Filmography
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Actress:
In Production
2000s
1990s
Charlie Chan (2009) (announced)
Kung Fu Panda (2008) (post-production) (voice) .... Master Viper
The Year of Getting to Know Us (2007) (post-production) .... Anne
Watching the Detectives (2007) .... Violet
Rise (2007) .... Sadie Blake
... aka Rise: Blood Hunter (USA: DVD title)
"Ugly Betty" .... Grace Chin (2 episodes, 2007)
- Icing on the Cake (2007) TV Episode .... Grace Chin
- Derailed (2007) TV Episode .... Grace Chin
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) .... Gina
"Cashmere Mafia" .... Mia Mason (7 episodes, 2007)
- Episode #1.3 (2007) TV Episode .... Mia Mason
- Episode #1.1 (????) TV Episode .... Mia Mason
- Episode #1.2 (????) TV Episode .... Mia Mason
- Episode #1.4 (????) TV Episode .... Mia Mason
- Episode #1.5 (????) TV Episode .... Mia Mason
(2 more)
Payback: Straight Up - The Director's Cut (2006) (V) .... Pearl
Lucky Number Slevin (2006) .... Lindsey
... aka Lucky # Slevin (Germany) (USA: DVD box title)
... aka Lucky Number S7evin (USA: poster title)
... aka The Wrong Man (Australia)
Domino (2005) .... Taryn Miles
3 Needles (2005) .... Jin Ping, the Blood Smuggler
"Jackie Chan Adventures" .... Adult Jade / ... (2 episodes, 2004-2005)
- J2 Revised (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... Future Jade
- J2: Rise of the Dragons (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Adult Jade
"The Simpsons" .... Madam Wu (1 episode, 2005)
- Goo Goo Gai Pan (2005) TV Episode (voice) .... Madam Wu
"Joey" .... Lauren Beck (3 episodes, 2004-2005)
- Joey and the Premiere (2005) TV Episode .... Lauren Beck
- Joey and the Taste Test (2005) TV Episode .... Lauren Beck
- Joey and the Plot Twist (2004) TV Episode .... Lauren Beck
Mulan II (2004) (V) (voice) .... Mei
"Maya & Miguel" .... Maggie Lee (9 episodes, 2004)
- Rhymes with Gato (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Maggie Lee
- Mala suerte (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Maggie Lee
- After School (????) TV Episode .... Maggie Lee
- A Little Culture (????) TV Episode .... Maggie Lee
- Chrissy's Big Move (????) TV Episode (voice) .... Maggie Lee
(4 more)
"Game Over" (2004) TV Series (voice) .... Raquel Smashenburn
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) .... O-Ren Ishii
... aka Kill Bill (USA: informal short title)
... aka Kill Bill 1 (USA: informal title)
... aka Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Volume One (USA: promotional title)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003) .... Alex Munday
Chicago (2002) .... Kitty Baxter
... aka Chicago (Germany)
"King of the Hill" .... Tid Pao (1 episode, 2002)
- Bad Girls, Bad Girls Whatcha Gonna Do (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Tid Pao
Cypher (2002) .... Rita Foster
... aka Brainstorm (International: English title)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) .... Agent Sever
... aka Ballistic (Germany)
"Ally McBeal" .... Ling Woo (37 episodes, 1998-2002)
- Woman (2002) TV Episode .... Ling Woo
- Nine One One (2001) TV Episode .... Ling Woo
- I Want Love (2001) TV Episode .... Ling Woo
- Fear of Flirting (2001) TV Episode .... Ling Woo
- Neutral Corners (2001) TV Episode .... Ling Woo
(32 more)
SSX Tricky (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Elise Riggs
Hotel (2001) .... Kawika
Charlie's Angels (2000) .... Alex Munday
... aka 3 Engel für Charlie (Germany)
Shanghai Noon (2000) .... Princess Pei Pei
Play It to the Bone (1999) .... Lia
... aka Play It (USA: promotional title)
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999) .... The Female's Friend (Lydia)
Molly (1999) .... Brenda
True Crime (1999) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Toy Shop Girl
Payback (1999/I) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Pearl
Love Kills (1998) .... Kashi
Guy (1997) (as Lucy Lui) .... Woman at newsstand
"Michael Hayes" .... Alice Woo (1 episode, 1997)
- Slaves (1997) TV Episode .... Alice Woo
"Dellaventura" .... Yuling Chong (1 episode, 1997)
- Pilot (1997) TV Episode .... Yuling Chong
"Pearl" .... Amy Li (7 episodes, 1996-1997)
- My So-Called Real Life (1997) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Amy Li
- Mission ImPearlsible (1997) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Amy Li
- Power Play (1997) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Amy Li
- Christmas Daze (1996) TV Episode .... Amy Li
- Lessons in Love (1996) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Amy Li
(2 more)
City of Industry (1997) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Cathi Rose
Riot (1997) (TV) .... Boomer's Girlfriend (segment "Empty")
... aka Riot in the Streets (video title)
"NYPD Blue" .... Amy Chu (1 episode, 1997)
- A Wrenching Experience (1997) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Amy Chu
"The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest" .... Melana (2 episodes, 1997)
... aka Jonny Quest: The Real Adventures
- Night of the Zinja (1997) TV Episode (voice) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Melana
- The Bangalore Falcon (1997) TV Episode (voice) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Melana
Gridlock'd (1997) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Cee-Cee
Flypaper (1997) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Dot
Jerry Maguire (1996) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Former Girlfriend
"High Incident" .... Officer Whin (2 episodes, 1996)
- Follow the Leader (1996) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Officer Whin
- Father Knows Best (1996) TV Episode .... Officer Whin
"The X Files" .... Kim Hsin (1 episode, 1996)
... aka The X-Files (USA)
- Hell Money (1996) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Kim Hsin
"Nash Bridges" .... Joy Powell (1 episode, 1996)
... aka Bridges
- Genesis (1996) TV Episode .... Joy Powell
"ER" .... Mei-Sun Leow (3 episodes, 1995)
- And Baby Makes Two (1995) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Mei-Sun Leow
- What Life? (1995) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Mei-Sun Leow
- Do One, Teach One, Kill One (1995) TV Episode (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Mei-Sun Leow
Bang (1995) (as Lucy Lui) .... Hooker
"Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" .... Oi-Lan (1 episode, 1995)
- The March to Freedom (1995) TV Episode .... Oi-Lan
"Home Improvement" .... Woman #3 (1 episode, 1995)
- Bachelor of the Year (1995) TV Episode .... Woman #3
"Coach" .... Nicole Wong (2 episodes, 1994)
- Out of Control (1994) TV Episode .... Nicole Wong
- It Should Happen to You (1994) TV Episode .... Nicole Wong
"Hotel Malibu" .... Co-Worker (1 episode, 1994)
- Do Not Disturb (1994) TV Episode .... Co-Worker
"L.A. Law" .... Mai Lin (1 episode, 1993)
- Foreign Co-respondent (1993) TV Episode .... Mai Lin
Protozoa (1993) .... Ari
Ban wo zong heng (1992) .... Donna
... aka Rhythm of Destiny
"Beverly Hills, 90210" .... Courtney (1 episode, 1991)
- Pass, Not Pass (1991) TV Episode .... Courtney
Producer:
In Production
2000s
Charlie Chan (2009) (announced) (executive producer)
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007) (executive producer)
Freedom's Fury (2006) (executive producer)
Soundtrack:
"Sex and the City" (1 episode, 2001)
- Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda (2001) TV Episode ("Pura Saudade", "Pura Saudabe [Optiganally Mix]")
Thanks:
Gnome (2005/I) (thanks)
Self:
"Entertainment Tonight" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2007)
... aka E.T. (USA: informal title)
... aka ET Weekend (Australia: weekend title)
... aka Entertainment This Week (weekend title)
... aka This Week in Entertainment (USA: weekend title)
- Episode dated 18 September 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 27 July 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 26 July 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
"HypaSpace" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
... aka HypaSpace Daily (Canada: English title: long title)
... aka HypaSpace Weekly (Canada: English title: long title)
- Episode #6.109 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
"The View" .... Herself (1 episode, 2007)
- Episode dated 4 January 2007 (2007) TV Episode .... Herself
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2003-2006)
... aka Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Australia)
- Episode dated 30 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 8 October 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 26 June 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
"Ellen: The Ellen DeGeneres Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 29 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2003-2006)
- Episode dated 28 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 27 March 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 2 October 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
"Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Live with Regis (USA: new title)
... aka Live with Regis & Kelly (USA: new title)
- Episode dated 27 November 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
"Getaway" .... Herself - Celebrity Traveller (1 episode, 2006)
... aka United Travel Getaway (Australia: new title)
- Episode #15.38 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself - Celebrity Traveller
"Last Call with Carson Daly" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
- Episode dated 6 April 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
"The Oprah Winfrey Show" .... Herself (1 episode, 2006)
... aka Oprah (USA: short title)
- Episode dated 1 March 2006 (2006) TV Episode .... Herself
2006 Asian Excellence Awards (2006) (TV) .... Winner, Visibility Award
Tsunami Aid: A Concert of Hope (2005) (TV) .... Herself
2004 MTV Movie Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself
Jackie Chan: The Inside Story (2004) (TV) .... Herself
My Date with Drew (2004) (uncredited) .... Herself
The 2004 IFP/West Independent Spirit Awards (2004) (TV) .... Herself (presenter: Best Documentary, Best Cinematography)
"Tinseltown TV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 4 October 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
The Making of 'Kill Bill' (2003) (TV) .... Herself
"Late Show with David Letterman" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Late Show Backstage (USA: title for episodes with guest hosts)
... aka The Late Show (USA: informal short title)
- Episode dated 26 August 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
"I Love the '70s" (2003) (mini) TV Series .... Herself
"Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
... aka Otro rollo (Mexico: short title)
- Episode dated 5 August 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
"Bo' Selecta!" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode #2.5 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
"Biography" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Bernie Mac: TV's Family Man (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
"HBO First Look" .... Herself (3 episodes, 2000-2003)
- The Making of 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
- Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
- The Making of 'Charlie's Angels' (2000) TV Episode .... Herself
"Matthew's Best Hit TV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Episode dated 18 June 2003 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
The Making of 'Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle' (2003) (TV) .... Herself
2003 MTV Movie Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself
Young Hollywood Awards (2003) (TV) .... Herself
Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards '03 (2003) (TV) .... Herself
"Player$" .... Herself (1 episode, 2003)
- Charlie's Angels (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
VH1 Big in 2002 Awards (2002) (TV) .... Herself
"VH-1 Behind the Movie" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
- Chicago (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
2002 ABC World Stunt Awards (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Herself (Presenter)
"Rank" .... Herself (1 episode, 2002)
- 25 Toughest Stars (2002) TV Episode .... Herself
"Futurama" .... Herself / ... (2 episodes, 2001-2002)
- Love and Rocket (2002) TV Episode (voice) .... Herself
- I Dated a Robot (2001) TV Episode (voice) .... Herself/Lucy Liubots
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV) .... Herself
"Sex and the City" .... Herself (1 episode, 2001)
- Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda (2001) TV Episode .... Herself
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV) .... Herself
"Saturday Night Live" .... Herself - Host (1 episode, 2000)
... aka NBC's Saturday Night (USA: first season title)
... aka SNL (USA: informal title)
... aka SNL 25 (USA: alternative title)
... aka Saturday Night (USA: second season title)
... aka Saturday Night Live '80 (USA: sixth season title)
- Lucy Liu/Jay-Z (2000) TV Episode .... Herself - Host
"Nulle part ailleurs" .... Herself (1 episode, 2000)
... aka N.P.A. (France: short title)
... aka Nulle part ailleurs (matin) (France: new title)
... aka Nulle part ailleurs (midi) (France: new title)
... aka Nulle part ailleurs (soir) (France: new title)
- Episode dated 20 November 2000 (2000) TV Episode .... Herself
"Mad TV" .... Herself (1 episode, 2000)
- Episode #6.6 (2000) TV Episode .... Herself
"The Rosie O'Donnell Show" .... Herself (2 episodes, 1999-2000)
- Episode dated 2 November 2000 (2000) TV Episode .... Herself
- Episode dated 2 February 1999 (1999) TV Episode .... Herself
2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself - Presenter
2000 Blockbuster Entertainment Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself
The 72nd Annual Academy Awards (2000) (TV) .... Herself - Co-Presenter: Best Costume Design
The Master and the Angels (2000) (V) .... Herself
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy (2000) (V) .... Herself
Getting G'd Up (2000) (V) .... Herself
Archive Footage:
Paybacks Are a Bitch (2007) (V) .... Herself
"TV Land's Top Ten"
- Perfect 10's the Women (2005) TV Episode
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004) .... O-Ren Ishii
The Making of 'Kill Bill: Volume 2' (2004) (TV) .... O-Ren Ishii
"Celebrities Uncensored"
- Episode #1.15 (2003) TV Episode .... Herself
MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 (2003) (TV) .... Herself
Celebrity Naked Ambition (2003) (TV)
"Ally McBeal"
- Bygones (2002) TV Episode (uncredited) .... Ling Woo
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Friday, November 16, 2007
Biography,Early life,Caree,rPersonal life,Television,Filmography
Lucy Liu
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Lucy Liu
Liu at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Birth name Lucy Alexis Liu
Born December 2, 1968 (1968-12-02) (age 38)
Queens, New York, United States
[show]Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Best Ensemble - Comedy Series
1998 Ally McBeal
Best Cast - Motion Picture
2002 Chicago
Lucy Alexis Liu (Chinese: 劉玉玲; pinyin: Liú Yùlíng), born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York, is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. She became known for her role in the television series Ally McBeal (1998–2002) and has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Kill Bill and Charlie's Angels.
Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Career
1.3 Personal life
2 Television
3 Filmography
4 Footnotes
5 External links
Biography
Early life
She was born and raised with her brother, Alex Liu, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York by Taiwanese immigrant parents.[1] Liu has said that she grew up in a "diverse" neighborhood.[1] Her family spoke Mandarin at home and she did not learn English until she was five years old.[2][3] Her father was a civil engineer and her mother a biochemist in Taiwan, but they sacrificed those careers to come to the United States. Liu, at her parents' insistence, devoted her spare time to studying. She attended the Joseph Pulitzer Middle School (I.S.145) and she graduated from New York City's famous Stuyvesant High School in 1986.[4] She attended New York University for one year, before transferring to the University of Michigan where she joined the Chi Omega sorority and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Asian Languages and Cultures.[1] At one point, Liu worked as a waitress in Michigan.[1]
Career
Liu began acting in 1989, after auditioning for a role in the University of Michigan's production of Alice in Wonderland during her senior year. Liu was cast in the lead role, although she had originally only tried out for a supporting part.[1] Liu had small roles in films and TV (including the Hell Money episode of The X-Files and The March to Freedom episode on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) before landing a role on Ally McBeal. Liu originally auditioned for the role of 'Nelle Porter' (played by Portia de Rossi), and the character "Ling Woo" was later created specifically for her. Liu's part on the series was originally not meant to be regular but the enthusiastic audience response to the actress' 'feisty' Ling Woo secured Liu as a permanent cast member. It also earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[1] Liu cemented her reputation playing bad girls by portraying "Pearl" the sadistic dominatrix/hit woman for the Chinese mafia in the film Payback (1999).
Lucy Liu (left) in her first lead role as Alex Munday in Charlie's Angels.Liu became better known with her turn as Alex Munday in the Charlie's Angels movie, alongside established Hollywood stars Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz. The film became a hit, earning more than $125 million in the U.S., and a worldwide total of more than $258 million. The sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, opened to poor reviews but was a box-office hit again, earning more than $252 million. In between the two films, Liu starred with Antonio Banderas in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a critical and box-office failure.
Liu next played O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth), one of the major villains in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill. She won an MTV Movie Award for "Best Movie Villain" for the part. Subsequently, Liu appeared on several episodes of Joey with Matt LeBlanc, who played her love interest in the Charlie's Angels movies. She also had smaller roles as Kitty Baxter in the film Chicago, and as a psychologist opposite Keira Knightley in the thriller Domino. In 2006, she played leading lady and love interest to Josh Hartnett in the popular crime thriller Lucky Number Slevin. Other appearances include a cameo on the animated show Futurama and recently, The Simpsons.
In April 2006, the documentary Freedom's Fury premiered, with Liu as executive producer.[1] The film dramatizes the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, climaxing with the infamous water polo showdown between Hungary and the Soviet Union at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, known as the 'Blood in the Water match'.
Her film 3 Needles was released on December 1, 2006. In the film, she plays Jin Ping, an HIV-positive Chinese woman. Liu agreed to star in the film for lower than usual pay because she wanted to spread awareness about the way AIDS is improperly treated in China and Thailand.[5] Liu's other recent roles include Code Name: The Cleaner, an action comedy released January 5, 2007 and, Rise, a supernatural thriller co-starring Michael Chiklis in which Liu plays an undead reporter,[3] Watching the Detectives, an independent romantic comedy co-starring Cillian Murphy, and Kung Fu Panda, an animated film scheduled for 2008 in which she will voice a snake.[1] Liu has also signed on to star in Beautiful Asian Brides and a new version of Charlie Chan which has been in pre-production since 2000; she will produce both films.[1]
Liu has guest starred as lawyer Grace Chin on Ugly Betty episode 16 "Derailed" and episode 17 "Icing on the Cake".
She is due to star in the upcoming Sex and the City inspired TV show, Cashmere Mafia on ABC.
Personal life
In 2004, Liu announced her engagement to New York playwright Zach Helm. Their relationship ended in 2005.
In a Jane interview, she indicated the possibility that she was bisexual. She is quoted as saying, "I think people sometimes get the wrong impression when they're like, 'Oh, well, so-and-so was straight and then she was gay, and now she's straight again,' you know? But it's like, how many times do I have to kiss a woman before I'm gay? Everybody wants to label people. Sometimes you just fall in love with somebody, and you're really not thinking about what gender or whatever they happen to be. I think that if I happen to fall in love with a woman, everyone's going to make a big deal out of it. But if I happen to fall in love with a man, nobody cares."[6][7]
With her parents' work ethic, Liu continued, "I'm always multitasking, doing 10 things at once". She speaks Chinese, Italian, Spanish and a little Japanese, a language she studied in preparation for her role in Kill Bill.[1] She also rock climbs, practices martial arts, skis, and plays the accordion.
Liu is also an artist in several media, and has had three gallery shows showcasing her collage, paintings, and photography".[8]
In 2001, Liu was the spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fund-raiser which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education. In 2005, Liu was appointed a U.S. Fund for UNICEF Ambassador; in that capacity, she has traveled to Pakistan and Lesotho, among other countries.[1] Early in 2006, Liu received an "Asian Excellence Award" for Visibility, since she is considered the most well-known and visible Asian American in the media today. She is also the first Asian-American woman to host Saturday Night Live.
Liu has said about her background, "when you grow up Asian-American it’s difficult because you don’t know if you’re Asian or you’re American. You get confused" and that "You need to recognize where your background is from. I think it’s important. Just for yourself. It makes you more whole. It does."[1]
Liu has a tattoo of a tiger on her lower back.
The Minnesota band Dropping Daylight wrote a song entitled "Lucy" about the lead singer, Sebastion Davin's, passionate dream about Lucy Liu.
She also guest starred on Futurama, where played herself as a robot, whom the main character was in love with.
Television
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 2, Episode 6 - "Pass, Not Pass" (1991)
L.A. Law - Season 8, Episode 4 - "Foreign Co-respondent" (1993)
Hotel Malibu - Season 1, Episode 2 - "Do Not Disturb" (1994)
Coach - Season 7, Episode 2 - "It Should Happen to You" (1994)
Coach - Season 7, Episode 11 - "Out of Control" (1994)
Home Improvement - Season 4, Episode 16 - "Bachelor of the Year" (1995)
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Season 1, Episode 8 - "The March to Freedom" (1995)
ER - Season 2, Episode 3 - "Do One, Teach One, Kill One" (1995)
ER - Season 2, Episode 4 - "What Life?" (1995)
ER - Season 2, Episode 5 - "And Baby Makes Two" (1995)
Nash Bridges - Season 1, Episode 1 - "Genesis" (1996)
The X-Files - Season 3, Episode 19 - "Hell Money" (1996)
High Incident - Season 1, Episode 6 - "Father Knows Best" (1996)
High Incident - Season 1, Episode 7 - "Follow the Leader" (1996)
Ally McBeal - Season 2-5 (regular) (1998–2002)
Ugly Betty - Season 1, Episode 16 - "Derailed" (2007)
Ugly Betty - Season 1, Episode 17 - "Icing on the Cake" (2007)
Filmography
Ban wo zong heng (1992)
Protozoa (1993)
Bang (1995)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Flypaper (1997)
Gridlock'd (1997)
City of Industry (1997)
Guy (1997)
Love Kills (1998)
Payback (1999)
True Crime (1999)
Molly (1999)
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)
Play It to the Bone (1999)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Hotel (2001)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Cypher (2002)
Chicago (2002)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
My Date with Drew (2004) (documentary)
Mulan II (2004) (direct-to-DVD) (voice)
3 Needles (2005)
Domino (2005)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
Watching the Detectives (2007)
Rockett (2007)
Upcoming:
Kung Fu Panda (2008) (voice)
Charlie Chan (2009)
Ben & Izzy (Jordanian Television Series)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lucy Liu
Liu at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival.
Birth name Lucy Alexis Liu
Born December 2, 1968 (1968-12-02) (age 38)
Queens, New York, United States
[show]Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Best Ensemble - Comedy Series
1998 Ally McBeal
Best Cast - Motion Picture
2002 Chicago
Lucy Alexis Liu (Chinese: 劉玉玲; pinyin: Liú Yùlíng), born December 2, 1968 in Queens, New York, is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. She became known for her role in the television series Ally McBeal (1998–2002) and has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Kill Bill and Charlie's Angels.
Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early life
1.2 Career
1.3 Personal life
2 Television
3 Filmography
4 Footnotes
5 External links
Biography
Early life
She was born and raised with her brother, Alex Liu, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York by Taiwanese immigrant parents.[1] Liu has said that she grew up in a "diverse" neighborhood.[1] Her family spoke Mandarin at home and she did not learn English until she was five years old.[2][3] Her father was a civil engineer and her mother a biochemist in Taiwan, but they sacrificed those careers to come to the United States. Liu, at her parents' insistence, devoted her spare time to studying. She attended the Joseph Pulitzer Middle School (I.S.145) and she graduated from New York City's famous Stuyvesant High School in 1986.[4] She attended New York University for one year, before transferring to the University of Michigan where she joined the Chi Omega sorority and graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Asian Languages and Cultures.[1] At one point, Liu worked as a waitress in Michigan.[1]
Career
Liu began acting in 1989, after auditioning for a role in the University of Michigan's production of Alice in Wonderland during her senior year. Liu was cast in the lead role, although she had originally only tried out for a supporting part.[1] Liu had small roles in films and TV (including the Hell Money episode of The X-Files and The March to Freedom episode on Hercules: The Legendary Journeys) before landing a role on Ally McBeal. Liu originally auditioned for the role of 'Nelle Porter' (played by Portia de Rossi), and the character "Ling Woo" was later created specifically for her. Liu's part on the series was originally not meant to be regular but the enthusiastic audience response to the actress' 'feisty' Ling Woo secured Liu as a permanent cast member. It also earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series, as well as a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.[1] Liu cemented her reputation playing bad girls by portraying "Pearl" the sadistic dominatrix/hit woman for the Chinese mafia in the film Payback (1999).
Lucy Liu (left) in her first lead role as Alex Munday in Charlie's Angels.Liu became better known with her turn as Alex Munday in the Charlie's Angels movie, alongside established Hollywood stars Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz. The film became a hit, earning more than $125 million in the U.S., and a worldwide total of more than $258 million. The sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, opened to poor reviews but was a box-office hit again, earning more than $252 million. In between the two films, Liu starred with Antonio Banderas in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a critical and box-office failure.
Liu next played O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth), one of the major villains in Quentin Tarantino's 2003 film, Kill Bill. She won an MTV Movie Award for "Best Movie Villain" for the part. Subsequently, Liu appeared on several episodes of Joey with Matt LeBlanc, who played her love interest in the Charlie's Angels movies. She also had smaller roles as Kitty Baxter in the film Chicago, and as a psychologist opposite Keira Knightley in the thriller Domino. In 2006, she played leading lady and love interest to Josh Hartnett in the popular crime thriller Lucky Number Slevin. Other appearances include a cameo on the animated show Futurama and recently, The Simpsons.
In April 2006, the documentary Freedom's Fury premiered, with Liu as executive producer.[1] The film dramatizes the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, climaxing with the infamous water polo showdown between Hungary and the Soviet Union at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, known as the 'Blood in the Water match'.
Her film 3 Needles was released on December 1, 2006. In the film, she plays Jin Ping, an HIV-positive Chinese woman. Liu agreed to star in the film for lower than usual pay because she wanted to spread awareness about the way AIDS is improperly treated in China and Thailand.[5] Liu's other recent roles include Code Name: The Cleaner, an action comedy released January 5, 2007 and, Rise, a supernatural thriller co-starring Michael Chiklis in which Liu plays an undead reporter,[3] Watching the Detectives, an independent romantic comedy co-starring Cillian Murphy, and Kung Fu Panda, an animated film scheduled for 2008 in which she will voice a snake.[1] Liu has also signed on to star in Beautiful Asian Brides and a new version of Charlie Chan which has been in pre-production since 2000; she will produce both films.[1]
Liu has guest starred as lawyer Grace Chin on Ugly Betty episode 16 "Derailed" and episode 17 "Icing on the Cake".
She is due to star in the upcoming Sex and the City inspired TV show, Cashmere Mafia on ABC.
Personal life
In 2004, Liu announced her engagement to New York playwright Zach Helm. Their relationship ended in 2005.
In a Jane interview, she indicated the possibility that she was bisexual. She is quoted as saying, "I think people sometimes get the wrong impression when they're like, 'Oh, well, so-and-so was straight and then she was gay, and now she's straight again,' you know? But it's like, how many times do I have to kiss a woman before I'm gay? Everybody wants to label people. Sometimes you just fall in love with somebody, and you're really not thinking about what gender or whatever they happen to be. I think that if I happen to fall in love with a woman, everyone's going to make a big deal out of it. But if I happen to fall in love with a man, nobody cares."[6][7]
With her parents' work ethic, Liu continued, "I'm always multitasking, doing 10 things at once". She speaks Chinese, Italian, Spanish and a little Japanese, a language she studied in preparation for her role in Kill Bill.[1] She also rock climbs, practices martial arts, skis, and plays the accordion.
Liu is also an artist in several media, and has had three gallery shows showcasing her collage, paintings, and photography".[8]
In 2001, Liu was the spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fund-raiser which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research and education. In 2005, Liu was appointed a U.S. Fund for UNICEF Ambassador; in that capacity, she has traveled to Pakistan and Lesotho, among other countries.[1] Early in 2006, Liu received an "Asian Excellence Award" for Visibility, since she is considered the most well-known and visible Asian American in the media today. She is also the first Asian-American woman to host Saturday Night Live.
Liu has said about her background, "when you grow up Asian-American it’s difficult because you don’t know if you’re Asian or you’re American. You get confused" and that "You need to recognize where your background is from. I think it’s important. Just for yourself. It makes you more whole. It does."[1]
Liu has a tattoo of a tiger on her lower back.
The Minnesota band Dropping Daylight wrote a song entitled "Lucy" about the lead singer, Sebastion Davin's, passionate dream about Lucy Liu.
She also guest starred on Futurama, where played herself as a robot, whom the main character was in love with.
Television
Beverly Hills, 90210 - Season 2, Episode 6 - "Pass, Not Pass" (1991)
L.A. Law - Season 8, Episode 4 - "Foreign Co-respondent" (1993)
Hotel Malibu - Season 1, Episode 2 - "Do Not Disturb" (1994)
Coach - Season 7, Episode 2 - "It Should Happen to You" (1994)
Coach - Season 7, Episode 11 - "Out of Control" (1994)
Home Improvement - Season 4, Episode 16 - "Bachelor of the Year" (1995)
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys - Season 1, Episode 8 - "The March to Freedom" (1995)
ER - Season 2, Episode 3 - "Do One, Teach One, Kill One" (1995)
ER - Season 2, Episode 4 - "What Life?" (1995)
ER - Season 2, Episode 5 - "And Baby Makes Two" (1995)
Nash Bridges - Season 1, Episode 1 - "Genesis" (1996)
The X-Files - Season 3, Episode 19 - "Hell Money" (1996)
High Incident - Season 1, Episode 6 - "Father Knows Best" (1996)
High Incident - Season 1, Episode 7 - "Follow the Leader" (1996)
Ally McBeal - Season 2-5 (regular) (1998–2002)
Ugly Betty - Season 1, Episode 16 - "Derailed" (2007)
Ugly Betty - Season 1, Episode 17 - "Icing on the Cake" (2007)
Filmography
Ban wo zong heng (1992)
Protozoa (1993)
Bang (1995)
Jerry Maguire (1996)
Flypaper (1997)
Gridlock'd (1997)
City of Industry (1997)
Guy (1997)
Love Kills (1998)
Payback (1999)
True Crime (1999)
Molly (1999)
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human (1999)
Play It to the Bone (1999)
Shanghai Noon (2000)
Charlie's Angels (2000)
Hotel (2001)
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Cypher (2002)
Chicago (2002)
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
My Date with Drew (2004) (documentary)
Mulan II (2004) (direct-to-DVD) (voice)
3 Needles (2005)
Domino (2005)
Lucky Number Slevin (2006)
Code Name: The Cleaner (2007)
Rise: Blood Hunter (2007)
Watching the Detectives (2007)
Rockett (2007)
Upcoming:
Kung Fu Panda (2008) (voice)
Charlie Chan (2009)
Ben & Izzy (Jordanian Television Series)
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