Lucy Liu
Born 1968 · American actress
Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress, producer, and artist. Regarded as a Hollywood icon and a trailblazer for Asian American representation in Hollywood, she is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Critics' Choice Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and nominations for two Primetime Emmy Awards. A prominent sex symbol in the late 1990s and early 2000s, she has been recognized for shifting Western mainstream beauty standards. In 2019, Liu became the second Chinese American woman to be honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Lucy Liu, in order
- 1990 Beverly Hills, 90210 (TV series): acted · directed by Jason Priestley
- 1991 Home Improvement (TV series): acted · directed by Andy Cadiff and John Pasquin · audiences 80% · streaming on Hulu, Fandango at Home (free), Disney+
- 1993 The X-Files (TV series): acted · directed by Rob Bowman
- 1996 Celebrity Jeopardy! (TV series): acted
- 1996 Jerry Maguire: acted · directed by Cameron Crowe · critics 86%, audiences 79% · streaming on HBO Max
- 1996 Pearl (TV series): acted
- 1997 Ally McBeal (TV series): acted · critics 61%, audiences 78% · streaming on Hulu
- 1997 City of Industry: acted · directed by John Irvin
- 1997 Gridlock'd: acted · directed by Vondie Curtis-Hall
- 1997 Guy: acted · directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg · audiences 78%
- 1998 Flypaper: acted · directed by Klaus Hoch
- 1999 Molly: acted · directed by John Duigan
- 1999 Payback: acted · directed by Brian Helgeland · critics 54%, audiences 69% · streaming on Prime Video, Peacock, Roku Channel
- 1999 Play It to the Bone: acted · directed by Ron Shelton
- 1999 The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human: acted · directed by Jeff Abugov
- 1999 True Crime: acted · directed by Clint Eastwood
- 2000 Charlie's Angels: acted · directed by McG · critics 69%, audiences 45% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2000 Shanghai Noon: acted · directed by Tom Dey · critics 80%, audiences 65%
- 2001 Hotel: acted · directed by Mike Figgis
- 2002 Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever: acted · directed by Wych Kaosayananda
- 2002 Chicago: acted · directed by Rob Marshall · critics 87%, audiences 83% · streaming on Paramount+, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 2002 Cypher: acted · directed by Vincenzo Natali
- 2002 Spider-Man: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 90%, audiences 67% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
- 2003 Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle: acted · directed by McG · critics 41%, audiences 40% · streaming on Paramount+
- 2003 Kill Bill: Volume 1: acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 85%, audiences 81% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
- 2003 Party Monster: acted · directed by Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato
- 2004 Joey (TV series): acted
- 2004 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair: acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 100%, audiences 99%
- 2004 Kill Bill: Volume 2: acted · directed by Quentin Tarantino · critics 84%, audiences 89% · streaming on Fandango at Home (free)
- 2004 My Date with Drew: acted · directed by Brian Herzlinger and Jon Gunn
- 2004 Spider-Man 2: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 93%, audiences 82% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
- 2005 3 Needles: acted · directed by Thom Fitzgerald
- 2005 Domino: acted · directed by Tony Scott · critics 17%, audiences 56%
- 2006 Lucky Number Slevin: acted · directed by Paul McGuigan · critics 52%, audiences 87% · streaming on Fawesome, Tubi
- 2007 Code Name: The Cleaner: acted · directed by Les Mayfield
- 2007 Dirty Sexy Money (TV series): acted · critics 68%
- 2007 Rise: Blood Hunter: acted · directed by Sebastian Gutierrez
- 2007 Spider-Man 3: acted · directed by Sam Raimi · critics 62%, audiences 51% · streaming on Disney+, fuboTV
- 2007 Watching the Detectives: acted · directed by Paul Soter
- 2008 Cashmere Mafia (TV series): acted
- 2008 The Year of Getting to Know Us: acted · directed by Patrick Sisam
- 2009 Southland (TV series): acted
- 2010 Nomads: acted · directed by Ricardo Benet
- 2011 Detachment: acted · directed by Tony Kaye
- 2011 Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: acted · directed by Roberto Faenza
- 2012 The Man with the Iron Fists: acted · directed by RZA
- 2012 The Trouble with Bliss: acted · directed by Michael Knowles
- 2014 Meena: directed
- 2017–19 Elementary (TV series): directed, acted
- 2018 Future World: acted · directed by James Franco
- 2018 Luke Cage (TV series): directed · critics 88%, audiences 71% · streaming on Disney+
- 2018 Set It Up: acted · directed by Claire Scanlon
- 2019 Why Women Kill (TV series): acted
- 2023 Shazam! Fury of the Gods: acted · directed by David F. Sandberg
- 2024 A Man in Full (TV series): acted · directed by Regina King
- 2024 Old Guy: acted · directed by Simon West · critics 26%, audiences 92% · streaming on fuboTV, Paramount+
- 2024 Presence: acted · directed by Steven Soderbergh · critics 87%, audiences 52% · streaming on Hulu, Kanopy
- 2024 Red One: acted · directed by Jake Kasdan
- 2026 The Devil Wears Prada 2: acted · directed by David Frankel · critics 78%, audiences 84% · streaming on Hulu
- Payback: Straight Up: acted · directed by Brian Helgeland