Kelly Ann Hu is a Hawaiian Chinese-American actress, who plays the Human female character Admiral Ozawa.
Background[]
Hu became Miss Teen USA in 1985 and then Miss Hawaii USA in 1993. She then went on to become a fashion model, and transitioned into acting. To increase her acting potential, she learned martial arts, and improved her Chinese skills (Cantonese and Mandarin), while working on the TV show Martial Law.
The Orville[]
Hu auditioned for the role of "an older woman." She added white streaks to her hair using a marker.[1]
According to Hu, she prefers to emphasize the widow's peak of her hairline when playing evil characters. Because Ozawa is good, she purposefully de-emphasized her widow's peak.[2]
Hu published a photograph attending the show's Season 2 wrap party, leading fans to correctly speculate that she would return to the show as Ozawa.[3] This later proved correct, as Hu would again appear as Ozawa in the third season episode Domino.
Trivia[]
- She played Lady Deathstrike in the film X2: X-Men United.
- She played Cassandra the Sorceress in the film The Scorpion King.
- She played Visas Marr in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords.
- She played Suki Toyama in the video game Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.
- She voiced Stacy in Phineas And Ferb.
References[]
- ↑ Orville Live Stream Q&A with Scott Grimes, Kelly Hu, J Lee, Peter Macon, & Mark Jackson. GalaxyCon. July 16, 2020.
- ↑ @KellyHu. "Haha, I suggested they do that. Glad you noticed!" Twitter. Dec. 7, 2018.
- ↑ @KellyHu. "Last nights @TheOrville wrap party had me all upside down. Worth the hangover on the flight home to #Hawaii #itsawrap #TheOrville #Season2". Twitter. Oct. 14, 2018.