Kelly Hu
Kelly Hu
(Actress)
[Photo Courtesy resimland.com]
Tie to Hawaii – Born & raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, attended Kamehameha Schools
Biography
Full Name: Kelly Ann Hu
Date of Birth: February 13, 1967
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii
Ethnicity: English, Chinese, Hawaiian
High School: Kamehameha
Siblings: One older brother
Measurements: 5′5 / 34A-24-34
Hobbies: Karate, Swimming, Rollerskating
Residence: Brentwood, CA
Parents: Divorced
Mother’s Occupation: Draftsperson for City and County of Honolulu
Father’s Occupation: Exotic Bird Feeder
Beau: Talent Manager Gilbert Gordon* (*Updated 6/10)
Kelly Ann Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii of Chinese, Hawaiian, and English ancestry. Her interests are karate and ballet. She currently resides in Brentwood, California. She has an older brother, who is a captain in the US Army. She also has a cat named Saju. And she has a boy friend named Ali Moussavi.
She attended Kamehameha High School, which is restricted to youngsters of Hawaiian descent. Her first trip to the mainland was at age 16. “I was doing poorly in a US history class,” she explains, “partly, I think, because Hawaii is so isolated from the rest of the country. So my mother took me to Philadelphia and Boston to see the Liberty Bell and other famous sites. I ended up getting an A in the course.”
Hu embarked on a career in modeling after sharing the experiences of friends who had traveled to Japan on modeling assignments. When it was suggested that a beauty pageant title would increase her promotability, Hu agreed to enter the local Miss Teen USA pageant. Above and beyond her expectations, Hu not only won the local pageant, but was crowned Miss Teen USA in 1985. She was a bit disappointed when she learned her title contract put the brakes on any outside modeling for the full year of her reign. “Ironically, after winning the Miss Teen crown in Miami Beach, I wasn’t allowed to model for a year because I was representing the pageant,” she relates. “But it was a great experience because it gave me a chance to see more of the US. In New York I saw my first snow. My impulse was to pick it up and eat it but somebody stopped me.” The title, she adds, “also gave me enough money to move to Los Angeles after school to pursue an acting career.” And not to mention the title also led to numerous modeling assignments, including a four-month stint in Japan. Soon thereafter, Hu left her native Hawaii for Los Angeles. Shortly after arriving on the mainland, Hu obtained several commercial roles for such well-known products as Vidal Sassoon and Mary Kay Cosmetics. In Milan, Italy, however, she is best known for her role in a series of storyline commercials for Philadelphia Cream Cheese. She notes of the spots’ popularity, “As I walk down the streets in Milan, the Italians stop, point and yell ‘Hey, Pheel-a-DEL-phia!’”. With automatic entry into the Miss USA pageant (a benefit of holding the Miss Teen title), Hu ran as Miss Hawaii in 1993. Of the adult pageant experience versus the teen, Hu says: “When competing as teens, everybody’s just really happy to be there. But for a lot of women in the Miss USA pageant, it’s their last chance at breaking into the industry, so they take it much more seriously. It’s really vicious.”
Soon came film and television acting roles, fulfilling Hu’s childhood dream of becoming a professional actor. Her first role was in the television series Growing Pains. She later appeared in Tour of Duty, Melrose Place, Murder One and nearly 20 other series. Her theatrical motion pictures include The Doors, Surf Ninjas, Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man, and No Way Back. She also starred in Sunset Beach as Dr. Rae Chang, a love interest of Casey Mitchum (Timothy Adams). She now currently stars in Martial Law as Chen Pei Pei with Sammo Hung. Her role on Nash Bridges as Michelle Chan has given her a chance to use her knowledge of karate. She has learned to ride motorcycles and shoot a gun for the series, and she enjoys working in San Francisco, where it is filmed.
Photos
Videos
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Recent News
Russell Tanoue: Celebrating 20 Years - HONOLULUMagazine.com -
 HONOLULUMagazine.com | Russell Tanoue: Celebrating 20 Years HONOLULUMagazine.com He has photographed thousands of people including Kelly Hu, Andy Baldwin, Daniel Dae Kim and Raiatea Helm. To celebrate this milestone, he is throwing a ... |
The Tournament DVDTimes.co.uk Kelly Hu and Robert Carlyle kick arse for the lord - sort of. We take a look at Scott Mann's ridiculously violent debut feature which sees the world's ... |
" ...sometimes an action movie can be too dumb for its own good DVDTOWN.com Among the competitors are Lai Lai Zhen (Kelly Hu), who is haunted by her last job and wants the cash as a way out. She also speaks with some weird accent. ... |
 2SNAPS.TV | Movie Review: The Tournament 2SNAPS.TV Lai Lai Zhen (Kelly Hu) If any of you action buffs need more hair on your chests or would like an unforeseen expectation to all of a sudden kick someone in ... |
Review: Curb some of your enthusiasm for Woody Allen's 'Whatever Works' San Jose Mercury News "The Tournament": Decent pastiche of violence and bloodshed as 30 assassins (Ving Rhames, Kelly Hu, more) vie to the death for big prize as bettors follow ... |
TV's Best Bets Cincinnati.com A Korean assassin (Kelly Hu) is linked to the past of Vance (Rocky Carroll) and endangers his family. Paula Newsome ("Women's Murder Club") plays his wife. ... |
Renee Nobriga is Miss Hawaii USA Honolulu Advertiser Past Miss Hawaii USA titleholders include actress Kelly Hu and newscasters Trini Kaopuiki and Kuualoha Taylor. Hawaii has won the Miss USA title four times ... |
Eric's Bad Movies: 'Surf Ninjas' (1993) Seattle Post Intelligencer They are accompanied by a teenage Patu Sani girl named Ro-May (Kelly Hu), who was betrothed to Johnny when they were both infants and who lives in LA now, ... |
 Zap2it.com | Celebrity Scoop: Rocky Carroll Zap2it.com Although Vance is no longer a field agent, he has pulled a gun this season, in a story line involving an old nemesis (Kelly Hu) – something the actual NCIS ... |
 RopeofSilicon.com | DVD Capsule Review: The Tournament RopeofSilicon.com So, we suspend disbelief and sit back while trained assassins make red goo out of their rivals with Ving Rhames, Kelly Hu, Robert Carlyle and Ian ... |
Links
- Official Kelly Hu web site
- “In Case of Emergency” (abc.com)
- x2-movie.com
- the-scorpion-king.com
- Kellyhu.net
- Hu is She? (astyle.com)
- Absolutely Kelly Hu Page
- The Kelly Hu Fantasy Page
- Unofficial Kelly Hu Homepage
- Page from Russell Tanoue Photography
- Yahoo! Groups – Kelly Hu
- Bomis: Kelly Hu Ring
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