Lucy Liu
Lucy Liu
Lucy Alexis Liu /ˈluː/is an American actress and artist. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal, 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, portrayed O-Ren Ishii...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth2 December 1968
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I've never had a doubt about acting, about what I wanted to do, and I don't ever forget where I've come from. I'll never be one of those people who says, 'Oh, this is all so boring!' This is an incredible world to be a part of. It's not always easy, but it's worth it.
She was colorful and wonderful. When you do television, it goes into everyone's living room and they feel like they can watch you every week.
My freckles are always there. I think the lighting blows it out. If we had to cover up the freckles, I'd be forever with a thick thing of makeup.
You have to hope that you don't have to wear a mask and you don't have to put prosthetics on your face to make yourself look believable.
When you work with chains or any kind of weapons, or just when you're using hand-to-hand combat, you are going to get hurt.
They were concerned about the racial issue. They thought it was not a safe issue to go Asian, unfortunately.
Working on the Samurai sword is very different because your body position has to be very still. It's a much quieter was of fighting.
Women who wear kimonos, when the fight, they have to keep their knees together, and when they use a sword, they have to move the sleeves otherwise it gets caught.
Since we didn't use guns, we wanted to make sure we could earn the ability to win the audience over by making it believable. A lot of what you do when you work out in that mode is use your mental energy.
Being Asian in this business is something you have to consider, because sometimes people aren't as open. They'll say, I can't see you with a Caucasian person.
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I'll play Charlie's granddaughter. We're turning it all on its head.
There's always sacrifices. My family don't generally say that they're related to me - my sister doesn't say she's my sister - because they don' t want to be judged or lauded based on who I am.
Nobody really tells me what's going on, and I find out via the trades myself.