Jessica Lu
Known for ActingBorn 1985-04-18Schaumburg, Illinois, USA
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.
Known for
From Straight A's to XXX
2017 · as Amanda
About Last Night
2014 · as Ad Executive
Line of Duty
2019 · as Clover Nestel
Bedtime Story
2018 · as Coco
The Young Kieslowski
2014 · as Hi Jing
Diyu
2015 · as Li Xia
Where Are You, LaoLao?
2026 · as Mother
Smart Pipe
2014 · as Scout Condor
The girls I know... get their hands dirty.
2016 · as Steph