Know Your Own Self-Worth: Film Producer Kelly Mi Li of Bling Empire

Superwomen with Rebecca Minkoff

Rebecca Minkoff

Society & Culture

4.8 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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This episode originally aired in February 2022 You may know her from Bling Empire in your Netflix queue, but Kelly Mi Li is anything but a flash-in-the-pan reality star. Her intelligence, drive and grounded approach have made her a wildly successful entrepreneur, most notably as a film and television producer, which predated her foray on camera. Kelly’s love of storytelling has led her to produce everything from scripted series to reality shows, but she finds nothing so fascinating as documentary, viewing little-known stories as some of the most inspirational. Kelly walks the line between public figure and private citizen, advocating to destigmatize conversations around mental health in Asian communities, and pushing for the inclusion of Asian casts in an era when it’s needed the most. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to order Rebecca's new book, ⁠Fearless: The New Rules for Unlocking Creativity, Courage, and Success.⁠ Follow Superwomen on ⁠Instagram⁠. Social Media ⁠@kellymili⁠ Links ⁠Hate is a Virus⁠ Big Ideas How to maintain your “north star” when ideas take time to get off the ground. Embracing humanness as a way of connecting with each other. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:39.6	Go get that glow, ladies.
0:45.4	Hey, everyone.
0:46.5	Welcome to Superwomen.
0:47.5	Today's guest is Kelly Mee Lee.
0:49.5	She is a Chinese American serial entrepreneur, a film producer, and investor.
0:54.0	She is notably known as the
0:55.5	executive producer and star of Bling Empire on Netflix, an executive producer of Cypher, an FBI
1:01.2	decoding series with Sonar Entertainment. The list goes on. I got hooked on Bling Empire
1:07.9	months ago, and I was so excited when you reached out. So welcome to the podcast,
1:12.8	Kelly. Thank you so much for having me, Rebecca. I'm really excited to be here.
1:17.9	Let's start with your early days. What drew you to the film and media industry? Was it something
1:25.3	you always knew you wanted to participate in?
1:29.0	It wasn't something that I grew up wanting to do. I think for me is that being an entrepreneur
1:34.4	at an early age, I've always kind of hustled my way up. And when I moved to Los Angeles,
1:39.2	I think naturally got very, you know, integrated into the industry. And the more I started learning about media and film and television, the more hooked I was
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