This Chinese beauty is in her early thirties and her success is still growing. She was born on December 2nd, 1968 in the Italian neighborhood of Queens, New York. Her parents, immigrants from China, raised her the American way, yet she couldn't help but feel culturally alienated because of her Asian background. She even stated: You go through a period when you don't like being Asian; you want to be 'American'. As she got older, she started to accept herself, and that's when her career literally took off.
In 1986, Lucy finished high school at Stuyvesant H.S., and went to New York University, where she only stayed for one year, becasue she found that it was a dark and sarcastic place. She then decided to move to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbour with a degree in Asian languages and cultures while also studying acting, dancing and singing. Her career ignited when she auditioned for a supporting role in Andre Gregory's adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, where she actually landed the lead role.
Her success was partly due to her fluency in Mandarin, and also because of her practice of Kali-Eskrima-Silat, an Indonesian martial art with crude forms of knife and sword fighting. Obviously, her language skills and martial arts are only one aspect of all her skills. Her theater credits include Numb, Redwood Curtain and M. Butterfly. She is also a member of the Met Theater Development Ensemble.
Liu is also a gifted artist; her work first appeared at the Cast Iron Gallery in SoHo in the early eighties. In 1993, she received an art grant to study art in China. She exhibited a mix of media photography, ceramics, paints, wood collages and papers on her chronicled experiences, in Venice, CA.
Liu is also a fearless athlete; she practices rock climbing, skiing and horseback riding. She experienced a few bad falls, first from her horse and then from her bicycle. These injuries didn't stop her from wanting to buy a motorcycle and from taking up snowboarding. Sheis also an accomplished accordion player, having been taught The Bak Gwi Plunderby the same teacher as Greg Germann, and surprisingly they now drag their accordions to work and jam between sets.
Her breakthrough role came on September 21st 1998, on Fox's Ally Mcbeal in the Episode They Eat Horses Don't They. She took on the icy role of Ling Woo, an assertive plant manager (and ex-lawyer) suing a shock jock radio for sexual harassment. She is now co-starring with Calista Flockhart as one of the shows most compelling characters.
On November 19th, 1998, Liu was to become really famous in an Ally McBeal episode. It's my party is the episode where she executed a deadly kiss with co-star Greg Germann. This piece of television history is what got her signed as a regular cast member.
She can also be seen opposite of Mel Gibson in Payback where she plays a dominatrix pearl of the Chinese Mafia. This Chinese Hollywood star made many more notable screen appearances. These include: City of Industry, Tupac's Gridlock'd, and Jerry Maguire. She also had roles on syndicated shows such as: Hercules: TJL, X-Files, Beverly Hills 90210, Nash Bridges, LA Law, Home Improvement, ER, NYPD Blues, and John Quest. In 2000, she also was cast in perhaps her most high-profile role to date, when she was chosen alongside Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz as one of the titular crime fighters in Charlie's Angels: The Movie.
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