Kelly Hu
Biography
Kelly Hu is an American actress who began acting in 1987, when she played a guest role on the sitcom Growing Pains. Early television appearances included Melrose Place, 21 Jump Street, Tour of Duty, and Night Court, and her first film part came in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989). She went on to play Dr. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach, Michelle Chan on Nash Bridges, and Grace Chen on Martial Law. Her film roles include Cassandra in The Scorpion King (2002), Sona in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003), and Yuriko Oyama, also called Deathstrike, in X2 (2003). Later credits include The Tournament (2009) and White Frog (2012). On television she had recurring roles on The Vampire Diaries, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Phineas and Ferb, played China White in Arrow, and voiced characters in animated projects and video games, among them Batman: Soul of the Dragon (2021).
58years old
Turns 59 on February 13in 95 days
- Born Honolulu
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
- Also credited as Kelly Ann Hu
Movie Career
- Films
- 34
- Career span
- 35 years1989 to 2024
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A first
Kelly Hu took the Miss Hawaii USA title in 1993. No other former Miss Teen USA had ever captured a Miss USA state title before her.
First role
Kelly Hu started acting in 1987. That year she had a guest-starring part on the sitcom Growing Pains, playing the Hawaiian love interest of Mike Seaver.
A first
Kelly Hu gave both her face and her voice to Khai Minh Dao, the character she played in Battlefield Hardline, who worked with the protagonist through about half of the game's levels.
Behind the camera
In April 2009, Kelly Hu developed the character JIA for Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology, a project she worked on that spring.
Kelly Hu movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Brandon Vietti directed two of these films, Christopher Berkeley two and Sean Olson two. Grey Griffin appears in seven of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Grey Griffin's page
Kevin Michael Richardson's page
Phil LaMarr's page
Steve Blum's page
Mark Dacascos's page
Branscombe Richmond's page
Brandon ViettiDirector, 2 films, 2010 to 2024
All films by Brandon Vietti
Christopher BerkeleyDirector, 2 films, 2009 to 2011
All films by Christopher Berkeley
Sean OlsonDirector, 2 films, 2018
All films by Sean Olson
Box office
What Kelly Hu's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$656 million
6 of the 34 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 34 films: 6 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 13 never in cinemas; 13 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 13Never in cinemas
- 13Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$408M62.1% of the total
- 2$165M25.2% of the total
- 3$57M8.6% of the total
- 4$14M2.2% of the total
- 5$7.4M1.1% of the total
- 6$4.9M0.7% of the total
