She was the first guest actor to cross over between the television series, NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS, playing Lee Wuan Kai in a two-episode arc within both series. In April 2009, Hu developed the character JIA for Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology. In 2009, she appeared in the film The Tournament as Lai-Lai Zhen. In 2020, she would reprise her role in the animated film Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe. By the same year, Hu recurringly voiced Stacy Hirano in the animated series Phineas and Ferb until 2015 when the show ended. The same year she appeared in films, The Air I Breathe and Shanghai Kiss. The show did not have a successful run, being cancelled after airing 12 episodes and leaving its season finale un-aired. She played Kelly Lee, a Korean American woman who accidentally reunites with her high school classmates and realizes none of them grew up according to their high school plans. In January 2007, Hu began appearing in a full-time role on the television series In Case of Emergency. During the first quarter of 2007, she completed filming the film Stilletto, followed by Farmhouse. She also starred in 2005's Underclassman alongside Nick Cannon and in 2006's Americanese, Undoing and Devil's Den. She was Agent Mia Chen on the last three episodes of the television series Threat Matrix in 2004. In X2 (2003), she appeared as Yuriko Oyama/ Deathstrike, William Stryker's controlled partner. Her subsequent film appearances include The Scorpion King (2002) and Cradle 2 the Grave (2003). Afterwards, she was cast as police officers Michelle Chan in the television series Nash Bridges, and Pei Pei "Grace" Chen on Martial Law. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach for six months in 1997. In 1995, Hu starred as an undercover police officer in the film No Way Back. Her first film role was in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. Hu followed this with appearances on various television series, including Night Court, Tour of Duty, 21 Jump Street and Melrose Place. Hu moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career in 1987, with a guest starring role as Mike Seaver's Hawaiian love interest on the sitcom Growing Pains. She was eliminated in fourth place after the judges' questions, just 2/100 of a point from the final three. She then made the top six, ranked second, winning the top ten evening gown competition and placing second in swimsuit. In the 1993 Miss USA pageant, held in Wichita, Kansas, Hu entered the top ten in second place, after winning the preliminary interview competition and placing second and third, respectively, in swimsuit and evening gown. Hu won the title of Miss Hawaii USA in 1993, becoming the first former Miss Teen USA to win a Miss USA state title. Hu modeled in Japan and Italy, and became well known in the latter as the star of a series of television advertisements for Philadelphia brand cream cheese, playing a young Japanese college student named Kaori. She discovered after winning that she was prohibited from appearing in non-contest related activities for the year of her reign, though this rule was changed in later years. Hu has mentioned in interviews that her mother had told her America was not ready for an Asian as such a prominent role model. Kelly Hu won the title of Miss Hawaii Teen USA and competed in the Miss Teen USA 1985 pageant, becoming the Miss Teen USA pageant's third titleholder in history and its first Asian American winner. Hu's cousin was a successful model in Japan, and Hu decided to follow her example. Hu has held a lifelong interest in singing and dancing and has also been interested in martial arts since her early childhood. She attended Maʻemaʻe Elementary School and Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is of Chinese, English, and Hawaiian descent. Her brother, Glenn, is a Lieutenant Colonel and Human Resources Officer in the United States Army. Her parents divorced during Hu's childhood. Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita Perez, an engineering drafter from Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder. Hu has had recurring roles as Pearl on The CW series The Vampire Diaries, as China White on the CW series Arrow, Hamato Miwa / Karai on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stacy Hirano on the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb, and as Adira in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. She has starred in numerous films including The Scorpion King (2002) as Cassandra, Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) as Sona, X2 as Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike (2003), The Tournament (2009) as Lai Lai Zhen, and White Frog (2012). Rae Chang on the American television soap opera Sunset Beach and as Michelle Chan on the American television police drama series Nash Bridges. Kelly Ann Hu ( Chinese: 胡凱麗 pinyin: Hú Kǎilì, born February 13, 1968) is an American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen who was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993.
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