Kelly Hu - Biography

Last Editor: allibloor				Kelly Hu Biography -   Name : Kelly Hu Birth Date : February 13, 1967 Birth Place : Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Birth Name : Kelly Ann Hu Height : 5'5 Measurement : 34A-24-34 High School : Kamehameha Ethnicity : English, Chinese, Hawaiian Nationality : American Profession : Actress Best Known as : Co-star of the movie The Scorpion King

Kelly Hu Trivia -

Miss Teen USA 1985. Miss Hawaii USA 1993 Was the very first Asian American female to be crowned Miss Teen USA (1985) Dated (1996-1998) Ahmad Ali Moussaui, an investment banker. Her older brother is a Lt. Colonel in US Army. She graduated from The Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii. She loves to swim. Her mother worked as a Draftsperson for city and county of Honolulu. Father raised exotic birds. Her first big break was as Kirk Cameron's love interest on the hit TV show, "Growing Pains" (1985). Her cousin is the playwright Jenelle Riley Co-owned a fast food restuarant, Basic Bites, with her ex-boyfriend. Measurements: 33A-23-34 (as Miss Teen USA 1985), 34B-24-34 (as Miss Hawaii USA 1993), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Has a black belt in karate. Finished in the Top 6 at Miss USA 1993. Winner of the Miss Photogenic award at Miss USA 1993 In May 2005, she visited with soldiers in Iraq alongside Dean Cain and Amanda Swisten. Unfortunately, she had to cut her visit short due to personal matters. First Asian American to be featured on the cover of Maxim Magazine. At the time of publication, Kelly Hu's cover was the biggest selling issue of Maxim in their history. Has a dog named Mushu. Had only one line of dialog in X2 (2003). For a recent magazine interview, she showed how she made her favorite dish -- pork lumpia (fried spring rolls). She was cast in the attempted remake of Dark Shadows (2004) (TV) for the WB in 2003-2004. She was ironically cast as the indomitable Dr. Julia Hoffman, a role immortalized by the late Grayson Hall. Theatre: Elementary and High School drama productions. She successfully completed the Honolulu Marathon on Dec 10, 2006 in just under 5 hours. Finishing at 7212 place out of over 28,000 runners.

Kelly Hu Detailed Biography -

"Miss Teen USA is Hawaii's Kelly Hu!!!"--Those were the magic words that set Kelly Hu on the course of success. A blend of Chinese, English and Hawaiian ancestry was born in Honolulu on February 13, 1968. After graduating from Kamehameha High School in Honolulu, Hawaii, Kelly pursued a career in acting and modelling. She spent 4 successful months in Japan as a model, where she was able to put here 2 years of Japanese language studies to work. Kelly landed her first acting job starring opposite Kirk Cameron in the season premier of "Growing Pains." This was the break she's been preparing for which lead her to Los Angeles to further her acting career. Kelly had instantly become a working actress. The writers of "Growing Pains" wrote her a follow up episode to their season premier. She was doing just what she had always dreamt about, she was both a successful model and actress in L.A. But just when things were looking up they get even better. Kelly landed a role in Oliver Stone's, "The Doors" where she played the featured role of Ray Manzarek's wife Dorothy and had the honor of working for 3 1/2 months with some of the best cast and crew in the industry. Since then, Kelly's resume has over flowed with flying colors from film, television and commercial credits. Her film credits include, "Scorpion King", "Fakin 'D Funk", "Strange Days", "Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man" "The Doors", "Surf Ninjas", "Friday the 13th" ; television credits, "No Way Back" (TV Movie), "Mr.and Mrs. Smith", "One West Waikiki", "The Sentinel", "Murder One", "Family Ties" "Pacific Blue", "The Young and The Restless", "Melrose Place", "Renegade", "21 Jump Street", "American Eyes", "Raven", "One West Waikiki", "Sunset Beach", "Nash Bridges" and much more! Commercial credits includes, Mary Kay Cosmetics ,Thrifty Rental, Ricoh Cameras, Ivory Soap, Dole Pineapple, Ross's, JC Penney, Vidal Sasoon, Philadelphia Cream Cheese (Milan), Jack In The Box, Bud Light to name a few. You may have been lucky to catch some of her interviews on Fox News Entertainment, The VIBE and Regis and Kathy Lee Show. Most recent television series:, Kelly played Grace on CBS's "Martial Law" and played Dr. Rae Chang on NBC's "Sunset Beach" then landed a role on CBS's "Nash Bridges."