Lucy Liu

Lucy Liu is an American actress who rose to prominence in the late 1990s playing the sharp-tongued lawyer Ling Woo on *Ally McBeal*.

She became one of the first Asian American women to achieve leading-role status in Hollywood, appearing in *Charlie's Angels* and *Kill Bill*.

She has since voiced characters in animation and starred in the television series *Elementary*.

actress

Kill Bill

Kung Fu Panda · Tinker Bell · filmography · leading lady · performer · screen · role · cast · action star · martial arts

Hollywood

celebrity

Widely recognized public figure

blockbuster · director · producer · star · paparazzi · Oscars · Golden Globe · Screen Actors Guild · agent · audition

artist

visual art

Creations meant for viewing

gallery · exhibition · artwork · creative · photography · artistic · curator · contemporary art · abstract · multimedia

representation

Chinese-American

Of dual nationality heritage

pioneering · role model · groundbreaking · first · inclusion · empowerment · inspiration · mainstream · minority representation · glass ceiling

Categories
Opposites
Hollywood representation

Lucy LiuMeg Ryan

Marilyn Monroe · Grace Kelly · Amy Adams · Goldie Hawn · Diane Keaton

action heroine vs. damsel archetype

Lucy LiuShelley Duvall

Kim Basinger · Gwyneth Paltrow · Kirsten Dunst

Family

Lucy, Lucia

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G