Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu

Known for
Acting
Born
December 2, 1968 (age 57)
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Lucy Alexis Liu (born December 2, 1968) is an American actress, producer, and artist. Widely regarded as a trailblazer for Asian American representation in Hollywood, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Critics' Choice Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards.

Known For

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Filmography

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Nobody Nothing Nowhere

Nobody Nothing Nowhere

Movie

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The Last Weekend in May

The Last Weekend in May

Movie · as Leah

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Audition

Audition

Movie

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Superfakes

Superfakes

TV · 8 eps

2026
The Devil Wears Prada 2 poster

The Devil Wears Prada 2

Movie · as Sasha

2026
The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters poster

The Pirate Queen: No Safe Waters

Movie · as Cheng Shih

2026
Moonfish poster

Moonfish

Movie · as (voice)

2026
The History of Concrete poster

The History of Concrete

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2025
Presence poster

Presence

Movie · as Rebekah

2025
Rosemead poster

Rosemead

Movie · as Irene

2025
The Mighty Nein poster

The Mighty Nein

TV · as Bright Queen (voice) · 3 eps

2024
Old Guy poster

Old Guy

Movie · as Anata

2024
The Tiger's Apprentice poster

The Tiger's Apprentice

Movie · as Nua Kua / Cynthia (voice)

2024
Red One poster

Red One

Movie · as Zoe

2024
A Man in Full poster

A Man in Full

TV · as Joyce Newman · 6 eps

2024
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld poster

Jentry Chau vs the Underworld

TV · as Moonie (voice), Moonie / Imprisoned Ghost (voice) · 4 eps

2023
Shazam! Fury of the Gods poster

Shazam! Fury of the Gods

Movie · as Kalypso

2023
Disney 100: Remember That poster

Disney 100: Remember That

Movie · as Self

2022
Strange World poster

Strange World

Movie · as Callisto Mal (voice)

2022
StoryBots: Answer Time poster

StoryBots: Answer Time

TV · as Actress (voice) · 12 eps

2021
Death to 2021 poster

Death to 2021

Movie · as Snook Austin

2021
Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days poster

Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days

Movie · as Self - Guest

2021
Star Wars: Visions poster

Star Wars: Visions

TV · as Bandit Leader (voice: English version) · 1 ep

2021
Carina Bergfeldt poster

Carina Bergfeldt

TV · as Self - Guest · 10 eps

2020
Stage Mother poster

Stage Mother

Movie · as Sienna

2020
The Drew Barrymore Show poster

The Drew Barrymore Show

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2020
A World of Calm poster

A World of Calm

TV · as Narrator · 1 ep

2019
QT8: The First Eight poster

QT8: The First Eight

Movie · as Self

2019
Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? poster

Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

TV · as Lucy Liu (voice) · 1 ep

2019
Why Women Kill poster

Why Women Kill

TV · as Simone Grove · 10 eps

2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show poster

The Kelly Clarkson Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2019
Today with Jenna & Sheinelle poster

Today with Jenna & Sheinelle

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2018
Future World poster

Future World

Movie · as The Queen

2018
Set It Up poster

Set It Up

Movie · as Kirsten Stevens

2017
Michael Jackson's Halloween poster

Michael Jackson's Halloween

Movie · as Conformity (voice)

2016
Kung Fu Panda 3 poster

Kung Fu Panda 3

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2016
Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll poster

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2016
Animals. poster

Animals.

TV · as Yumi (voice) · 10 eps

2015
East of Main Street: Taking the Lead poster

East of Main Street: Taking the Lead

Movie · as Self

2015
Difficult People poster

Difficult People

TV · as Veronica Ford · 4 eps

2014
Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4 poster

Kung Fu Panda | Legends of Awesomeness: The Midnight Stranger Vol.4

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2014
Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy poster

Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2014
Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast poster

Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers poster

Late Night with Seth Meyers

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon poster

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 3 eps

2014
The Meredith Vieira Show poster

The Meredith Vieira Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2013
Pixie Hollow Bake Off poster

Pixie Hollow Bake Off

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2013
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc poster

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness - Good Croc, Bad Croc

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2013
Kung Fu Panda:  The Awesome Secrets Collection poster

Kung Fu Panda: The Awesome Secrets Collection

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2012
Secret of the Wings poster

Secret of the Wings

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2012
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You poster

Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You

Movie · as Rowena Adler

2012
The Man with the Iron Fists poster

The Man with the Iron Fists

Movie · as Madame Blossom

2012
Elementary poster

Elementary

TV · as Joan Watson · 154 eps

2012
Girls poster

Girls

TV · as Detective Mosedale · 1 ep

2012
Dish Nation poster

Dish Nation

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2011
Kung Fu Panda 2 poster

Kung Fu Panda 2

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2011
The Trouble with Bliss poster

The Trouble with Bliss

Movie · as Andrea

2011
Detachment poster

Detachment

Movie · as Dr. Doris Parker

2011
Pixie Hollow Games poster

Pixie Hollow Games

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2011
Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair poster

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair

Movie · as O-Ren Ishii (Cottonmouth)

2011
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness poster

Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness

TV · as Viper (voice) · 80 eps

2011
Billy on the Street poster

Billy on the Street

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2010
Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue poster

Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2010
Nomads poster

Nomads

Movie · as Susan

2010
Kung Fu Panda Holiday poster

Kung Fu Panda Holiday

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2010
Marry Me poster

Marry Me

TV · as Rae Ann Carter · 2 eps

2010
The Adventures of Disney Fairies poster

The Adventures of Disney Fairies

TV · as Silvermist (voice) · 49 eps

2009
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure poster

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2009
Afro Samurai: Resurrection poster

Afro Samurai: Resurrection

Movie · as Sio (voice)

2009
Redlight poster

Redlight

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen poster

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2009
Southland poster

Southland

TV · as Officer Jessica Tang · 10 eps

2008
The Year of Getting to Know Us poster

The Year of Getting to Know Us

Movie · as Anne

2008
Kung Fu Panda poster

Kung Fu Panda

Movie · as Viper (voice)

2008
Tinker Bell poster

Tinker Bell

Movie · as Silvermist (voice)

2008
Little Spirit: Christmas in New York poster

Little Spirit: Christmas in New York

Movie · as Leo's Mother (voice)

2008
Cashmere Mafia poster

Cashmere Mafia

TV · as Mia Mason · 7 eps

2008
Ben & Izzy poster

Ben & Izzy

TV · as Yasmine (voice) · 13 eps

2007
Rise: Blood Hunter poster

Rise: Blood Hunter

Movie · as Sadie Blake

2007
Watching the Detectives poster

Watching the Detectives

Movie · as Violet

2007
Code Name: The Cleaner poster

Code Name: The Cleaner

Movie · as Gina

2007
Dirty Sexy Money poster

Dirty Sexy Money

TV · as Nola Lyons · 13 eps

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2007
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan poster

Ni Hao, Kai-Lan

TV · as Bear Queen (voice) · 19 eps

2006
Lucky Number Slevin poster

Lucky Number Slevin

Movie · as Lindsey

2006
Ugly Betty poster

Ugly Betty

TV · as Grace Chin · 2 eps

2006
Creative Arts Emmy Awards poster

Creative Arts Emmy Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep

2005
Domino poster

Domino

Movie · as Taryn Miles

2005
3 Needles poster

3 Needles

Movie · as Jin Ping

2005
My Date with Drew poster

My Date with Drew

Movie · as Self (uncredited)

2005
The Reichen Show poster

The Reichen Show

TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 1 ep

2004
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

Movie · as O-Ren Ishii 'Cottonmouth'

2004
Mulan II poster

Mulan II

Movie · as Mei (voice)

2004
Joey poster

Joey

TV · as Lauren, Lauren Beck · 3 eps

2004
Maya & Miguel poster

Maya & Miguel

TV · as Maggie Lee (voice) · 70 eps

2004
Game Over poster

Game Over

TV · as Raquel Smashenburn (voice) · 6 eps

2003
Kill Bill: Vol. 1 poster

Kill Bill: Vol. 1

Movie · as O-Ren Ishii

2003
Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle poster

Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle

Movie · as Alex Munday

2003
The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1' poster

The Making of 'Kill Bill Vol. 1'

Movie · as Self

2003
Celebrity Naked Ambition poster

Celebrity Naked Ambition

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show poster

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2002
Cypher poster

Cypher

Movie · as Rita Foster

2002
Chicago poster

Chicago

Movie · as Kitty Baxter

2002
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever poster

Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever

Movie · as Agent Jane Sever

2002
Players

Players

TV · 1 ep

2002
Bo' Selecta! poster

Bo' Selecta!

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2001
Hotel poster

Hotel

Movie · as Kawika

2001
America: A Tribute to Heroes poster

America: A Tribute to Heroes

Movie · as Self

2001
Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up poster

Charlie’s Angels: Getting G’d Up

Movie · as Self

2001
Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels poster

Charlie’s Angels: The Master and the Angels

Movie · as Self

2001
Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy poster

Angelic Attire: Dressing Cameron, Drew & Lucy

Movie · as Self

2000
Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels

Movie · as Alex Munday

2000
Shanghai Noon poster

Shanghai Noon

Movie · as Princess Pei Pei

2000
Jackie Chan Adventures poster

Jackie Chan Adventures

TV · as Adult Jade (voice) · 2 eps

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Lucy Liu · 1 ep

1999
Payback poster

Payback

Movie · as Pearl

1999
Play It to the Bone poster

Play It to the Bone

Movie · as Lia

1999
The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human poster

The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

Movie · as The Female's Asian Friend

1999
Flypaper poster

Flypaper

Movie · as Dot

1999
Molly poster

Molly

Movie · as Brenda

1999
True Crime poster

True Crime

Movie · as Toy Store Girl

1999
Love Kills poster

Love Kills

Movie · as Kashi

1999
Futurama poster

Futurama

TV · as Lucy Liu's Head (voice) · 2 eps

1998
Sex and the City poster

Sex and the City

TV · as Lucy Liu · 1 ep

1997
City of Industry poster

City of Industry

Movie · as Cathi Rose

1997
Gridlock'd poster

Gridlock'd

Movie · as Cee-cee

1997
Guy poster

Guy

Movie · as Woman at Newstand

1997
Riot poster

Riot

Movie · as Tiffany

1997
Ally McBeal poster

Ally McBeal

TV · as Ling Woo · 73 eps

1997
The View poster

The View

TV · as Self · 3 eps

1997
King of the Hill poster

King of the Hill

TV · as Tid Pao (voice) · 1 ep

1997
Dellaventura poster

Dellaventura

TV · as Yuling Chong · 14 eps

1996
Jerry Maguire poster

Jerry Maguire

Movie · as Former girlfriend

1996
Nash Bridges poster

Nash Bridges

TV · as Joy Powell · 8 eps

1996
The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest poster

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest

TV · as Melana (voice) · 26 eps

1996
High Incident poster

High Incident

TV · as Officer Whin · 32 eps

1996
Pearl poster

Pearl

TV · as Amy Li · 22 eps

1996
The Daily Show poster

The Daily Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1996
Film Independent Spirit Awards poster

Film Independent Spirit Awards

TV · as Self - Presenter · 2 eps

1996
The Rosie O'Donnell Show poster

The Rosie O'Donnell Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 12 eps

1995
Bang poster

Bang

Movie · as Hooker

1995
Hercules: The Legendary Journeys poster

Hercules: The Legendary Journeys

TV · as Oi-Lan · 13 eps

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Mei-Sun Leow · 3 eps

1994
Hotel Malibu

Hotel Malibu

TV · as Co-Worker · 6 eps

1993
Protozoa poster

Protozoa

Movie · as Ari

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Kim Hsin · 1 ep

1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien poster

Late Night with Conan O'Brien

TV · as Self - Guest · 4 eps

1993
NYPD Blue poster

NYPD Blue

TV · as Amy Chu · 22 eps

1992
Rhythm of Destiny poster

Rhythm of Destiny

Movie · as Donna

1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno poster

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

TV · 3 eps

1992
MTV Movie & TV Awards poster

MTV Movie & TV Awards

TV · as Self / Presenter · 1 ep

1991
Home Improvement poster

Home Improvement

TV · as Woman #3 · 1 ep

1990
Beverly Hills, 90210 poster

Beverly Hills, 90210

TV · as Courtney · 1 ep

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Madam Wu (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Coach poster

Coach

TV · as Nicole Wong · 25 eps

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark poster

LIVE with Kelly and Mark

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

1986
L.A. Law poster

L.A. Law

TV · as Mei Lin · 1 ep

1975
Saturday Night Live poster

Saturday Night Live

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1969
Sesame Street poster

Sesame Street

TV · 1 ep

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self, Self / Presenter