GENDER: Female
HAIR: Black/Dark Brown/Blonde
HEIGHT: 5' 3"
AGE: 49
BIRTHDAY: December 02, 1968
CAREER: Actress, Voice Actress, Director and Artist
KNOWN FOR: She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal (1998–2002), 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 (Alex Munday) in Charlie's Angels (2000), portraying O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill (2003) and starring roles in the main casts of Payback (as Pearl; 1999) and Chicago (as Kitty Baxter; 2002), and the animated film series Kung Fu Panda (2008–present) portraying the character Master Viper. In 2008, she starred in an ABC comedy-drama, Cashmere Mafia, as Mia Mason, which ended after one abbreviated season. The show was one of only a few American television shows to have an Asian American series lead. In 2012, Liu joined the cast of the TNT series Southland in the recurring role of Jessica Tang, for which she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Guest Actress. She is currently co-starring in the Sherlock Holmes–inspired crime drama series Elementary as Joan Watson for which she won the Seoul International Drama Award for Best Actress and voicing Silvermist in Disney's Tinker Bell film series. She has also starred, co-starred, and/or appeared in those of the following; Rhythm of Destiny, Protozoa (short film), Bang, Jerry Maguire, Gridlock'd, City of Industry, Flypaper, Guy, Love Kills, Payback, True Crime, Molly, The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, Play It to the Bone, Shanghai Noon, Hotel, Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Cypher, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle as Alex Munday, Mulan II (direct to video), 3 Needles, Domino, Lucky Number Seven, Code Name: The Cleaner (as Gina and also executive producer), Rise: Blood Hunter, Watching the Detectives, The Year of Getting to Know Us, Kung Fu Panda (English and Mandarin Version as Master Viper(voice)), Redlight (as Herself/Narrator and also producer), Nomads, Kung Fu Panda Holiday, Detachment, The Trouble with Bliss, Kung Gu Panda 2 (English and Mandarin version as Master Viper (viper)), Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You, The Man with the Iron Fists, Magic Wonderland (English and Mandarin Version as Princess Ocean (voice)), The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (English and Mandarin Version as Lady Sagami (voice)), Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (short film), Kung Fu Panda 3 (English and Mandarin Version as Master Viper (voice)), Future World, Set It Up and Sherlock Gomes (special thanks). She has also starred, co-starred, and/or appeared in those of the following television shows/programs; Beverly Hills, 90210 as Courtney in Episode: "Pass, Not Pass" in 1991, LA Law: as Mai Lin in Episode: "Foreign Co-Respondent" in 1993, Hotel Malibu as Co-worker in Episode: "Do Not Disturb" in 1994, Coach (2 episodes) as Nicole Wong in 1994, Home Improvement as Woman #3 in Episode: "Bachelor of the Year" in 1995, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys as Oi-Lan in Episode: "The March to Freedom" in 1995, ER as Mei-Sun Leow (3 episodes) in 1995, Nash Bridges as Joy Powell in Episode: "Genesis" in 1996, The X-Files as Kim Hsin in Episode: "Hell Money" in 1996, High Incident as Officer Whin (2 episodes) in 1996, The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (2 episodes) as Melana (voice) in 1997, NYPD Blue as Amy Chu in Episode: "A Wrenching Experience" in 1997, Riot (television film (segment "Empty")) as Boomer's Girlfriend in 1997, Dellaventura as Yuling Chong in Episode: "Pilot" in 1997, Michael Hayes as Alice Woo in Episode: "Slaves" in 1997, MADtv as Herself in Season 6, episode 6 in 2000, Saturday Night Live as Herself in Episode: "Lucy Liu/Jay-Z" in 2000, Futurama (2 episodes) as Herself (voice) in 2001-02, King of the Hill as Tid Pao Souphanousinphone (voice) in Episode: "Bad Girls, Bad Girls, Whatcha Gonna Do" in 2002, Jackie Chan Adventures as Adult Jade Chan (voice) in Episode: "J2: Rise of the Dragons" in 2004, Game Over (6 episodes) as Raquel Smashenburn (voice) in 2004, Maya & Miguel as Maggie Lee (voice) in 2004-07, Joey (3 episodes) as Lauren Black in 2004-05, Clifford's Puppy Days as Teacup and Mrs. Glen (voices) in Episode: "Adopt-a-Pup/Jokes on You" in 2005, The Simpsons as Madam Wu (voice) in Episode: "Goo Goo Gai Pan" in 2005, Ugly Betty (2 episodes) as Grace Chin in 2007, Cashmere Mafia (Main cast; 7 episodes) as Mia Mason in 2008, Ben & Izzy as Yasmine (voice) in 2008, Dirty Sexy Money Main cast (season 2); 13 episodes as Nola Lyons in 2008-09, Little Spirit: Christmas in New York (television film) as Leo's Mom in 2008, Afro Samurai: Resurrection (television film) as Sio (voice) in 2009, Kung Fu Panda Holiday (television special) as Master Viper (voice) in 2010, Marry Me (miniseries, 2 episodes) as Rae Carter in 2010, Pixie Hollow Games (television special) as Silvermist (voice) in 2011, Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness as Master Viper (voice) in 2011-2016, Pixie Hollow Back Off (television special) as Silvermist (voice) in 2013, Girls as Detective Mosedale in Episode: "Japan" in 2016, Difficult People (4 episodes) as Veronica Ford in 2017 and Michael Jackson's Halloween (voice role, TV special) as Conformity in 2017. She has starred, co-starred, and/or appeared (voiced) in those of the following video games; SSX Tricky as Elise Riggs (voice) in 2001, Charlie's Angels as Alex Munday (voice) in 2003 and Sleeping Dogs as Vivienne Lu (voice) in 2012. She has directed those of the following works; Meena (short film) in 2011, Elementary (4 episodes) in 2014-17, Graceland ( Episode: "Master of Weak Ties" ) in 2015 and Luke Cage ( Episode: "Soul Brother #1" ) in 2018. She has been nominated for many awards and has won many awards as well. She has also had many art exhibits over the years.
