Lucy Alexis Liu (born Lucy Liu; December 2, 1968) is an 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 McBeal (1998–2002), for which she was nominated for a 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. Liu’s film work includes starring as one of the heroines in Charlie’s Angels (2000), portraying O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill (2003), and starring roles in the main casts of Payback (1999), Chicago (2002), and the animated film series Kung Fu Panda (2008–present) portraying the character Master Viper.
In 2008, she starred in an ABC comedy-drama, Cashmere Mafia, which ended after one abbreviated season. The show was one of only a few American television shows to have an Asian American series lead. In 2012, 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.
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Lucy Liu Biography / Wiki
Name | Lucy Liu |
Also Know | Lucy Alexis Liu, 劉玉玲, 루시 리우, ЛюÑÑ– Лью, ΛοÏσι ΛιοÏ, ΛοÏσι ΑλÎξις ΛιοÏ, 刘玉玲 |
Gender | Female |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, USA |
Date of Birth | 1968-12-02 |
Age(as in 2022) | 54 |
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Lucy Liu Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Rise: Blood Hunter | Sadie Blake | 2007-04-28 | A reporter on the trail of a sinister cult wakes up in a morgue to find herself a member of the undead. She goes on a personal vendetta for a group a … |
Pixie Hollow Games | Silvermist (voice) | 2011-12-24 | Rosetta and new arrival Chloe band together to try to break the garden fairies’ legendary losing streak in the Pixie Hollow Games, a sports spectacle … |
Redlight | Narrator | 2009-10-04 | A powerful feature documentary about child sexploitation, an epidemic happening in every country around the world. Filmed over a four year period, RED… |
Nomads | Susan | 2010-10-18 | Susan is a filmaker working on a documentary about subway suicides at Mexico City. Roberto is an illegal mexican inmigrant that works cleaning window… |
Michael Jackson’s Halloween | Conformity (voice) | 2017-10-27 | The one-hour animated special, packed with the vocal talents of some of your favorite CBS stars and the King of Pop’s most memorable hits, follows Vin… |
The Last Weekend in May | Leah | Paul and Leah, are caught in the throes of an extramarital affair. Knowing that the situation is untenable, they decide to rent a house and turn their… | |
Rosemead | Based on a true story that took place in the San Gabriel Valley, the film follows an immigrant mother (Liu) with terminal cancer who takes desperate m… | ||
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 | O-Ren Ishii | 2003-10-10 | An assassin is shot by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her vengeance…. |
Cypher | Rita Foster | 2002-10-01 | An unsuspecting, disenchanted man finds himself working as a spy in the dangerous, high-stakes world of corporate espionage. Quickly getting way over-… |
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever | Agent Sever | 2002-09-20 | Jonathan Ecks, an FBI agent, realizes that he must join with his lifelong enemy, Agent Sever, a rogue DIA agent with whom he is in mortal combat, in o… |
Watching the Detectives | Violet | 2007-05-01 | Neil, a self proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he… |
Code Name: The Cleaner | Gina | 2007-01-05 | Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he f… |
Afro Samurai: Resurrection | Sio (voice) | 2009-10-16 | Afro Samurai avenged his father and found a life of peace. But the legendary master is forced back into the game by a beautiful and deadly woman from … |
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair | O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth) | 2011-03-27 | An assassin is shot and almost killed by her ruthless employer, Bill, and other members of their assassination circle – but she lives to plot her ve… |
Little Spirit: Christmas in New York | Leo’s Mother (voice) | 2008-12-10 | When a friendly cabbie tells two young sisters the story of a boy named Leo who moved to Manhattan with his family, a magical adventure begins. While … |
Stage Mother | Sienna | 2020-07-24 | A conservative church-choir director moves from Texas to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son’s drag club…. |
Charlie’s Angels | Alex Munday | 2000-11-02 | The captivating crime-fighting trio who are masters of disguise, espionage and martial arts are back! When a devious mastermind embroils them in a plo… |
Shanghai Noon | Princess Pei Pei | 2000-05-26 | Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard trails Princess Pei Pei when she is kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her … |
Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle | Alex Munday | 2003-06-27 | The Angels are charged with finding a pair of missing rings that are encoded with the personal information of members of the Witness Protection Progra… |
The Man with the Iron Fists | Madame Blossom | 2012-11-02 | In feudal China, a blacksmith who makes weapons for a small village is put in the position where he must defend himself and his fellow villagers…. |
Protozoa | Ari | 1993-01-01 | Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hel… |
Set It Up | Kirsten Stevens | 2018-06-15 | Two overworked and underpaid assistants come up with a plan to get their bosses off their backs by setting them up with each other…. |
Lucky Number Slevin | Lindsey | 2006-02-24 | Slevin is mistakenly put in the middle of a personal war between the city’s biggest criminal bosses. Under constant watch, Slevin must try not to ge… |
The Year of Getting to Know Us | Anne | 2008-01-24 | A commitment-phobic man reunites with his estranged, ailing father and comes to terms with his own childhood…. |
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure | Silvermist (voice) | 2009-09-03 | A blue harvest moon will rise, allowing the fairies to use a precious moonstone to restore the Pixie Dust Tree, the source of all their magic. But whe… |
Mulan II | Mei (voice) | 2004-11-03 | Fa Mulan gets the surprise of her young life when her love, Captain Li Shang asks for her hand in marriage. Before the two can have their happily ever… |
Tinker Bell | Silvermist (voice) | 2008-09-11 | Journey into the secret world of Pixie Hollow and hear Tinker Bell speak for the very first time as the astonishing story of Disney’s most famous fair… |
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue | Silvermist (voice) | 2010-07-29 | During a summer stay on the mainland, Tinker Bell is accidentally discovered while investigating a little girl’s fairy house. As the other fairies, le… |
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human | Lydia | 1999-09-03 | David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as … |
3 Needles | Jin Ping | 2005-09-09 | A three-paneled look at the worldwide AIDS crisis: in Montreal, a porn actor schemes to pass his mandatory blood test; a young nun makes a personal sa… |
Flypaper | Dot | 1998-02-01 | Greed, lust and fate bring together a motley collection of oddballs and lowlifes for some rather sticky situations in Hoch’s twisted neo-noir debut. T… |
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Rowena Adler | 2012-02-24 | Precocious yet sensitive teenager James has a deep perception of the world but no idea how to live in it. Finding no help from his divorced parents no… |
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy | Silvermist (voice) | 2014-02-13 | Zarina, a smart and ambitious dust-keeper fairy who’s captivated by Blue Pixie Dust and its endless possibilities, flees Pixie Hollow and joins forc… |
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast | Silvermist (voice) | 2014-12-12 | An ancient myth of a massive creature sparks the curiosity of Tinker Bell and her good friend Fawn, an animal fairy who’s not afraid to break the ru… |
Death to 2021 | Snook Austin | 2021-12-27 | This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to o… |
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Play It to the Bone | Lia | 1999-12-25 | Two aging fighters in LA, friends, get a call from a Vegas promoter because his undercard fighters for a Mike Tyson bout that night are suddenly unava… |
Kung Fu Panda | Master Viper (voice) | 2008-06-04 | When the Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda discovers his destiny as the “chosen one” and trains to become a kung fu hero, but transform… |
The Trouble with Bliss | Andrea | 2011-10-01 | 35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects, he… |
Secret of the Wings | Silvermist (voice) | 2012-08-17 | Tinkerbell wanders into the forbidden Winter woods and meets Periwinkle. Together they learn the secret of their wings and try to unite the warm fairi… |
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll | Viper (voice) | 2016-01-05 | As Po looks for his lost action figures, the story of how the panda inadvertently helped create the Furious Five is told…. |
Future World | The Queen | 2018-05-25 | A young boy searches a future world wasteland for a rumored cure for his dying mother…. |
Kung Fu Panda Holiday | Viper (voice) | 2010-11-26 | The Winter Feast is Po’s favorite holiday. Every year he and his father hang decorations, cook together, and serve noodle soup to the villagers. But t… |
Strange World | Callisto Mal (voice) | 2022-11-23 | A journey deep into an uncharted and treacherous land, where fantastical creatures await the legendary Clades—a family of explorers whose difference… |
Chicago | Kitty Baxter | 2002-12-10 | Murderesses Velma Kelly and Roxie Hart find themselves on death row together and fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows in 1920s Chic… |
Kung Fu Panda 2 | Viper (voice) | 2011-05-25 | Po is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five – … |
Kung Fu Panda – The Midnight Stranger Vol.4 | Viper (voice) | 2014-06-01 | … |
Rhythm of Destiny | Donna | 1992-04-01 | Two brothers Ah B and Dee live in two different worlds. Ah B decided to quit his smuggling business for a new life. He opens a nightclub to put his yo… |
Love Kills | Kashi | 1999-10-04 | A masseur gets mixed up in the family plots at the mansion of a recently deceased Beverly Hills millionaire…. |
Sesame Street: 50 Years Of Sunny Days | 2021-04-26 | For more than a half-century, Sesame Street has addressed and explained diversity, equity, and inclusion around the globe by using the universal tools… | |
Domino | Taryn Miles | 2005-10-14 | The story of the life of Domino Harvey, who abandoned her career as a Ford model to become a bounty hunter…. |
Detachment | Dr. Parker | 2011-04-24 | A chronicle of three weeks in the lives of several high school teachers, administrators and students through the eyes of substitute teacher, Henry Bar… |
City of Industry | Cathi Rose | 1997-03-14 | A retired thief swears revenge on the lunatic who murdered his brother and partner, while going on the run with the loot they stole…. |
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (Good Croc, Bad Croc) | Viper (voice) | 2011-11-10 | Po gets suckered by Fung to break into a castle… |
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead | Self | 2015-05-01 | The acclaimed documentary series East of Main Street returns with a celebration of Asian Americans working in the film and television industries…. |
Kung Fu Panda 3 | Viper (voice) | 2016-01-23 | Continuing his “legendary adventures of awesomeness”, Po must face two hugely epic, but different threats: one supernatural and the other a little clo… |
Pixie Hollow Bake Off | Silvermist (voice) | 2013-10-20 | Tink challenges Gelata to see who can bake the best cake for the queen’s party. Plus 10 Disney Fairies Mini-Shorts: – Just Desserts – If The Hue Fi… |
Gridlock’d | Cee-cee | 1997-01-29 | After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are ha… |
Shazam! Fury of the Gods | Kalypso | 2023-03-15 | Billy Batson and his foster siblings, who transform into superheroes by saying “Shazam!”, are forced to get back into action and fight the Daughters o… |
Payback | Pearl | 1999-02-05 | With friends like these, who needs enemies? That’s the question bad guy Porter is left asking after his wife and partner steal his heist money and lea… |
Guy | Woman at Newstand | 1997-12-17 | A young, female filmmaker looks through her camera for an object to film. She wants to film the private live of an ordinary person and starts followin… |
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 | O-Ren Ishii | 2004-04-16 | The Bride unwaveringly continues on her roaring rampage of revenge against the band of assassins who had tried to kill her and her unborn child. She v… |
Molly | Brenda | 1999-10-22 | Molly McKay is a profoundly autistic twenty-something woman who has lived in an institution from a young age following her parents’ death in a car acc… |
QT8: The First Eight | Self | 2019-10-21 | A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scanda… |
Riot | Tiffany | 1997-04-27 | In April 1992, following the notorious Rodney King verdict, the streets of Los Angeles became a battlefield, the backdrop to four personal intertwined… |
Bang | Hooker | 1995-09-09 | A young woman in L.A. is having a bad day: she’s evicted, an audition ends with a producer furious she won’t trade sex for the part, and a policeman n… |
My Date with Drew | Self | 2005-08-05 | Ever since the second grade when he first saw her in E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Brian Herzlinger has had a crush on Drew Barrymore. Now, 20 years late… |
Hotel | Kawika | 2001-01-01 | A sex worker, a hired killer, and a movie crew cross paths in a Venice hotel where human meat is on the menu…. |
True Crime | Toy Store Girl | 1999-03-19 | Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett’s faults but there’s no time. A San Quentin Death Row … |
America: A Tribute to Heroes | 2001-09-21 | A benefit concert and telethon organized by George Clooney and broadcast uninterrupted and commercial-free by the four major television networks just … | |
Jerry Maguire | Former girlfriend | 1996-12-13 | Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plu… |
Lucy Liu Directing Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Meena | Director | 2014-06-24 | Meena is a documentary film about sex trafficking in India that premiered on June 26, 2014 in New York City. This film marks the directorial debut of … |
Director | A modern-day drama about a crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD’s most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London and a stint in reha… | ||
Director | In Southern California, a beachfront property was seized and turned into a residence for undercover cops. They are all top agents of the DEA, FBI, and… | ||
Director | Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire…. | ||
Director | In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate … | ||
Director | Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the ’60s, a socialite in the ’80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their ma… | ||
Director | The new medical director breaks the rules to heal the system at America’s oldest public hospital. Max Goodwin sets out to tear up the bureaucracy and … | ||
Lucy Liu Production Movies
Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
Freedom’s Fury | Executive Producer | 2006-09-07 | A documentary on the 1956 Olympic semifinal water polo match between Hungary and Russia. Held in Australia, the match occurred as Russian forces were … |
UNZIPPED: An Autopsy of American Inequality | Executive Producer | 2021-10-01 | A provocative feature doc about America’s affordable housing crisis told through the prism of iconic Venice CA 90291’s struggle with the growing incom… |
Code Name: The Cleaner | Executive Producer | 2007-01-05 | Cedric the Entertainer plays Jake, a seemingly regular guy who has no idea who he is after being hit over the head by mysterious assailants. When he f… |
If You Have | Executive Producer | 2022-04-25 | Oscar®-winning director Ben Proudfoot brings the inspiring untold story of UNICEF to life through first-person interviews and UNICEF’s never-before… |
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