Lucy Liu
Biography of Lucy Liu
Lucy Alexis Liu was born on December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York City, New York. She is an American actress, voice actress and film director with Chinese roots in Taiwan.
Lucy Liu was born in Queens and grew up in Jackson Heights with her brother John Liu to her parents, who were Chinese immigrants from Taiwan, a biochemist and a civil engineer. In addition to English and Standard Chinese, Lucy Liu also speaks some Italian, Spanish and Japanese.
She lives in New York with her brother and his wife. At the end of August 2015, she gave birth to a son with the help of a surrogate mother.
Liu's acting career began in 1989 when she auditioned for a role in the University of Michigan's senior year production of Alice in Wonderland.
This career turned professional in 1991, when she starred in an episode of the US television series Beverly Hills, 90210 as Courtney. This was followed by supporting roles in television series such as LA Law, where she was seen as Mai Lin. In the US comedy series Coach, starring Craig T. Nelson and Jerry Van Dyke, she received the role of a work colleague in one episode. As a viewer, she was seen in the 1995 series Listen Who's Banging. In the same year she got a role in the fantasy television series Hercules and in the drama Bang.
In the hospital series Emergency Room Lucy Liu embodied the mother of a patient, Mei-Sun Loew in three episodes. In the episode Genesis of the action series Nash Bridges she was seen alongside Don Johnson. She played Kim Hsin in the episode Hell Money of the X-Files sci-fi series. In Cameron Crowe's sports drama Jerry Maguire, Lucy Liu starred in a scene with Ivana Miličević and Emily Procter. In the film Gridlock'd she received the supporting role of Cee-Cee. After that she had a guest appearance in the series NYPD Blue.
Liu starred alongside Harvey Keitel and Famke Janssen in 1997 thriller City of Industry. She then received the role of Amy Lee in the sitcom Pearl, which she embodied in 22 episodes. This made her better known to American audiences and she got bigger roles. The role of attorney Ling in the television series Ally McBeal helped her gain even more fame.
In 1999 she starred in five productions. She was seen as Pearl opposite Mel Gibson and Maria Bello in Payback, then as The Girl in the Toy Store in True Crime by and starring Clint Eastwood. Liu portrays Carmen Electra's girlfriend in the comedy film The Mating Habits of The Earthbound Human, and she stars as Brenda in Molly. In the comedy Play it to the Bone by Ron Shelton she embodies the character Lia.
In 2000, she appeared on screens in the film Shanghai Noon as Princess Pei Pei, alongside Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson. That same year she starred opposite Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore as Alex Munday in Charlie's Angels.
She landed the lead role in Ballistic alongside Antonio Banderas in 2002. The following year she once again played one of the "Three Angels" in the sequel Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle. She played the killer O-Ren Ishii in Quentin Tarantino's two-part film Kill Bill.
In 2004, she guest-starred as Lauren Beck on the American sitcom Joey for three consecutive episodes. The following year, Lucy embodies a blood dealer in the film drama 3 Needles. In the same year, she starred alongside Keira Knightley and Mickey Rourke in Domino. In Paul McGuigan's thriller Lucky # Slevin, Liu played the medical examiner Lindsey.
In the action comedy Code Name: The Cleaner, Liu portrayed an FBI agent and was involved in the project not only as an actress but also as a producer. In the series Ugly Betty! she had a guest appearance as Grace Chin in two episodes. In the action thriller Rise: Blood Hunter, she played a reporter who is bitten by a vampire and then becomes a vampire slayer. In the legal television series Dirty Sexy Money she played the attorney Nola Lyons in thirteen episodes from 2008 to 2009.
In film year 2008 she was seen in two comedies, Watching the Detectives as Violet and The Year of Getting to Know Us as Anne.
From 2012 to 2019 she played the role of Dr. Joan Watson in Elementary, an adaptation of Sherlock Holmes. In the second season of the series, she made her directorial debut on the episode Paint It Black.
Filmography
1992 Rhythm of Destiny
1993 Protozoa
1995 Bang Hooker
1996 Jerry Maguire
1997 Gridlock'd
1997 City of Industry
1997 Flypaper
1997 Guy
1998 Love Kills
1999 Payback
1999 True Crime
1999 Molly
1999 The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human
1999 Play It to the Bone
2000 Shanghai Noon
2000 Charlie's Angels
2001 Hotel
2002 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever
2002 Cypher
2002 Chicago
2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle
2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1
2004 Mulan II
2005 3 Needles
2005 Domino
2006 Lucky Number Slevin
2007 Code Name: The Cleaner
2007 Rise: Blood Hunter
2007 Watching the Detectives
2008 The Year of Getting to Know Us
2008 Kung Fu Panda
2008 Tinker Bell
2009 Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
2009 Redlight
2010 Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue
2010 Nomads
2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2011 Detachment
2011 The Trouble with Bliss
2011 Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You
2012 Secret of the Wings
2012 The Man with the Iron Fists
2014 The Pirate Fairy
2014 Magic Wonderland
2014 The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
2014 Tinker Bell and the Legend of the Never
2016 Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll
2016 Kung Fu Panda 3
2018 Future World
2018 Set It Up
2018 Sherlock Gnomes
2019 QT8: The First Eight
2020 Stage Mother
2021 Death to 2021
2022 If You Have
2022 Shazam! Fury of the Gods
Television
1991 Beverly Hills, 90210
1993 L.A. Law
1994 Hotel Malibu
1994 Coach
1995 Home Improvement
1995 Hercules: The Legendary Journeys
1995 ER
1996 Nash Bridges
1996 The X-Files
1996 High Incident
1996 Pearl
1997 The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
1997 NYPD Blue
1997 Riot
1997 Dellaventura
1997 Michael Hayes
1998 Ally McBeal
2000 MADtv
2000 Saturday Night Live
2001 Futurama
2001 Sex and the City
2002 King of the Hill
2004 Jackie Chan Adventures
2004 Game Over
2004 Maya & Miguel
2004 Joey
2005 Clifford's Puppy Days
2005 The Simpsons
2007 Ugly Betty
2008 Cashmere Mafia
2008 Ben & Izzy
2008 Little Spirit: Christmas in New York
2008 Dirty Sexy Money
2009 Afro Samurai: Resurrection
2010 Kung Fu Panda Holiday
2010 Marry Me
2011 Pixie Hollow Games
2011 Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness
2012 Southland
2012 Elementary
2013 Pixie Hollow Bake Off
2016 Girls
2017 Difficult People
2017 Michael Jackson's Halloween
2019 Why Women Kill
2020 The Drew Barrymore Show
2021 Star Wars: Visions
2021 Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
2021 Curb Your Enthusiasm
2021 Death to 2021
2022 House of the Other Companies
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