z45\doc\web\2000\10\liu.txt
Newsgroups: soc.culture.asian.american
Subject: Lucy Liu - Parade Magazine Profile - Ally McBeal - Chinese American Actress
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 17:53:57 GMT


It All Begins With Family
* As a young Chinese-american , Lucy Liu
  had to sort out her parents' ambitions, the values
  of her peers and her own dreams.
Gail Buchalter
Parade Magazine. Sunday, October 22, 2000.
page 6-7.
(note Parade Magazine does not make their storys
 available online. The following summary is not
 representative of the entire story above)


Summary:
Lucy Liu, 31, a Native of Queens, New York, grew up  in an
italian Neighborhood but was pressed to learn chinese culture
by her parents. Ms. Liu said that at that time she resented
that she had to learn both cultures. One of three children,
she only appreciated how difficult life was for her father
and mother as an adult. Her acting career started when
she was chosen to play Alice in a production of "Alice
in Wonderland"  Liu attended the University of Michigan.
After Lucy Liu graduated in 1990 she returned to New York
and found work off-Broadway and in commericals. In 1993,
Lucy Liu moved to Los Angeles and found work on TV shows
like "Coach," "ER," "Nash Bridges," and "Pearl." Her big
break was to come in 1998, when David E. Kelly, the creator
writer director of "Ally McBeal" had turned down Lucy
Liu for a new character called Nelle Porter - only to
create a totally new chacter called Ling Woo a few days
especially so he could hire Lucy Liu. This exposure has
help Liu land a starring part in the movie "Charlie's
Angels" which is scheduled to open on November 3rd.
Liu is to play Dectective Alex Munday. Liu has also
starred in....




City of Industry (1997)
True Crime(1999)
Payback(1999)
Play it to the Bone(1999)
Shanghai Noon(2000)




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