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Queens, New York City, New York, U. S. Nationality. American. Other names. Lucy Alexis Liu (full name)Education. Stuyvesant High School[1]Alma mater. University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Occupation. Actress, voice actress, director, producer, singer, artist. Years active. 19.

Notable credit(s)Height. Children. 1 (Rockwell Liu, b. August 2. 7, 2. 01. Parents. Tom Liu (father)Cecilia Liu (mother)Relatives. Alex Liu (brother)Jenny Liu (sister)Websitelucyliu. Lucy Alexis Liu (born Lucy Liu; December 2, 1. American actress, voice actress, director, producer, singer and artist.

She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill- mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally Mc. Beal (1. 99. 8–2. Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. Watch The Last Survivors Download there. Liu's film work includes starring as one of the heroines (Alex Munday) in Charlie's Angels (2. O- Ren Ishii in Kill Bill (2.

Payback (as Pearl; 1. Chicago (as Kitty Baxter; 2.

Kung Fu Panda (2. Master Viper. In 2.

ABCcomedy- drama, Cashmere Mafia, as Mia Mason, which ended after one abbreviated season. The show was one of only a few American television shows to have an Asian Americanseries lead.

In 2. 01. 2, Liu joined the cast of the TNT series Southland in the recurring role of Jessica Tang, for which she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Guest Actress. She is currently co- starring in the Sherlock Holmes–inspired crime drama series Elementary as Joan Watson for which she won the Seoul International Drama Award for Best Actress, and voicing Silvermist in Disney's Tinker Bell film series. Early life[edit]. Lucy Liu as a high school senior in 1. Lucy Liu was born on December 2, 1. Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York.

In high school, she adopted a middle name, Alexis.[3] She is the youngest of three children born to Cecilia, who worked as a biochemist, and Tom Liu, a trained civil engineer who sold digital clock pens.[4][5] Liu's parents originally came from Beijing and Shanghai and emigrated to Taiwan as adults before meeting in New York.[4][6][7] She has an older brother, Alex,[8][9][1. Watch White House Down Online Etonline here. Jenny.[1. 2] Her parents worked many jobs while Lucy and her siblings were growing up.[1.

Liu has stated that she grew up in a diverse neighborhood. She learned to speak Mandarin at home and began studying English when she was 5.[1. She studied the martial art kali- eskrima- silat as a hobby when she was young.[1. Liu attended Joseph Pulitzer Middle School (I. S. 1. 45), and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1. She later enrolled at New York University and transferred to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she was a member of the Chi Omega sorority. Liu earned a bachelor's degree in Asian languages and cultures.

Liu worked as a waitress at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase club circa 1. Acting career[edit]1. Liu was discovered by an agent at the age of 2.

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She did one commercial.[1. As a member of the Basement Arts student- run theater group,[1. University of Michigan's production of Alice in Wonderland during her senior year of college. Although she had originally tried out for only a supporting part,[1.

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Liu was cast in the lead role. While queuing up to audition for the musical Miss Saigon in 1. The New York Times, "There aren't many Asian roles, and it's very difficult to get your foot in the door."[2. In May 1. 99. 2, Liu made her New York stage debut in Fairy Bones, directed by Tina Chen.[2. Liu had small roles in films and TV, marking her debut.

In 1. 99. 3, she appeared in an episode of L. A. Law as a Chinese widow giving her evidence in Mandarin[2. She was cast in both The X- Files in "Hell Money" and Hercules: The Legendary Journeys in "The March to Freedom," before landing a role on Ally Mc. Beal. 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 temporary, but high audience ratings secured Liu as a permanent cast member. Additionally, she earned a Primetime Emmy Award[2. Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series.[1. In Payback (1. 99. Liu portrayed Pearl, a high- class BDSM prostitute with links to the Chinese mafia.

Liu was cast as Alex Munday in the film Charlie's Angels, alongside Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz. The film opened in November 2. United States. Charlie's Angels earned a worldwide total of more than $2. The sequel, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, opened in June 2. U. S. and a worldwide total of more than $2. Liu also starred with Antonio Banderas in Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, a critical and box office failure.

In 2. 00. 0, she hosted Saturday Night Live with Jay- Z. In a 2. 00. 1 episode of Sex and the City entitled "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" she guest starred as herself, playing Samantha Jones' new client. She starred in the Sex and the City–inspired TV show Cashmere Mafia on ABC. Liu also made a cameo appearance on Futurama (as herself and robot duplicates) in the episodes "I Dated a Robot" and "Love and Rocket", and on The Simpsons in the season 1.

Goo Goo Gai Pan."In 2. Liu played Rita Foster in Vincenzo Natali's Brainstorm (a k a Cypher). Soon thereafter, she appeared as O- Ren Ishii in Quentin Tarantino's 2. Kill Bill. She won an MTV Award for Best Movie Villain for the part. Subsequently, Liu appeared on several episodes of Joey with Matt Le.

Blanc, who played her love interest in the Charlie's Angels films. She also had minor roles as Kitty Baxter in the film Chicago and as a psychologist opposite Keira Knightley in the thriller Domino. In Lucky Number Slevin, she played the leading love interest to Josh Hartnett. Needles was released on December 1, 2. Liu portrayed Jin Ping, an HIV- positive Chinese woman.[2.

Liu speaking at the USAID Human Trafficking Symposium in September 2. In 2. 00. 7 Liu appeared in Code Name: The Cleaner; Rise, a supernatural thriller co- starring Michael Chiklis in which Liu plays an undead reporter[1. Top 5. 0 Sexiest Vampires"); [2. Watch The Skeleton Key Online The Skeleton Key Full Movie Online.

Watching the Detectives, an independent romantic comedy co- starring Cillian Murphy. She made her producer debut and also starred in a remake of Charlie Chan, which had been planned as early as 2. Liu guest- starred as lawyer Grace Chin on Ugly Betty in the 2. Derailed" and "Icing on the Cake."In 2. Empire named Liu number 9. Sexiest Movie Stars."[2.

The producers of Dirty Sexy Money created a role for Liu as a series regular. Liu played Nola Lyons, a powerful attorney who faced Nick George (Peter Krause).[2. Liu voiced Silvermist in Disney Fairies and Viper in Kung Fu Panda.[1. In March 2. 01. 0, Liu made her Broadway debut in the Tony Award–winning play God of Carnage as Annette on the second replacement cast alongside Jeff Daniels, Janet Mc. Teer, and Dylan Baker.[2.

In March 2. 01. 2, she was cast as Joan Watson for Elementary. Elementary is an American Sherlock Holmes adaptation, and the role Liu was offered is traditionally played by men.[2. She has gained praise for her role as Watson, including 3 consecutive nominations for the People's Choice Awards for Favorite TV Crime Drama Actress.

She also has played police officer Jessica Tang on Southland, a television show focusing on the lives of police officers and detectives in Los Angeles as a recurring guest actor during the fourth season.[3. She received the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Guest Actress for this role.[3. In August 2. 01. 1, Liu became a narrator for the musical group The Bullitts.[3. In 2. 01. 3, Liu was invited to become a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3. Liu was named Harvard's 2. Artist of the Year.