Frequently Asked Questions

Lucy Liu is 57 years old. She was born on December 2, 1968, in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City.

O-Ren Ishii, also known as 'Cottonmouth,' the head of the Tokyo yakuza, in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003) and Vol. 2 (2004). The role won her the MTV Movie Award for Best Villain.

Yes. She plays Sasha Barnes, the wealthy ex-wife of a Silicon Valley billionaire, in the sequel released May 1, 2026. She called working with Meryl Streep 'a reverie.'

Rosemead (December 2025) is a drama based on a true story, with Liu in a career-highlight lead role as Irene, a terminally ill immigrant mother caring for a son with schizophrenia. Liu also produced the film, which won festival prizes and earned her sustained Best Actress conversation.

Dr. Joan Watson, opposite Jonny Lee Miller's Sherlock Holmes, for all seven seasons of the CBS drama (2012-2019). She also directed several episodes of the show.

Yes, one son, Rockwell Lloyd Liu, born in 2015 via gestational surrogacy. She raises him as a single parent.

Yes. She has made visual art since her teens, working in collage, painting, photography, and sculpture, sometimes exhibiting under the name Yu Ling. Her first museum exhibition, 'Unhomed Belongings,' opened at the National Museum of Singapore in 2019.

Presence (Steven Soderbergh, January 2025), the action thriller Old Guy with Christoph Waltz, Rosemead (December 2025), and The Devil Wears Prada 2 (May 2026). She is also filming Superfakes, an A24-produced Peacock series she stars in and executive produces.