Kelly Hu, a well-known Chinese-born American actress and voice artist, will be a recurring cast member on the riveting police procedural drama series East New York. Allison Cha, a political policy expert, will be played by the actress in the series.
Hu will make her debut in the 12th episode, which will air exclusively on the CBS TV Network on Sunday, February 19, 2023. The episode’s title is Up in Smoke. The official CBS Channel synopsis for the upcoming episode is as follows:
“With the help of her officers and detectives, Deputy Inspector Regina Haywood, newly promoted commander of the 74th precinct in East New York, is determined to use creative means to protect her beloved town.”
Kelly Hu’s character in the series is a straightforward and aggressive political policy adviser who has been assigned to observe Suarez in order to gain a better understanding of the daily operations of the New York Police Department. Fans of the actress have been anticipating her portrayal of this brand-new character with bated breath.
Kelly Hu and her incredible amount of work
Kelly Hu, 54, is a Chinese-American actress, former fashion model, beauty pageant winner, and well-known voice artist who made her acting debut as Melia in the television series Growing Pains. Since then, she has appeared in a number of notable films and television shows.
Hu is best known for her roles as Cassandra in 2002’s The Scorpion King, Jiyoung in 2007, Miyumi / Miss Mirimoto (voice) in Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword in 2009, Ms. Li (voice) in Batman: Under the Red Hood in 2010, May Chung in White Frog in 2012, Irene in Kepler’s Dream in 2016, and May Li in Go Back to China in 2019.
The actress is also renowned for playing the role of Inspector Michelle Chan in the 1997 TV series Nash Bridges, Grace ‘Pei-Pei’ Chen in the 1998 TV series Martial Law, Stacy Hirano (voice) in the popular animated series Phineas and Ferb, Sha Shan Nguyen in the 2009 series The Spectacular Spider-Man, China White / Chien Na Wei in the 2012 TV series Arrow, and Callie ‘Cece’ Cartwig in 2014’s The 100.
Kelly Hu has also appeared in a number of films and television shows, including Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, In Case of Emergency, Sunset Beach, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Warehouse 13, The Orville, Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, L.A.’s Finest, Dead Space: Downfall, Finding Kukan, Batman: Soul of the Dragon, Finding ‘Ohana, and many others.
She recently voiced Dr. Anna Ripley in the popular 2022 animated fantasy drama series The Legend of Vox Machina. Fans will be interested to see Kelly Hu in her upcoming season 1 role as Allison Cha in East New York.
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