Today's Star: Kelly Hu bio

Kelly Ann Hu was born February 13, 1968, in Honolulu, Hawaii, of Cantonese/English/Hawaiian lineage. Her parents divorced when she was only six years old, and, living with her mother Juanita, Kelly benefited from an upbringing as diversified as her background. While her mother enrolled her in ballet classes and the Sears Charm School, Kelly indulged in other interests on the side, taking karate lessons from her older brother. By age thirteen, she decided to pursue a modeling career, and her fighting skills were sufficiently developed for her brother to make some quick cash betting on her bouts with neighborhood kids. It was this blend of natural beauty and martial-arts proficiency that determined Kelly's path. In 1998, Kelly earned her brown belt in karate, and was offered a role in a new kung fu cop series, Martial Law. The critical reception to the show wasn't entirely warm, but the program did win the loyal following of a number of viewers, who seemed especially inclined toward Kelly's character, Detective Grace Chen. By the series' second season, Kelly was sharing top billing in the credits. Yet even as her popularity was increasing, the shows' ratings were plummeting. Shortly after Arsenio Hall was cast into a regular role (a move that some may have cited as the kiss of death for the series), Martial Law was canceled. Martial Law may have been a failure from its producers' perspective, but the program did wonders for Kelly Hu. Having showcased her beauty and fighting abilities to a television audience, she soon became a staple in men's magazines and Internet celebrity sites. Kelly has achieved a high degree of visibility without any hit series or movies under her belt. She'll be starring alongside WWF superstar The Rock in the summer 2002 feature, The Scorpion King (a spin-off of The Mummy series), and we may just see what a blockbuster will do for Kelly Hu's already successful career.

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