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Kelly Hu

Kelly Hu

Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress.

Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her ethnic background is a mixture of Chinese, Hawaiian, and English.

Hu has had a lifelong interest in singing and dancing. She has also been interested in martial arts since her early childhood, when her older brother would arrange for her to fight neighbourhood boys. Hu's cousin was a successful model in Japan and Hu decided to follow her example. To gain publicity, she entered Miss Teen USA contest in 1985 and became the first Asian American to win the title. Ironically she found out after winning that she was prohibited from appearing in non-contest related activities for the year of her reign.

After working in Japan and Italy (where she became well-known as the star of a series of ads for Philadelphia brand cream cheese), Hu moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career in 1987 with a guest starring role on the sitcom Growing Pains. Hu followed this with appearances on series such as Night Court, Tour of Duty, 21 Jump Street, and Melrose Place and her first movie role in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. Hu also won the title of Miss Hawaii USA in 1993.

In 1995, Hu played an undercover police officer in the movie No Way Back. While the movie was not a major success it opened a new career direction for Hu in action adventure roles. She was then cast as Dr. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach for six months in 1997. Afterwards, Hu was cast as police officers Michelle Chan in the television series Nash Bridges (1997-1998) and Chen Pei Pei on Martial Law (1998-2000). Her subsequent movie appearances include The Scorpion King (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and X2 (2003).

Hu resides in Brentwood, California where she is co-owner of a restaurant Basic Bites.


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Hu resides in Brentwood, California where she is co-owner of a restaurant Basic Bites. In 2004 Kensit joined the cast of British soap opera Emmerdale, playing the role of Sadie King, and also regularly featured in the third series of Channel 4's Bo Selecta. Her subsequent movie appearances include The Scorpion King (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and X2 (2003). Her last starring role was in the Newcastle based flop The One and Only which failed to get wide distribution. Afterwards, Hu was cast as police officers Michelle Chan in the television series Nash Bridges (1997-1998) and Chen Pei Pei on Martial Law (1998-2000). They divorced in 2000. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach for six months in 1997. Kensit and Gallagher had a son, Lennon, named after John Lennon.

She was then cast as Dr. During her second marriage she gave birth to her first child, James. In 1997 she married Liam Gallagher from Oasis. While the movie was not a major success it opened a new career direction for Hu in action adventure roles. In 1992 she married Jim Kerr, lead singer of Simple Minds. In 1995, Hu played an undercover police officer in the movie No Way Back. In 1988 she married Dan Donovan of band Big Audio Dynamite. Hu also won the title of Miss Hawaii USA in 1993. All her husbands have been musicians.

Hu followed this with appearances on series such as Night Court, Tour of Duty, 21 Jump Street, and Melrose Place and her first movie role in Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. Patsy has been married three times. After working in Japan and Italy (where she became well-known as the star of a series of ads for Philadelphia brand cream cheese), Hu moved to Los Angeles and began her acting career in 1987 with a guest starring role on the sitcom Growing Pains. Kensit attracted ridicule for stating in an interview that she was a serious actress and did not trade just on her looks before doing gratuitous nude in three films back to back. Ironically she found out after winning that she was prohibited from appearing in non-contest related activities for the year of her reign. Another notable film role was in Lethal Weapon 2 (1989), in which she played Rika van den Haas, the South African consulate secretary that cop Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) falls in love with. To gain publicity, she entered Miss Teen USA contest in 1985 and became the first Asian American to win the title. The film was critically panned and was also box office flop.

Hu's cousin was a successful model in Japan and Hu decided to follow her example. Her big break came in 1986 when she was selected to play Crepe Suzette, the female lead in the movie Absolute Beginners, with David Bowie as her co-star. She has also been interested in martial arts since her early childhood, when her older brother would arrange for her to fight neighbourhood boys. The band had three Top 40 singles ("Stay with me", "I'm not scared" and "Cross My Heart") but television appearances on programmes like Top of the Pops gave much needed exposure to Kensit. Hu has had a lifelong interest in singing and dancing. In 1985 Kensit was the lead singer of band Eighth Wonder. Her ethnic background is a mixture of Chinese, Hawaiian, and English. In 1974 she had her first role in a movie; The Great Gatsby starring Mia Farrow.

Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Aged only four, she appeared in a television advert for Birds Eye Peas. Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress. It soon became clear that Patsy was to become an actress. She was born Patsy Jude Kensit in Hounslow, London, with Reggie Kray as her godfather. She has starred in several prominent films but is perhaps more well-known for her three celebrity marriages.

Patsy Kensit (born March 4, 1968) is a British actress.