Jessica Lu
Biography
Jessica Lu (April 18, 1985) is an American actress, model, and spokesperson. She is best known for her portrayal of Ming Huang on the MTV television series Awkward. Lu was born in Schaumburg, Illinois on April 18, 1985. She has a younger brother, Andy. As a child, she attended Hanover Highlands Elementary School located in Hanover Park, Illinois, Robert Frost Junior High, and James B. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Jessica grew up in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, where she spent her childhood and high school days developing her love of theater and the performing arts. She went on to attend Columbia College Chicago, where she starred as the lead role in the musical Flower Drum Song, before graduating with an honors degree in Musical Theatre Performance. She is of Chinese and Japanese decent.
Movie Appearances
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as Steph
2016
About Last Night
as Ad Executive
2014
The Young Kieslowski
as Hi Jing
2014
Diyu
as Li Xia
2015
From Straight A's to XXX
as Amanda
2017
Line of Duty
as Clover Nestel
2019
Bedtime Story
as Coco
2018
Smart Pipe
as Scout Condor
2014
Where Are You, LaoLao?
as Mother
TBA
TV Appearances
Two and a Half Men
as Jean
2003
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lily
2000
The New Normal
as Tabitha
2012
Awkward.
as Ming Huang
2011
Red Band Society
as Mae
2014
Reverie
as Alexis Barrett
2018
Law & Order: LA
as Kai Ng
2010
Storytellers
as Mai Himura
2013
Saving the Human Race
as Emma
2017
American Horror Story
as Babe
2011
God Friended Me
as Joy
2018
Weird Loners
as Molly
2015