Kelly Hu (Chinese name: 胡凯莉) (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress and former fashion model.

Kelly Hu is a former model and Miss Teen USA who starred as the sorceress Cassandra in the action movie The Scorpion King (2002). Hu, of Chinese-American descent, kicked around TV during the late ”80s and ”90s, guest-starring in shows such as Growing Pains and Melrose Place. In the mid 1990s she was a regular on the series Nash Bridges and then had a leading role in the short-lived 1998 series Martial Law. Her film roles include the nasty kidnapper Sona in Cradle 2 the Grave (2003, with rapper DMX) and the evil henchwoman Lady Deathstrike in the X-Men sequel X2 (2003, with Hugh Jackman).

Hu was named Miss Teen USA of 1985, becoming the first person of Asian descent to hold the title… She also was Miss Hawaii USA of 1993… Wu played the ‘Philadelphia Cream Cheese Girl’ in a series of popular TV ads in Italy.

Filmography

Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989) …. Eva

American Eyes (1991) (TV)

The Doors (1991) …. Dorothy

Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man (1991) …. Suzie

Surf Ninjas (1993) …. Ro-May

No Way Back (1995) …. Seiko Kobayashi

Strange Days (1995) …. Anchor Woman

Star Command (1996) (TV) …. Ens. Yukiko Fujisaki

Fakin” Da Funk (1997)

The Scorpion King (2002) …. Cassandra

Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) …. Sona

X2 (2003) …. Yuriko Oyama (aka Lady Deathstrike)

The Librarian: Quest for the Spear (2004) (TV) …. Lana

Underclassman (2005) …. Lisa Brooks

Undoing (2005) …. Vera

Expats (2005) …. Vanilla Manilla

Shanghai Kiss (2006) …. Micki Yang

Americanese (2006) …. Brenda Nishitani

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