Mirror s edge lucy liu biography

In order to become the star she is today, Lucy Liu had to fight her way out of type-casting literally. Back in the days when she was still trying to break through, the aspiring actress realised the only way to move beyond the stereotyped roles she was being offered was to put her martial arts skills to use.

"I was doing a lot of stuff on ER and NYPD Blue, playing the immigrant who gets washed ashore," recalls the actress.

"As I started progressing in my career I did this episode of Hercules where I went into the audition and I brought my sticks with me and showed them some of the tricks I could do they got really excited about it and I got the job." Her training in Kali Eskrima Silat, a form of Indonesian knife and stick fighting, obviously made quite an impression, because it wasn't long before the 5ft 3in actress carved out a niche as an action femme fatale of the small screen.

Then her growling portrayal of wrathful lawyer Ling