Known for Acting
Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968) is an American actress. She starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera Sunset Beach and as Michelle Chan on the American television police drama series Nash Bridges. She has starred in numerous films including The Scorpion King (2002) as Cassandra, Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) as Sona, X2 (2003) as Yuriko Oyama / Lady Deathstrike, The Tournament (2009) as Lai Lai Zhen, and White Frog (2012). She appeared as China White/Chen Na Wei in The CW series Arrow. Hu has had recurring roles as Pearl on The CW series The Vampire Diaries, Hamato Miwa / Karai on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Stacy Hirano on the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb, and as Adira in Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure. She also voices Cheshire and Paula Crock / Huntress in Young Justice.
Born
February 13, 1968 (age 58)
Birthplace
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
Filmography
68 films, 61 shows


Watchmen: Chapter I
2024 · 1h 24m · US
In 1985, the murder of a government-sponsored superhero draws his outlawed colleagues out of retirement and into a mystery that threatens to upend their personal lives and the world itself.


Joe Baby
2024 · 1h 26m · US
Joe Baby is a private investigator searching for money that has been stolen from Heather Stanton, only to find all roads lead to the mysterious death of her father, Walter Baby.


Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match
2023 · 1h 20m · US
In 1980s Hollywood, action star Johnny Cage is looking to become an A-list actor. But when his costar, Jennifer, goes missing from set, Johnny finds himself thrust into a world filled with shadows, danger, and deceit. As he embarks on a bloody journey, Johnny quickly discovers the City of Angels has more than a few devils in its midst. He faces off against a sinister secret society plotting a nefarious scheme, but the brutal fight against the bloodthirsty warriors of the Netherrealm is just beginning.


Fallen Angels Murder Club: Heroes and Felons
2022 · 1h 25m · CA
The members of the Fallen Angels Murder Club must band together again, as they search for answers surrounding the death of one of their own. Hollis Morgan finds herself at the center of the investigation when a journalist reporting on the murder also winds up dead. As bodies begin to stack up, and Hollis connects the dots, she must solve the murders before it's too late.


Fallen Angels Murder Club: Friends to Die For
2022 · 1h 25m · CA
The members of the Fallen Angels Murder Club must have two things in common — a love for books and have a criminal record. Hollis Morgan meets both requirements. When a member of her book club is murdered in a scene straight out of the previous night’s novel, Hollis becomes the subject of police scrutiny. Refusing to get stuck with another bad rap, Hollis sets out to investigate her fellow club members and after a second book-inspired murder, she races to identify the killer before she becomes the next victim.


Catwoman: Hunted
2022 · 1h 18m · US
Catwoman's attempt to steal a priceless jewel puts her squarely in the crosshairs of both a powerful consortium of villains and the ever-resourceful Interpol, not to mention Batwoman.


List of a Lifetime
2021 · 1h 28m · US
When she's diagnosed with breast cancer, Brenda begins completing her bucket list with the help of the daughter she long ago put up for adoption.


Extinct
2021 · 1h 24m · CN
Op and Ed, two adorable donut-shaped animals - flummels - accidentally time-travel from 1835 to modern-day Shanghai. There they discover traffic, trans fats, and worst of all, that flummels are now extinct. It's up to this bumbling pair to save themselves and their species...and, just maybe, change the course of history.


Finding ʻOhana
2021 · 2h 3m · US
Two Brooklyn siblings' summer in a rural Oahu town takes an exciting turn when a journal pointing to long-lost treasure sets them on an adventure, leading them to reconnect with their Hawaiian heritage.


Batman: Soul of the Dragon
2021 · 1h 23m · US
Bruce Wayne faces a deadly menace from his past, with the help of three former classmates: world-renowned martial artists Richard Dragon, Ben Turner and Lady Shiva.


Painted Beauty
2021 · US
Having done some of the most shocking art the public has ever seen, Sasha is the most sought-after artist in the world. In search of inspiration, she moves to Hong Kong where she meets her most unexpected muse yet, a serial killer.


Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Candace Against the Universe
2020 · 1h 26m · US
Phineas and Ferb travel across the galaxy to rescue their older sister Candace, who has been abducted by aliens and taken to a utopia in a far-off planet, free of her pesky little brothers.


Go Back to China
2019 · 1h 35m · CN
When party girl Sasha Li blows through most of her trust fund, she is cut off by her father and forced to go back to China and work for the family toy business.


Christmas Wonderland
2018 · 1h 30m · US
Heidi, who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery’s big Christmas party, she must return home to watch her niece and nephew. She comes face to face with her high school love, Chris, now a teacher, and offers to help him find a new last-minute location for the Christmas dance.


F.R.E.D.I.
2018 · 1h 29m
An intelligent, lovable robot known as "F.R.E.D.I." is stolen from a secret research facility by the project's lead scientist. The robot is found by a 15 year old teenager, James. Soon the two begin to communicate and create a bond in which F.R.E.D.I. learns about teenage life and James learns about some new values.


Maximum Impact
2017 · 1h 50m · RU
The agents of the Federal Security Service of Russia and the US Secret Service are forced to work together to prevent a full-scale international crisis.


Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Super Shredder
2017 · 4h 2m
Super Shredder is a DVD release containing the final seven episodes of season 4 and the first four episodes of season 5 of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.


Finding Kukan
2016 · 1h 15m · US
A filmmaker turns detective to uncover the forgotten story of Li Ling-Ai, the un-credited female producer of KUKAN, an Academy Award-winning color documentary about World War II China that has been lost for decades.


Kepler's Dream
2016 · 1h 30m · US
An 11 year old girl searches for a missing rare book from her grandmother's (Holland Taylor) library and tries to understand why her family is fractured the way it is during a memorable summer at an isolated New Mexico adobe. While her mother (Kelly Lynch), like astronaut Michael Collins, goes to the dark side of the moon for a leukemia treatment, Ella must journey on her own to the strange moon of her grandmother's world. Ella's father, (Sean Patrick Flanery) orbits his daughter, as Ella befriends Miguel and Rosie to find acceptance of her mother's fate. Emotional connections are reshaped, and the music of Patrick Neil Doyle helps tell this unusual story.


Death Valley
2015 · 1h 28m · US
Four strangers on a drunken wedding dash from LA to Vegas hit a mysterious woman in the desert and must overcome injuries, the elements, and ultimately each other to survive.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Renegade Rampage
2015 · US
Mayhem ensues as the Turtles face new dangerous mutants in a special double episode. The turtles try LARPing, Karai finally realises the truth, mutant villains steal retro-mutagen, and the city is invaded by a new mutant using living pizzas to attack!


Beyond the Game
2014 · 1h 28m · US
In a reality show that’s too real, the contestants are dying. Now only one will survive… Beyond The Game! Kill or be Killed! Beyond the Game has contestants believing they are part of a reality show, but in reality, they are forced to fight to survive.


High School Possession
2014 · 1h 28m · US
Lauren must prevent fellow students from performing an exorcism on her best friend Chloe.


Age of Tomorrow
2014 · 1h 30m · US
Mankind must fight to survive as Earth is invaded by hostile UFOs bent on destroying the planet. As the epic battle wages on, astronauts sneak aboard the mothership where they discover a portal to the aliens' home world. They manage to alert Earth before they are brutally murdered. Left with no other choice, Earth sends an elite military team of science and combat specialists through the portal where they attempt to stop the invasion from the inside out.


They Die by Dawn
2013 · 51m · US
Four outlaws with a bounty on each head, set a date for a shootout in Langston, Oklahoma. The last man takes the collective bounty. Violence and mayhem ensue.


Scooby-Doo! and the Spooky Scarecrow
2013 · 23m · US
Scooby-Doo and the rest of the ghost-busting gang visit a quiet farm town where everyone is preparing for the annual Halloween harvest celebration.


Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel
2013 · 45m · US
Phineas and Ferb team up with the Avengers to save the world from Dr. Doofenshmirtz and a group of dangerous supervillains.


White Frog
2013 · 1h 33m · US
When Nick, who has Asperger's syndrome, struggles to carry on after the death of his brother Chaz, Chaz's best friend Randy takes Nick under his wing.


The Haumana
2013 · 1h 35m · US
Jonny Kealoha is the charismatic host of a struggling Waikiki Polynesian lū`au show. To everyone’s surprise, including his own, he is appointed as the successor to a high school boy’s hula class when his former Kumu Hula (master hula teacher) passes away. He becomes as much a student as a teacher through the demands of leading the boys to a significant cultural event and rediscovers the sanctity of the culture he had previously abandoned.


Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
2011 · 1h 18m · US
Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they discover is a secret agent.


Green Lantern: Emerald Knights
2011 · 1h 24m · US
As the home planet of the Green Lantern Corps faces a battle with an ancient enemy, Hal Jordan prepares new recruit Arisia for the coming conflict by relating stories of the first Green Lantern and several of Hal's comrades.


Almost Perfect
2011 · 1h 46m · US
A 30-something career woman tries to find the balance between her demanding family and her perfect new boyfriend.


What Women Want
2011 · 1h 56m · CN
After an accident, a chauvinistic executive gains the ability to hear what women are really thinking.


Batman: Under the Red Hood
2010 · 1h 15m · US
One part vigilante, one part criminal kingpin, Red Hood begins cleaning up Gotham with the efficiency of Batman, but without following the same ethical code.


The Tournament
2009 · 1h 35m · UK
Every seven years, in an unsuspecting town, The Tournament takes place. A battle royale between 30 of the world's deadliest assassins. The last man standing receives the $10,000,000 cash prize and the title of World's No. 1 Assassin, which itself carries the legendary million dollar-a-bullet price tag.


Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword
2009 · 1h 14m · US
The Mystery Inc. gang takes a trip to Japan and finds themselves circling Asia and the Pacific in a treasure hunt, racing against the vengeful Black Samurai and his Ninja warriors to find the legendary Sword of Fate, an ancientblade fabled to possess extraordinary supernaturalpowers.
Vincent Who?
Vincent Who?
2009 · 40m · US
Documentary about the murder of Vincent Chin in 1982 and the aftermath. The documentary also explores the modern Asian-American identity when so few Asian-American youths are aware of who Vincent Chin is.


Dead Space: Downfall
2008 · 1h 14m · US
On a deep space mining mission to a remote planet, an ancient religious relic - thought to be proof of the existence of God - is unearthed and brought aboard. When the unholy artifact unleashes a long-dormant alien race, its glimpse of Heaven transforms the ship into a living Hell. A prequel to the events of the 2008 video game Dead Space.


Farm House
2008 · 1h 32m · US
Stranded in the remote countryside after wrecking their car, a couple seeking to start over discovers that there's no escape from the sins of their past.


Dim Sum Funeral
2008 · 1h 35m · CA
An Irish funeral has a wake. A Jewish funeral has sitting shiva. A traditional Chinese funeral is something else entirely. That's what the estranged siblings of the Chinese-American Xiao family must undergo upon news of their mother's death. The one brother and three sisters don't get along, however, they share one thing: hatred for their domineering and manipulative mother, "The Dragon Lady."


Stiletto
2008 · 1h 58m · BS
The seemingly random killings of an assassin puzzle her former lover, a wealthy Greek crime boss whose organization is jeopardized by his love for her, and the detective following her rising body count


Undoing
2007 · 1h 30m · US
A crime drama set in LA's Koreatown, UNDOING introduces us to Samuel, who returns after a mysterious absence to reconcile the death of his best friend exactly one year ago.


Afro Samurai the Movie
2007 · 2h 7m · JP
A movie adaptation of the TV series Afro Samurai. The tale of Afro Samurai is one of bloody hardship and pain. Along his solitary path of revenge for his murdered father, he sheds no tears and knows no love. Forever chased by powerful enemies in a lawless technology-speckled dystopia, he evades bullets and blade to reach his final prey: a man who will not die. But Afro will reach his quarry - even if it means painting a road of blood and brains from here to the bitter inevitable end.


Succubus: Hell-Bent
2007 · 1h 36m · US
A beautiful demon leaves death in her wake while stalking a wealthy womanizer in contemporary Los Angeles.


Shanghai Kiss
2007 · 1h 46m · US
Liam Liu unwittingly gets involved with a high school girl. He suddenly has to go to China after learning from his father that he has inherited his grandmother's home in Shanghai. He's not very appreciative of his Chinese roots, and at first, only wants to sell the house and get back to the U.S. as fast as possible. He gets a taste of the Chinese culture and ends up having some big decisions to make.


The Air I Breathe
2007 · 1h 35m · US
A gambler’s bet spiraling into chaos, a gangster's prophetic visions, a pop star’s dark entanglement, a doctor’s desperate race against time to rescue his beloved... Four interconnected stories reveal life unfolding through four emotional pillars — joy, passion, grief, and love.


Area 57
2007 · 21m · US
A comedy about the employees for the U.S. government, who work in a remote facility in the Nevada desert, which houses an alien creature.


Devil's Den
2006 · 1h 24m · US
Quinn Taylor and his friend Nick are on their way back from Mexico with a load of Spanish Fly to sell in the States. They stop at a gentlemen's club called The Devil's Den and decide to test out their product on the unsuspecting women there. Only, these women aren't really human, and the two men find themselves in a very fatal position. Also tossed in are a female-assassin on the hunt for Quinn, a monster hunter!


Americanese
2006 · 1h 50m · US
Long after their breakup, Chinese American Raymond Ding and Amerasian Aurora Crane struggle to let go. Torn apart by mismatched ideals, meddling friends, and the complexities of racial identities, they find other suitable mates but cannot stay away from each other


Mayday
2005 · 2h · US
Twelve miles above the Pacific Ocean, an errant missile strikes a state of the art passenger jet. The flight crew is crippled or dead. Now, defying both nature and man, a handful of survivors must achieve the impossible: Land the airplane.


Underclassman
2005 · 1h 33m · US
A young detective goes undercover at an elite private school to destroy an international stolen car ring.


Dark Shadows
2005 · 39m · US
The pilot for a proposed remake of the '60s gothic soap opera. It was produced in 2004 for The WB network, but was not picked up and has never aired on television. The pilot instead premiered in 2005 at the Dark Shadows Festival in Los Angeles and has screened at various such festivals in the years since.


Confessions of an Action Star
2005 · 1h 23m · US
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truly important, he realized he'd have to get in touch with his roots, if there's ever going to be a comeback.


The Librarian: Quest for the Spear
2004 · 1h 46m · US
When a magical artifact is lifted from his library, a meek librarian sets out to ensure its safe return.


The Second Uncanny Issue of X-Men! Making X2
2003 · 59m · US
Documentary on the making of 'X2: X-Men United'.


X2 Global Webcast Highlights
2003 · 17m
In this piece, Michael Broidy of Fox Publicity sits with Bryan Singer, producers Ralph Winter and Lauren Shuler Donner, and actors Hugh Jackman, James Marsden, Anna Paquin, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Alan Cumming, Famke Janssen, Shawn Ashmore, Aaron Stanford, and Kelly Hu for an Internet-based chat. Each participant appears solo in this set of excerpts. They take queries from various international chat rooms and discuss a number of topics in this reasonably informative and interesting discussion.


Conquest of Hawaii
2003 · 1h 30m
History Channel documentary which chronicles the history of Hawai'i and the rarely told story of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy by the American government.


X2
2003 · 2h 13m · US
Professor Charles Xavier and his team of genetically gifted superheroes face a rising tide of anti-mutant sentiment led by Col. William Stryker. Storm, Wolverine and Jean Grey must join Magneto and Mystique to unhinge Stryker's scheme to exterminate all mutants.


Cradle 2 the Grave
2003 · 1h 41m · US
Gang leader Tony pulls off a major diamond heist with his crew, but cop-turned-criminal Ling knows who has the loot and responds by kidnapping Tony's daughter and holding her for ransom. Unfortunately, Tony's lost the diamonds as well. As he frantically searches for his daughter and the jewels, Tony pairs with a high-kicking government agent who once worked with Ling and seeks revenge on him.


The Scorpion King
2002 · 1h 32m · US
In ancient Egypt, peasant Mathayus is hired to exact revenge on the powerful Memnon and the sorceress Cassandra, who are ready to overtake Balthazar's village. Amid betrayals, thieves, abductions and more, Mathayus strives to bring justice to his complicated world.


Fakin' Da Funk
1997 · 1h 29m · US
Chinese kid Julian, who was adopted by the black family of Joe and Annabelle Lee -- and Asian exchange student May-Ling, who is housed with a black family -- are trying to adapt to their mostly black neighborhood of South Central.


Star Command
1996 · 1h 37m · DE
A bunch of young and impulsive space cadets make their first real flight in space and realize that the attack they suffered wasn't a training mission. They face the Enemy alone and have the chance to save the world, and maybe to prevent the war? Can the cadets conquer the more experienced, stronger and much more evil enemy?


Strange Days
1995 · 2h 25m · US
In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.


No Way Back
1995 · 1h 31m · US
When FBI Agent Zack Grant's partner is killed during a blown-up operation, he attempts to find the person responsible. Mafioso Frank Serlano believes Zack is responsible for his only son's death in the same operation and kidnaps Zack's son to hold as bait. The action gets wild when airline stewardess Mary is taken hostage to add what seems an another insurmountable problem for Zack. There appears to be no way out.


Surf Ninjas
1993 · 1h 27m · US
Two Asian-American "surfer-dude" brothers discover they are the long lost princes from a China Sea Island. Part of their inheritance includes magically-induced martial arts prowess and seeing the future. Using their new powers, they act to overthrow the island's current dictator, a despotic madman with a metal face!


Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man
1991 · 1h 38m · US
It's the lawless future, and renegade biker Harley Davidson and his surly cowboy buddy, Marlboro, learn that a corrupt bank is about to foreclose on their friend's bar to further an expanding empire. Harley and Marlboro decide to help by robbing the crooked bank. But when they accidentally filch a drug shipment, they find themselves on the run from criminal financiers and the mob in this rugged action adventure.


The Doors
1991 · 2h 20m · US
The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.


Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan
1989 · 1h 40m · US
Jason ships out aboard a teen-filled "love boat" bound for New York, which he soon transforms into the ultimate voyage of the damned.