Jessica Lu
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.
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Credits
- 2019 · Line of Duty as Clover Nestel
- 2018 · God Friended Me as Joy
- 2018 · Reverie as Alexis Barrett
- 2017 · Saving the Human Race as Emma
- 2017 · From Straight A's to XXX as Amanda
- 2016 · The girls I know... get their hands dirty. as Steph
- 2015 · Diyu as Li Xia
- 2014 · Red Band Society as Mae
- 2014 · The Young Kieslowski as Hi Jing
- 2014 · About Last Night as Ad Executive
- 2013 · Storytellers as Mai Himura
- 2012 · The New Normal as Tabitha
- 2011 · American Horror Story as Babe
- 2011 · Awkward. as Ming Huang
- 2011 · Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Whitney (uncredited)
- 2010 · Law & Order: LA as Kai Ng
- 2003 · Two and a Half Men as Jean
- 2000 · CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Lily