Jessica Lu

Acting

Born April 18, 1985, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA

Jessica Lu (April 18, 1985) is an American actress, model, and spokesperson. She is best known for her portrayal of Ming Huang on the MTV television series Awkward. Lu was born in Schaumburg, Illinois on April 18, 1985. She has a younger brother, Andy. As a child, she attended Hanover Highlands Elementary School located in Hanover Park, Illinois, Robert Frost Junior High, and James B. Conant High School in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Jessica grew up in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg, Illinois, where she spent her childhood and high school days developing her love of theater and the performing arts. She went on to attend Columbia College Chicago, where she starred as the lead role in the musical Flower Drum Song, before graduating with an honors degree in Musical Theatre Performance. She is of Chinese and Japanese decent.

Filmography

• 2026Where Are You, LaoLao? — Mother, Director, Writer
• 2019Line of Duty — Clover Nestel
• 2018Bedtime Story — Coco
• God Friended Me — Joy
• Reverie — Alexis Barrett
• 2017From Straight A's to XXX — Amanda
• Saving the Human Race — Emma
• 2016The girls I know... get their hands dirty. — Steph
• 2015Diyu — Li Xia
• Weird Loners — Molly
• 2014About Last Night — Ad Executive
• Red Band Society — Mae
• 2014Smart Pipe — Scout Condor
• 2014The Young Kieslowski — Hi Jing
• Storytellers — Mai Himura
• The New Normal — Tabitha
• American Horror Story — Babe
• Awkward. — Ming Huang
• Law & Order: LA — Kai Ng
• Two and a Half Men — Jean
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — Lily