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Lucy Liu

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Recent Role:
Officer Jessica Tang on Southland
Gender:
Female
Born:
12-2-1968
Birthplace:
Queens, New York, USA
Birth Name:
Lucy Alexis Liu
AKA:
Lucy Alexis Liu, Lucy Alexis Chiu
Lucy Liu was born to Chinese immigrants in Queens in 1968. She graduated from College with a degree in Asian Studies and a big interest in Acting.



She auditioned for every part she found, but found it difficult not to be typecast as the Oriental Girl. By 1998, Liu had been to hundreds of auditions, and had only landed small roles on Jerry Maguire and TV shows such as ER. All that was about to change, however.



She originally auditioned for the role of Nelle Porter on Ally McBeal, and went up against stiff competition. She lost the part but







More show producer David E Kelley was so impressed that he wrote a guest starring role just for her. The part of politicallly incorrect and absolutely hilarious Ling Woo was so poular Liu stayed on as a full time cast member for four years.



After Ally McBeal, Liu became one of the best known Hollywood actresses, starring in big flicks Charlie's Angels and Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill.

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    2.5 Terrible
    Not a good actress. hide show

    I will say that Lucy Liu is very much an actress that is overrated and she needs to do more. Guess I think if she was better she would be. Seen her movies and hate every one of them. She is good looking though. I will not go out on a limb and say that saves her from average acting ability. She needs to do something different and I think she is very good and saying less than needed. So I don't think she is very good, I still respect her in the way of it all. One day, she might prove me wrong but who really cares?

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    1 Abysmal
    Very overrated. hide show

    I think Lucy Liu is a bananna, one of the worst around. She is a bad actress and an overrated performer. I guess I am disgusted with her becaus of the fact that she always plays these white roles when she isn't white. But I guess she is underneath it all. She was bad in so many of her movies and I wish she would have stuck to not being a celebrity. The media loves ethnic women and they pair them with white men. If it is the other way around, people have problems with it. That is reality. Thank you.

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    7 Good
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    Great actress, that certainly stands above other actress. She is very lucky and talented enough to have get up to this point in her career, and I think that she is simply awesome, I can't stop thinking who could have played a better role in her movies, she is just perfect for them.

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    6 Fair
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    Lucy Lui is really a talented actress, especially when it comes to action films (e.g. the "Charlie's Angels" films). In every role she really makes you believe that she actually is the character she's portraying. This sense of realism is what makes her really stand out above the masses of the rest of actresses today. My favorite movie of her's is "Vanilla Sky."

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    8.4 Great
    Lucy Liu is a very attractive atress! hide show

    I've seen Lucy Liu in Charles's Angels 1 and 2, and Shanghai Noon. I have yet to see her in Ally McBeel. From all that I've seen, Lucy is a very talented actress. She did her own stunts in the Charles's Angels movies, and looked great while doing them! She also did fight scences in Shanghai Noon, which she rocked! Lucy also is very beautiful, and has a killer body! With both looks and talent, she has what it takes to survive in Hollywood!

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