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词条 Jessica Lu
释义

  1. Early life

  2. Career

  3. Filmography

     Theater 

  4. References

  5. External links

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| birth_place = Schaumburg, Illinois, U.S.
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| caption = Jessica Lu attends 16th Annual Unforgettable Gala at The Beverly Hilton, Beverly Hills, CA
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Jessica Lu is an American actress, model, and spokesperson. She is best known for her portrayal of Ming Huang on the MTV television series Awkward.

Early life

Jessica Lu was born and raised in a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, to artistic parents who grew up in more practical times. Her parents are from South Korea, with her father being Chinese and Japanese, and her mother being Chinese. They speak English, Mandarin and Korean at home. Despite her father being a photographer and her mother being a singer, their immigrant status and drive for success landed them in the restaurant business when they moved to the states.

Lu has been a natural performer since early childhood. At 6 years old, she started dancing, specializing in ballet, tap, and jazz, and had multiple recitals throughout the year. Seeing Kristi Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan on television for the Olympics began her figure skating career, and she had private lessons every morning at 4am before school. She also dabbled a bit in music, with singing, piano and violin lessons. Growing up in and having her parents’ restaurant as her stage with a daily rotating audience, Jessica would entertain each table with a theatrical reading of Beauty and the Beast, a tap dance, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star on the violin, or a serenade of Eternal Flame by the Bangles. Sometimes she would reward herself afterwards by sitting in the customers’ laps and eating their food, which they would later remind her plenty of times well into her high school years.

Lu started modeling and acting, and quickly became one of the most sought after child talents in Chicago by the time she was 10 year old, working for huge campaigns such as Calvin Klein, OshKosh, Marshall Fields, Got Milk?, Chicago Place, as well as numerous commercials for McDonald’s, Ford Motors, Orville Redenbacher’s, Samsung, Kaiser Permanente. She could be seen in billboards around the city, as well as in department stores, weekly ads in the newspaper and on television. Her love for performing continued as she became more involved in theatre productions in junior high and high school, and eventually went on to attend Columbia College Chicago, graduating with a degree in Musical Theatre Performance.

Career

Lu moved to Los Angeles, California in 2008. Soon after she booked the role of Ming Huang on the critically acclaimed MTV series Awkward. Other notable work followed, showcasing her versatility and ease with drama and comedy, including roles such as an insufferable hipster opposite Kathy Bates on FX’s American Horror Story: Hotel in which Popsugar included her as one of “The 25 Best American Horror Story Guest Stars”, an upscale escort opposite Tim Robbins on HBO’s Here and Now with a performance that AVClub wrote was “one of the subtlest, best motivated characters”, an adoring admirer opposite Ashton Kutcher and Jon Cryer on CBS’s Two and a Half Men, a lovesick teenager with a terminal illness on FOX’s Red Band Society.

As of 2018, Lu can be seen on NBC’s Reverie, as tech genius CEO Alexis Barrett, starring alongside Sarah Shahi, Dennis Haysbert, Sendhil Ramamurthy and Kathryn Morris. IndieWire called her a “promising scene stealer” in the pilot episode. SYFYWIRE, as well as other fan sites, expressed their appreciation for Lu’s performance week after week, and she quickly became a favorite character. TVLine gave her a Performer of the Week honorary mention by the last episode of the first season, with her “tender performance” breaking hearts.

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title RoleNotes
2010 Rebirth Whitney Short film
2014 About Last Night Ad executive
Television roles
Year Title RoleNotes
2009 Life Riceburner Girlfriend Episode: "Re-Entry"
2009 90210 Catholic School Girl #2 Episode: "The Dionysian Debacle"
2009 Crime Scene Investigation Lily Episode: "Appendicitement"
2010 LA Kai Ng Episode: "Hollywood"
2011–2014 Awkward Ming Huang Recurring role (seasons 1–2); main role (season 3); 36 episodes
2012 The New Normal Tabitha Episode: Pilot
2014 Two and a Half Men Jean Episode: "Alan Shot a Girl"
2014 Salvation Hayley Stern TV movie
2015 Red Band Society Mae Episodes: "We'll Always Have Paris" and "Waiting for Superman"
2015 Weird Loners Molly Episode: "Pilot"
2015–2016 Hotel Bronwyn 2 episodes
2018ReverieAlexis BarrettMain role
Web series roles
Year Title RoleNotes
2013–2014 Storytellers Mai Himura Main Cast

(Season 1; 6 episodes)

2015 Saving the human race Emma Carlsen Main Cast

(Season 1; 6 episodes)

Theater

  • Flower Drum Song—Lead
  • West Side Story—Supporting
  • Ragtime!—Supporting/Ensemble

References

https://tv.nrk.no/serie/saving-the-human-race/sesong/1/episode/1

http://www.cwseed.com/shows/saving-the-human-race/episode-one/

External links

  • {{IMDb name|3330402}}
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12 : 21st-century American actresses|Living people|Actresses from Illinois|Actresses from Los Angeles|American female models|American actresses of Chinese descent|American stage actresses|American television actresses|Columbia College Chicago alumni|People from Schaumburg, Illinois|Female models from Illinois|Year of birth missing (living people)

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