they use his music for like every Asian inspired movie.
I don't really know how to define it the term "Make it big" so I'm just going to list people I think the common person would recognize lol
Ken Watanabe, Zhang Ziyi, definitely, she's quite big in the fashion world too. She's been featured as a model in Vogue, and she was at the Met Superhero thing last year...
the cast of Memoirs of a Geisha
a lot of those actresses have been in multiple movies...though people probably don't know them by name...except maybe Michelle Yeoh
and...
hmmm....lol
that guy from harold and kumar? I forgot both their names actually lol
as far as music goes...I have no idea...Bjork? does she count?
It really depends on where you go doesn't it...If you live where there's a large Asian population...there's a greater chance you'll know of more people...