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FARMHOUSE (Film Review)

Fangoria - Found Jun. 23, 2009
... venomous verve by Steven Weber, best known from the TV comedy WINGS) and his sexpot wife Lilith (Kelly Hu, X-MEN 2?s Deathstrike).  The...

Posted on June 23, 2009, 7:41 am

Abercrombie draws 1,100 at start of run for governor

Honolulu Star Bulletin - Found Jun. 30, 2009
Kelly Hu, who said she would work as much as she could to elect the Democrat as governor. 'Listening to Neil speak is like going to church,' Hu...

Posted on June 30, 2009, 6:12 am

Dim Sum Funeral

Examiner.com - Found Jun. 14, 2009
12. Dim Sum Funeral stars several recognizable Hollywood performers including Russell Wong, Talia Shire, Julia Nickson, Kelly Hu and Bai Ling.

Posted on June 14, 2009, 11:05 am

Blab Blab Blab: Segel and Rudd?H'wood's Cutest Couple?

EOnline.com - Found Jun. 15, 2009
Urban','Kellie Martin','Kellie Pickler','Kelly Clarkson','Kelly Hu','Kelly Lynch','Kelly Monaco','Kelly Osbourne','Kelly Preston','Kelly Ripa...

Posted on June 15, 2009, 7:45 am

COMICS: Secret Identities: The Asian-American Superhero Anthology ...

Eclipse Magazine - Found Jun. 23, 2009
... actors Kelly Hu [The Scorpion King, X2] and Dustin Tri Nguyen [V.I.P., Saigon Eclipse];

Posted on June 23, 2009, 6:30 am

LAist Interview: Dim Sum Funeral Director Anna Chi

LAist - Found Jun. 8, 2009
From left to right: Kelly Hu, Anna Chi, Talia Shire, Julia Nickson, Lisa Lu and Bai Ling.

Posted on June 8, 2009, 3:30 am

Anna Chi: A film career that came by special order

Los Angeles Times - Found Jun. 6, 2009
... whose large ensemble cast includes Russell Wong, Bai Ling, Steph Song, Julia Nickson, Françoise Yip, Kelly Hu and Talia Shire -- was...

Posted on June 6, 2009, 2:53 am

SDCC 09: Television Panels at Comic-Con

IGN.com - Found Jun. 12, 2009
Spider-Man to Sunday and can give you a heads up on the participants - Greg Weisman, Josh Keaton, Victor Cook, Sean Galloway and Kelly Hu.

Posted on June 12, 2009, 10:30 am

Topless Photos of Miss California Could Jump Start Her Career

Hollyscoop - Found May. 6, 2009
Keibler: 'I’m not really paying attention to it, I believe you should be with whoever you love.' Kelly Hu: 'It’s her opinion, I...
Miss California's Pastor: Leave Carrie Alone! - E! Online
New Racy Miss CA Photo - Daily Beast
Miss California Runner-Up Already in Role Model Mode...Just in Case - E! Online
Carrie Prejean -- Twice the Topless Exposure - TMZ
Explore All

Posted on May 6, 2009, 8:03 am

Santa Barbara Fest Sets Over 200 Films For 24th Edition

Indiewire - Found May. 31, 2009
Dim Sum Funeral, Canada Director: Anna Chi Cast: Steph Song, Kelly Hu, Bai Ling, Talia Shire The estranged siblings of a westernized Chinese...

Posted on May 31, 2009, 4:56 am

Kelly Hu Biography

Kelly Hu
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Kelly Hu

At Camp As Sayliyah, Qatar, 2008.
Chinese name 胡凱麗 (Traditional)
Chinese name 胡凯丽 (Simplified)
Birth name Kelly Ann Hu
Born February 13, 1968 (1968-02-13) (age 41)
Honolulu, Hawaii
Years active 1987 - present

Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress and former fashion model who held the Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993 titles.

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Biography

Early life

Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during Hu's childhood.1 She is of Hawaiian, Chinese, and English descent.2 She attended Maʻemaʻe Elementary School and Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaiiʻi.

Kelly Hu as Miss Hawaii Teen USA 1985

Hu has held a lifelong interest in singing and dancing and 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, Kelly won the Miss Hawaii Teen USA 1985 title and competed in the Miss Teen USA 1985 pageant, becoming the third Miss Teen USA titleholder. 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. Ironically enough, she discovered after winning that she was prohibited from appearing in non-contest related activities for the year of her reign, this rule soon changed later on the coming years.

Career

Hu worked in Japan and Italy, the latter in which she became well-known as the star of a series of ads for Philadelphia brand cream cheese, playing a young Japanese college student named Kaori. Hu moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career in 1987 with a guest starring role as Mike Seaver's Hawaiian love interest on the sitcom Growing Pains. Hu followed this with appearances on TV 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, became the first former Miss Teen USA to win a Miss USA state title, and went on to compete in the 1993 Miss USA pageant held in Wichita, Kansas. She entered the top 10 in second place, after winning the preliminary interview competition and placing second and third in swimsuit and evening gown. Then she made the top 6 ranked second, winning the top 10 evening gown competition and placing second in swimsuit. Kelly was eliminated in 4th place after the judges' questions, just two hundredths of a point from the Final 3.

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.citation needed 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), as Pei Pei "Grace" Chen on Martial Law (1998 – 2000), and as Agent Mia Chen on the last three episodes of the television series Threat Matrix (2004). 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 Jedi Exile's party. Hu has been featured twice in Maxim magazine (May 2002 and May 2005).

In January 2007, Hu began appearing in a full time role on the TV series In Case of Emergency. She plays Kelly Lee, a Korean American woman who accidentally reunites with her high school classmates, yet realizes none of them grew up according to their high school plans.

During the first quarter of 2007, Kelly completed filming the film Stilletto, and after that, Farmhouse.

Personal life

Hu, a member of CAUSE USA,3 an organization which encourages Asian Americans to participate in the democratic process, was instrumental in creating the innovative PSA The Least Likely.4 This clip purports to be a promo for a typical fantasy-adventure movie, only to reveal its message at the end. It aired on MTV and other networks with appeal to young people and Asian Americans.

Hu graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu. She resides in Brentwood, Los Angeles, California. She has never been married.

Her brother, Glenn, is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army.

She is an avid fan of poker, and has frequently taken part in World Series of Poker and World Poker Tour competitions (amongst others), most recently taking part in the WPT Celebrity Charity on March 3, 2008.5 She has taken part in HollywoodPoker.com's "Celebrity Poker Night" (May 30th, 2006),6 and in July 2006 she placed in the top 200 in the World Series of Poker Ladies Tournament, besting nearly a thousand other competitors. Her celebrity teammates included Mimi Rogers, Victoria Pratt, Anne Heche, Mena Suvari, Jean Smart, and Ricki Lake.7

In January, 2008, she participated in a video for Barack Obama produced by will.i.am called Yes We Can.8 She campaigned for Obama in their native Hawaii in the run-up to the February 19th Democratic caucuses.9 In February 2008, Hu also appeared in another viral video in support of Obama, Sí Se Puede Cambiar, written and performed by Andrés Useche, directed by Eric Byler, from the group United For Obama.

Filmography

Movie roles

Hu as Lady Deathstrike in the critically acclaimed film X2.

Television roles

Live-action roles

Dr. Julia Hoffman Dark Shadows unaired

Voice roles

Video games roles

Other

References

External links

Preceded by
Malia Yamamura
Miss Hawaii Teen USA
1985
Succeeded by
Michelle Hardin
Preceded by
Cherise Haugen
Miss Teen USA
1985
Succeeded by
Allison Brown
Preceded by
Heather Hays
Miss Hawaii USA
1993
Succeeded by
Nadine Tanega