![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: February 13, 1968 in Honolulu, HI Biography:Beautiful Hawaiian actress "Kelly Hu" parlayed early experience as a model and beauty pageant winner into a busy career as an actress in television and film. "Kelly Hu" was born in Honolulu, HI, on February 13, 1968. While a student at Kameameha High School, Hu began taking modeling jobs on the advice of her friends, which led to her spending four months in Japan working on various assignments. Hoping to advance her career, Hu entered a local beauty pageant, which led to her being named Miss Teen U.S.A. in 1985, making her the first Asian-American to hold the title. While winning the prize ironically put her modeling career on pause (pageant regulations prevent winners from taking modeling assignments), it did help her launch an acting career; after her reign, Hu moved to Los Angeles, and in 1987, after landing a number of television commercials, she scored her first high-profile acting job when she... Full Biography
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