Acting credits
20
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Jessica Lu
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 8Series: 12Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 1254925
IMDb ID: nm3330402
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1985
Age: 41
Place of birth: Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2026
Years active: 27
Average TMDB rating: 6.83
Wikidata: Q126007
Other jobs
Director (1)
Biography
Jessica Lu (April 18, 1985) is an American actress, model, and spokesperson. She is best known for her portrayal of Ming Huang on the MTV television series Awkward. Lu was born in Schaumburg, Illinois on April 18, 1985. She has a younger brother, Andy. As a child, she attended Hanover Highlands Elementary School located in Hanover Park, Illinois, Robert Frost Junior High, and James B. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Jessica grew up in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, where she spent her childhood and high school days developing her love of theater and the performing arts. She went on to attend Columbia College Chicago, where she starred as the lead role in the musical Flower Drum Song, before graduating with an honors degree in Musical Theatre Performance. She is of Chinese and Japanese decent.
Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Jessica Lu.
as Mother
Where Are You, LaoLao?
2026 β’ Movie
as Clover Nestel
Line of Duty
2019 β’ Movie
as Coco
Bedtime Story
2018 β’ Movie
as Amanda
From Straight A's to XXX
2017 β’ Movie
as Steph
The girls I know... get their hands dirty.
2016 β’ Movie
as Scout Condor
Smart Pipe
2014 β’ Movie
as Hi Jing
The Young Kieslowski
2014 β’ Movie
as Ad Executive
About Last Night
2014 β’ Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jessica Lu.
as Joy β’ 8 eps
God Friended Me
2018 β’ Series
as Alexis Barrett β’ 10 eps
Reverie
2018 β’ Series
as Emma β’ 6 eps
Saving the Human Race
2017 β’ Series
as Molly β’ 1 eps
Weird Loners
2015 β’ Series
as Mae β’ 2 eps
Red Band Society
2014 β’ Series
as Mai Himura β’ 6 eps
Storytellers
2013 β’ Series
as Tabitha β’ 1 eps
The New Normal
2012 β’ Series
as Babe β’ 2 eps
American Horror Story
2011 β’ Series
as Ming Huang β’ 65 eps
Awkward.
2011 β’ Series
as Kai Ng β’ 1 eps
Law & Order: LA
2010 β’ Series
as Jean β’ 1 eps
Two and a Half Men
2003 β’ Series
as Lily β’ 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 β’ Series