Biography
One of the most successful Asian-American actresses of all time, Kelly Hu found her greatest success in genre projects, mostly fantasy, action and horror. After becoming the first Asian-American Miss Teen USA in history, Hu broke into Hollywood with a series of sitcom guest spots and her first film role, in "Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" (1989). Television allowed the athletic Hu to achieve prominence by playing martial …
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Career Milestones
2007 | Cast on the TV series "In Case of Emergency" | |
2005 | Cast in "The Underclassman" with Nick Cannon | |
2004 | Appeared in five episodes of "Threat Matrix," playing a headstrong former CIA agent who joins the team | |
2003 | Starred as Yuriko Oyama/Deathstrike in Bryan Singer's "X2" | |
2003 | Starred as the villainess Sona in Joel Silver's "Cradle 2 the Grave" opposite Jet Li | |
2002 | Cast alongside WWF superstar The Rock in "The Scorpion King," a spin-off of "The Mummy" series | |
1998 | After earning a brown belt in karate, was offered the role of Det. Grace Chen, in the kung fu cop series, "Martial Law" | |
1997 | Appeared regularly on the daytime soap "Sunset Beach" (NBC) | |
1997 | Played featured role in "Fakin' Da Funk" | |
1997 | 1997 Cast in the recurring role of Michelle Chan on "Nash Bridges" | |
1995 | Appeared in "Strange Days" as a TV newscaster | |
1993 | Appeared alongside Leslie Nielsen in "Surf Ninjas" | |
1991 | Played the wife of musician Ray Manzarek (Kyle MacLachlan) in Oliver Stone's "The Doors" | |
1989 | First role in a feature playing one of Jason's victims in "Friday the 13th VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan" | |
| Made guest appearances on such shows as "Tour of Duty," (CBS) "Night Court," (NBC) and "21 Jump Street" (Fox) | ||
| Pursued a modeling career in Japan and Italy | ||
1987 | Made acting debut as Melia, Kirk Cameron's love interest, on "Growing Pains" (ABC) | |
1985 | Named Miss Teen USA, becoming the first Asian-American to be crowned | |
| Raised in Honolulu, Hawaii | ||
Awards
2004 | MTV Movie Award for Best Fight in X2: X-Men United |