Kelly Hu

Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress, voice artist, and former fashion model from Honolulu, Hawaii. Before pursuing a full-time acting career, Hu gained national recognition through beauty pageants. She was crowned Miss Teen USA in 1985, becoming the first Asian American to win the title. She later won Miss Hawaii USA in 1993 and reached the top five of the Miss USA 1993 pageant. Following her pageant success, she modeled internationally in Japan and Italy and appeared in numerous brand commercials.

Hu made her television acting debut in 1987 on the sitcom Growing Pains. She built a prolific television career with starring and recurring roles, including Dr. Rae Chang on the soap opera Sunset Beach, Inspector Michelle Chan on the police drama Nash Bridges, and Chen Pei-Pei on Martial Law. In feature films, Hu achieved widespread recognition playing Cassandra in the action adventure film The Scorpion King (2002) and Yuriko Oyama, also known as Lady Deathstrike, in the superhero film X2 (2003). Her action roles established her as a prominent performer in genre cinema.

Hu has also developed an extensive voice-acting career in animated series and video games. Notable voice roles include Stacy Hirano on Phineas and Ferb, Karai on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Cheshire and Huntress on Young Justice. In live-action television, she has appeared in recurring roles across series such as The Vampire Diaries, Arrow, and Hawaii Five-0, showcasing her versatility across dramatic, superhero, and procedural genres.

Throughout her decades-long career in entertainment, Hu has maintained a consistent professional presence in film, television, and voiceover projects. Outside of performance work, she has participated in community outreach, environmental initiatives, and charitable causes. Hu continues to act in feature films and television while remaining a regular contributor to voice work in animated media and video games.