Acting credits
20
Active
Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Jessica Lu
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
2.2
Moderate attention
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Movies: 8Series: 12
TMDB ID: 1254925
IMDb ID: nm3330402
Known for: Acting
Born: April 18, 1985
Age: 40
Place of birth: Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2000 - 2024
Years active: 25
Average TMDB rating: 6.88
Wikidata: Q126007
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.
7.6
Better Man
as TV Host
2024 Movie
5.9
Line of Duty
as Clover Nestel
2019 Movie
Bedtime Story
as Coco
2018 Movie
5.8
From Straight A's to XXX
as Amanda
2017 Movie
The girls I know... get their hands dirty.
as Steph
2016 Movie
7.0
Smart Pipe
as Scout Condor
2014 Movie
6.8
The Young Kieslowski
as Hi Jing
2014 Movie
6.0
About Last Night
as Ad Executive
2014 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Jessica Lu.
7.7
God Friended Me
as Joy • 8 eps
2018 Series
6.7
Reverie
as Alexis Barrett • 10 eps
2018 Series
3.0
Saving the Human Race
as Emma • 6 eps
2017 Series
6.1
Weird Loners
as Molly • 1 eps
2015 Series
7.2
Red Band Society
as Mae • 2 eps
2014 Series
6.6
Storytellers
as Mai Himura • 6 eps
2013 Series
6.0
The New Normal
as Tabitha • 1 eps
2012 Series
8.1
American Horror Story
as Babe • 2 eps
2011 Series
7.4
Awkward.
as Ming Huang • 65 eps
2011 Series
6.8
Law & Order: LA
as Kai Ng • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.4
Two and a Half Men
as Jean • 1 eps
2003 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Lily • 1 eps
2000 Series