It was in 1983 that she was discovered for her talent in the martial arts by Golden Harvest in Los Angeles, California and it would be in 1985 that she made her first martial arts movie, titled Yes, Madam.
The top five is completed by Jimena Janeiro of Team Revolution and Mouse Millner of Team Legend, who are the defending AmeriKick Internationals and Battle of Atlanta champions respectively.
Today she has starred in over 60 movies and is currently working on upcoming projects.
Rothrock was even the inspiration for the Sonya Blade character in the Mortal Kombat video game.
Cynthia found something that she felt comfortable with and decided to make it a hobby as well as a passion that would eventually define her life.
She currently has an eighth-degree black belt in this discipline.