Lucy Liu, Actress, - Biography
Actress,
Height: 5 foot 3 ( 1.60 M )
Weight
100 lbs
Born December 2, 1968, Queens, New York, U.S.A.
Notable roles
Princess Mei in Mulan II
Ling Woo in Ally McBeal
Alex Munday in Charlie's
Angels
O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Best
Ensemble - Comedy Series
1998 Ally McBeal
Best Cast - Motion Picture
2002
Chicago
Lucy Alexis Liu is an Emmy Award-nominated American actress. She became known after starring in the television series Ally McBeal (1998-2002) & has also appeared in several notable film roles, including Kill Bill & Charlie's Angels.
Early life
Liu was born in New York City,
& was raised with her older brother, Alex Liu (Liú Yá Lì),
& older sister, Jenny Liu (Liu Jin Li), in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York
by Chinese immigrant parents. Liu has said that she grew up in a "diverse"
neighborhood; her family spoke Mandarin at home & she did not learn English
until she was five years old. Her father worked as a civil engineer & her
mother as a biochemist in Taiwan, but they sacrificed to come to the United States.
Liu, at her parents' insistence, devoted her spare time to studying, & she
attended New York City's famous Stuyvesant High School. She attended New York
University for one year, before transferring to University of Michigan at Ann
Arbor, where she joined the Chi Omega sorority & graduated with a Bachelor
of Science degree in Asian Languages & Cultures. At one point, Liu worked
as a waitress in Michigan.
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, but has not stated anything definite. She is quoted as saying, "I think people sometimes get the wrong impression when they're like, 'Oh, well, so-and-so was straight & then she was gay, & 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, & 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."
With her parents' work ethic, Liu continued, "I'm always multitasking, doing 10 things at once". She speaks Chinese, Italian, Spanish & a little Japanese, a language she studied in preparation for her role in Kill Bill. She also rock climbs, practices martial arts, skis, & plays the accordion. Liu is also an artist in several media, & has had three gallery shows showcasing her collage, paintings, & photography".
In 2001, Liu was the spokesperson for the Lee National Denim Day fund-raiser which raises millions of dollars for breast cancer research & education. In 2005, Liu was appointed a U.S. Fund for UNICEF Ambassador; in that capacity, she has traveled to Pakistan & Lesotho, among other countries. Early in 2006, Liu received an "Asian Excellence Award" for Visibility, since she is considered the most well-known & 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" & 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."
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 is referenced in the 2003 number one OutKast hit single "Hey Ya!"
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. Liu had small roles in films & TV (including the Hell Money episode
of The X-Files) before landing a role on Ally McBeal. Liu originally auditioned
for the role of 'Nelle Porter' (played by Portia de Rossi), & 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. Liu cemented her reputation playing bad girls by portraying "Pearl"
the sadistic dominatirix/hit woman for the Chinese mafia in the film Payback (1999).
Liu became better known with her turn as Alex Munday in the Charlie's Angels movie, alongside established Hollywood stars Drew Barrymore & Cameron Diaz . The film became a hit, earning more than $125 million in the U.S., & 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 & 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 smash hit Chicago, & as a psychologist opposite Keira Knightley in the thriller Domino. In 2006, she played leading lady & love interest to Josh Hartnett in the popular crime thriller Lucky Number Slevin. Other appearances include a cameo on the animated show Futurama & recently, The Simpsons.
Liu caused a stir when she posed for photos in the April, 2007 German edition of O magazine.
In April 2006, the contraversial political documentary Freedom's Fury premiered, with Liu as executive producer. The film dramatizes the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, climaxing with the infamous water polo showdown between Hungary & 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 & Thailand. Liu's other recent roles include Code Name: The Cleaner, an action comedy released January 5, 2007 & , Rise, a supernatural thriller co-starring Michael Chiklis in which Liu plays an undead reporter, Watching the Detectives, an independent romantic comedy co-starring Cillian Murphy, & Kung Fu Panda, an animated film scheduled for 2008 in which she will voice a snake. Liu has also signed on to star in Beautiful Asian Brides & a new version of Charlie Chan which has been in pre-production since 2000; she will produce both films.
Liu has guest starred as lawyer Grace Chin on Ugly Betty episode 16 Derailed & episode 17 Icing On The Cake.
She is due to star in the upcoming Sex & the City inspired TV show, Cashmere Mafia on ABC.
Filmography
Rhythm of Destiny
(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)
This site was written in
July 2007
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