Lucy Liu is a popular American singer, film producer and an actress, known for her roles in movies like “Payback”, “Chicago”, “Kill Bill”, “Charlie’s Angels” and “Love Kills”.
She was born on 2nd December, 1968 in New York, United States of America and started her acting career in 1992.
Career Highlights
Lucy Liu started her movie career in 1992, appearing in the role of Donna, in the movie titled “Rhythm of Destiny”, which was released only in Hong Kong. In 1995, she appeared in her first major role in the international film titled “Bang”, followed by the role of Dot in the 1997 movie “Flypaper”.
In 1997, she appeared in 4 other movies including “Riot”, “City of Industry”, “Guy” and “Gridlock’d”, in different roles, which brought her into the limelight. In 1998, she appeared in the role of Kashi in the movie titled “Love Kills”, followed by a breakthrough role in “Payback”, released in 1999.
She also appeared in movies like “True Crime”, “Molly”, “The Mating Habits of Earthbound Human” and “Play it to the Bone”, before appearing the popular movie “Shanghai Noon” co-starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, released in 2000.
Lucy Liu also performed breakthrough roles of Kitty Baxter in “Chicago”, Alex Munday in “Charlie’s Angels” and O-Ren Ishii in “Kill Bill Volume I and II”. She won Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress–Action for the movie “Charlie’s Angels” and was nominated for the Saturn Award for best supporting actress in 2000.
She won Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture along with Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast nomination for the movie “Chicago”.
Top Ten Movies of Lucy Liu:
⦁ Payback
⦁ Molly
⦁ Shanghai Noon
⦁ Charlie’s Angels
⦁ Chicago
⦁ Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle
⦁ Kill Bill Volume 1
⦁ Kill Bill Volume 2
⦁ Domino
⦁ Nomads