Lucy Liu
Best known to television audiences as Ling Woo, the raging force of
political incorrectness on
Ally McBeal, Lucy Alexis
Liu has managed to cross over to the big screen in such features as Payback and Play It to the Bone.ADVERTISEMENT Born to
Chinese parents in
Jackson Heights, NY, on December 2, 1968, Liu grew up speaking both English and Mandarin. After graduating from Manhattan's Stuyvesant High School, she earned a degree in Asian languages and cultures from the University of Michigan, where she also studied acting, dance, and voice.
Liu's first professional job was playing a waitress on
Beverly Hills 90210, something that led to more substantial work on various TV shows, including a regular part on the TV series Pearl. Liu's biggest breakthrough came in 1998, when she was cast as Ling Woo on Ally McBeal. She had originally auditioned for the role of
Nelle Porter, which ultimately went to Australian actress Portia DeRossi. David E. Kelley, the show's producer, was so impressed with Liu's audition, however, that he created the role of Ling Woo specifically for her. The character was initially supposed to be included on only a few episodes but proved so popular with the show's audience that Liu was made into a regular cast member.Unsurprisingly, the actress' increased exposure led to greater opportunities on the screen and after playing supporting roles in such films as Payback and Molly (both 1999), she moved on to more substantial work in Play It to the Bone and the Jackie Chan martial-arts period comedy Shanghai Noon, which cast her as a princess who has been kidnapped from her emperor father. In 2000, she also was cast in perhaps her most high-profile role to date, when she was chosen alongside Drew Barrymore and Cameron Diaz as one of the titular crime fighters in Charlie's Angels: The Movie.With the exception of a small role as an inmate in the Oscar-winning film Chicago, 2002 brought little recognition for Liu -- Cypher, Ballistic:
Ecks vs. Sever, and Party Monster with former Home Alone star Macaulay Culkin went virtually unseen by the general public.
2003's Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle placed Liu firmly back inside the spotlight, though she was somewhat overshadowed by the toothy blonde glint that is Cameron Diaz. Luckily for Liu, she was given the chance to shine quite independently when Quentin Tarantino cast her as the deadly
O-Ren Ishii, AKA Cottonmouth, in Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003).
Lucy Liu
by R4id3rSc4vv3r on Apr 25, 2022 18:45:17
Slang in the rap community for a Thug Assassin female who is a boss bitch & likes Louis Vuitton and Gucci. Comes from the popular Asian American actress by the same name Lucy Liu, who is known for playing femme fatale roles (O' Ren
Ishii in Kill Bill and Alex
Munday in Charlie's Angels). Lucy is popular in the ghetto community for her ruthlessness and attractive body.
Made popular by the song 'Lucy Liu' ft
Dxrkknght on YouTube.
Example:
"Smooth
assassin with a smooth knife, wrong word and she will take your life, Lucy
Liu, Lucy Liu, My
lil Lucy Liu"