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.

Filmography
Charlie's Angels 2 (2003) .... Alex Munday
Chicago: The Musical (2002) .... Go-To-Hell Kitty
Company Man (2002) .... Rita
Kill Bill (2002)
Ecks Vs. Sever (2002) .... Sever
SSX Tricky (2001) (VG) (voice) .... Elise Riggs
America: A Tribute to Heroes (2001) (TV) .... Herself
Hotel (2001) .... Kawika
AFI's 100 Years, 100 Thrills: America's Most Heart-Pounding Movies (2001) (TV) .... Herself
2000 MTV Movie Awards (2000) (TV) .... Presenter
Making of 'Charlie's Angels', The (2000) (V) .... Herself
Charlie's Angels (2000) .... Alex Munday
... aka 3 Engel für Charlie (2000) (Germany)
Shanghai Noon (2000) .... Princess Pei Pei
Molly (1999) .... Brenda
Play It to the Bone (1999) .... Lia
... aka Play It (1999) (USA: promotional title)
"Ally" (1999) TV Series .... Ling Woo
Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human, The (1999) .... The Female's Asian Friend (Lydia)
True Crime (1999) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Toy shop girl
Payback (1999) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Pearl
Love Kills (1998)
Flypaper (1997) .... Dot
"Ally McBeal" (1997) TV Series .... Ling Woo (1998-2001, 2002)
Riot (1997) (TV) .... Boomer's girlfriend
... aka Riot in the Streets (1997) (TV) (video title)
City of Industry (1997) .... Cathi Rose
Gridlock'd (1997) .... Cee-Cee
Guy (1996) (as Lucy Lui) .... Woman at newsstand
Jerry Maguire (1996) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) .... Former Girlfriend
"Pearl" (1996) TV Series .... Amy Li
Bang (1995) (as Lucy Lui) .... Hooker

Television guest appearances
"Futurama" (1999) playing "Herself"(voice) in episode: "Love and Rocket" (episode # 4.4) 2/10/2002
"Sex and the City" (1998) playing "Herself" in episode: "Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda" (episode # 4.11) 8/5/2001
"Futurama" (1999) playing "Herself/Lucy Liu Robots"(voice) in episode: "I Dated a Robot" (episode # 3.15) 5/13/2001
"Michael Hayes" (1997) playing "Alice Woo" in episode: "Slaves" (episode # 1.8) 12/2/1997
"NYPD Blue" (1993) playing "Amy Chu, babysitter"(as Lucy Alexis Liu) in episode: "Wrenching Experience, A" (episode # 4.17) 4/15/1997
"Real Adventures of Jonny Quest, The" (1996) playing "Melana"(voice) (as Lucy Alexis Liu) in episode: "Bangalore Falcon, The" (episode # 2.19) 2/14/1997
"Nash Bridges" (1996) in episode: "Genesis" (episode # 1.1) 3/29/1996
"X Files, The" (1993) playing "Kim Hsin"(as Lucy Alexis Liu) in episode: "Hell Money" (episode # 3.19) 3/29/1996
"High Incident" (1996)
"ER" (1994) playing "Mei-Sun Leow"(as Lucy Alexis Liu) in episode: "And Baby Makes Two" (episode # 2.5) 10/19/1995
"ER" (1994) playing "Mei-Sun Leow"(as Lucy Alexis Liu) in episode: "What Life?" (episode # 2.4) 10/12/1995
"ER" (1994) playing "Mei-Sun Leow"(as Lucy Alexis Liu) in episode: "Do One, Teach One, Kill One" (episode # 2.3) 10/5/1995
"Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" (1995) playing "Oi-Lan" in episode: "March to Freedom, The" (episode # 1.8) 3/6/1995
"Home Improvement" (1991) playing "Woman #3" in episode: "Bachelor of the Year" (episode # 4.16) 2/7/1995
"Coach" (1989) playing "Nicole Wong" in episode: "Out of Control" (episode # 7.11) 11/28/1994
"Coach" (1989) playing "Nicole Wong" in episode: "It Should Happen to You" (episode # 7.2) 9/19/1994
"L.A. Law" (1986) playing "Mai Lin" in episode: "Foreign Co-respondent" (episode # 8.4) 10/28/1993
"Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990) playing "Courtney, waitress at the Peach Pit" in episode: "Pass, Not Pass" (episode # 2.6) 8/15/1991

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