Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American
actress.Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her ethnic
background is a mixture of Chinese, Hawaiian, and English.Hu
has had a lifelong interest in singing and dancing.
She has also been interested in martial arts since her
early childhood, when her older brother would arrange
for her to fight neighborhood boys.
Hu's cousin was a successful model in Japan and Hu decided
to follow her example. To gain publicity, she entered
Miss Teen USA contest in 1985. Hu has mentioned in interviews
that her mother had told her America was not ready for
an Asian as such a prominent role model. However, Hu
became the first Asian American to win the title anyway.
Ironically she found out after winning that she was
prohibited from appearing in non-contest related activities
for the year of her reign.
Hu worked in Japan and Italy, the
later in which she became well-known as the star of
a series of ads for Philadelphia brand cream cheese.
Hu moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career
in 1987 with a guest starring role on the sitcom Growing
Pains. Hu followed this with appearances on series
such as Night Court, Tour of Duty , 21 Jump Street,
and Melrose Place and her first movie role in Friday
the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. Hu also
won the title of Miss Hawaii USA in 1993 and was a
finalist at the 1993 Miss USA pageant held in Wichita,
Kansas.
In 1995, Hu played an undercover police
officer in the movie No Way Back. While the movie
was not a major success it opened a new career direction
for Hu in action adventure roles. She was then cast
as Dr. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach for six months in
1997. Afterwards, Hu was cast as police officers Michelle
Chan in the television series Nash Bridges (1997-1998)
and Pei Pei "Grace" Chen on Martial Law
(1998-2000). Her subsequent movie appearances include
The Scorpion King (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003)
and X2 (2003). She provided voice talents for the
popular video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
II: The Sith Lords as Visas Marr, the Sith woman who
joins the Exile's party.
Hu resides in Brentwood, Los Angeles,
California where she is co-owner of a restaurant Basic
Bites.
Filmography
Americanese (2006) .... Brenda Nishitani
The Shanghai Kid (2006) .... Micki
Expats (2005) .... Vanilla Manilla
Undoing (2005) .... Vera
Mayday (2005) (TV) .... Sharon Crandall
Underclassman (2005) .... Lisa Brooks
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II (2004) (VG)
(voice) .... Visas Marr
The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) (TV) ....
Lana
X2 (2003) .... Yuriko Oyama (aka Lady Deathstrike)
Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) .... Sona
The Scorpion King (2002) .... Cassandra
Martial Law (1998/I) TV Series .... Chen Pei Pei (Grace
Chen) (1998-2000)
Nash Bridges (1996) TV Series .... Insp. Michelle
Chan (1997-1998)
Sunset Beach (1997) TV Series .... Rae Chang (1997)
Fakin' Da Funk (1997)
Star Command (1996) (TV) .... Ens. Yukiko Fujisaki
Strange Days (1995) .... Anchor Woman
No Way Back (1995) .... Seiko Kobayashi
Surf Ninjas (1993) .... Ro-May
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) .... Suzie
The Doors (1991) .... Dorothy
American Eyes (1991) (TV)
Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989)
.... Eva
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