Kelly Hu

Hu resides in Brentwood, California where she is co-owner of a restaurant Basic Bites. She died of a heart attack in New York City in 2002. Her subsequent movie appearances include The Scorpion King (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and X2 (2003). She also appeared in several soap operas, most notably as Nola Madison on The Edge of Night. 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 other major film roles include David Niven's fiance in the classic Powell & Pressburger film A Matter of Life and Death (1945), and Zira the ape scientist in the first three of the Planet of the Apes series. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach for six months in 1997. They both appeared in the 1951 film, for which Hunter won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

She was then cast as Dr. She performed with Marlon Brando in the original Broadway production of A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), playing the role of Stella Kowalski. While the movie was not a major success it opened a new career direction for Hu in action adventure roles. Kim Hunter (November 12, 1922 - September 11, 2002) was an American film and stage actress. In 1995, Hu played an undercover police officer in the movie No Way Back. Hu also won the title of Miss Hawaii USA in 1993.

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. 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. Ironically she found out after winning that she was prohibited from appearing in non-contest related activities for the year of her reign. To gain publicity, she entered Miss Teen USA contest in 1985 and became the first Asian American to win the title.

Hu's cousin was a successful model in Japan and Hu decided to follow her example. 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 has had a lifelong interest in singing and dancing. Her ethnic background is a mixture of Chinese, Hawaiian, and English.

Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress.