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Lucy Alexis Liu (born Lucy Liu; December 2, 1968) is an American actress. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series ''Ally McBeal'' (1998–2002), for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. Her film work includes starring as one of the heroines in ''Charlie's Angels'', playing O-ren Ishii in ''Kill Bill'', and appearances in ''Payback'', ''Chicago'', and the animated series ''Kung Fu Panda''. In 2012 Liu joined the cast of the TNT series ''Southland'' in the recurring role of Jessica Tang, for which she won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Guest Actress. In 2008 she starred in her own television show, ABC comedy-drama, ''Cashmere Mafia'', which ended after one abbreviated season. The show was one of only a few American television shows to have an Asian American series lead. She is currently co-starring in the Sherlock Holmes–inspired crime drama series ''Elementary'' as Joan Watson, and voicing Silvermist in Disney's ''Tinkerbell'' film series. ==Early life== Lucy Liu was born on December 2, 1968 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York. In high school, she adopted a middle name, Alexis.〔InStyle Magazine, May 2012, page 108〕 She is the youngest of three children born to Cecilia, who worked as a biochemist, and Tom Liu, a trained civil engineer who sold digital clock pens to make a living.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lucy Liu Biography (1968–) )〕 Her parents worked many jobs while Lucy and her siblings were growing up.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.hungertv.com/art-culture/feature/brush-with-fame-lucy-liu/ )〕 Liu's parents originally came from Beijing and Shanghai and emigrated to Taiwan before meeting in New York.〔〔("Lucy Liu – Biography" ). ''Yahoo! Movies''.〕〔("Lucy Liu – Biography" ). ''NNDB''.〕 She has an older brother, John, and an older sister, Jenny.〔("Lucy Liu- Biography" ). Yahoo! Movies.〕 Liu has stated that she grew up in a diverse neighborhood. She learned to speak Mandarin at home and began studying English when she was 5. She studied kali-eskrima-silat as a hobby when she was young.〔Estrin, Eric. (Q+LA Lucy Liu ), ''LA Times Magazine'', March 2012. Accessed November 8, 2013.〕 Liu attended Joseph Pulitzer Middle School (I.S.145), and graduated from Stuyvesant High School in 1986. She later enrolled at New York University and transferred to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where she was a member of the Chi Omega sorority. Liu earned a bachelor's degree in Asian languages and cultures. Liu worked as a waitress at the Ann Arbor Comedy Showcase club circa 1988–89. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lucy Liu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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