Elizabeth Yu

{{Infobox person

| name = Elizabeth Yu

| image = Elizabeth Yu (53895845803).jpg

| caption = Yu in 2024

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|10|06}}

| birth_place = New Jersey, U.S.

| occupation = Actress

| years_active = 2021–present

| partner = Gaten Matarazzo (2018–present)

}}

Elizabeth Yu (born October 6, 2002) is an American actress. She appears as Azula in Avatar: The Last Airbender, a live-action adaptation of the animated series of the same name.

Early and personal life

Elizabeth Yu was born on October 6, 2002{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Yu |website = Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elizabeth_yu |access-date=May 15, 2024 |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Truffaut-Wong |first=Olivia |title=Forget The Haters, 'Avatar' Live-Action Star Elizabeth Yu Is Our Princess Azula |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2024/02/11673656/netflix-avatar-live-action-azula-actress-controversy |access-date=May 15, 2024|website=Refinery29 |language=en}} to a Korean father and an American mother of German, Irish, and Polish ancestry.{{Cite web|last=Silvers|first=Isabella|date=March 4, 2024|title=Elizabeth Yu: "All these parts of who I am are revealed to me every day"|url=https://mixedmessages.substack.com/p/elizabeth-yu-mixed-race-interview|access-date=May 25, 2024|website=Mixed Messages|language=en-US}}

Since 2018, Yu has been in a relationship with Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo.{{Cite web |title=Gaten Matarazzo and Girlfriend Lizzy Yu Are Couple Goals! See Their Cutest Photos Together |url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/gaten-matarazzo-girlfriend-cute-instagram-photos-with-lizzy-yu/#:~:text=The%20Stranger%20Things%20star%20—%20known,that%20read%2C%20“3%20years%3F |access-date=July 30, 2023| date = September 8, 2023 |website=J-14}}

Career

In December 2021, Yu was cast as Azula, the princess of the Fire Nation, in Avatar: The Last Airbender.{{cite web|last=Del Rosario|first=Alexandra|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/avatar-the-last-airbender-elizabeth-yu-yvonne-chapman-tamlyn-tomita-netflix-adaptation-1234891734/|title='Avatar: The Last Airbender': Elizabeth Yu, Yvonne Chapman & Tamlyn Tomita Among 5 Added To Netflix Adaptation|work=Deadline|date=December 16, 2021|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}

Yu's first credit was in the 2022 film Somewhere in Queens.{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/somewhere-in-queens-2022|title=Somewhere in Queens|work=The A.V. Club|accessdate=April 13, 2023}} Yu also starred as college student Ruby in Year One, a coming-of-age film directed by Lauren Loesberg.{{cite web|last=Wang|first=Jenna|url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2022/07/06/top-stories/northwestern-becomes-set-of-coming-of-age-alum-directed-feature-film-year-one/|title=Northwestern becomes set of coming-of-age, alum-directed feature film 'Year One'|work=The Daily Northwestern|date=July 6, 2022|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}

In January 2023, Yu was cast in May December, a black comedy directed by Todd Haynes.{{cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/may-december-todd-haynes-piper-curda-elizabeth-yu-1235492628/|title= Todd Haynes Drama 'May December' Adds Three Actors as Kids of Julianne Moore and Charles Melton (Exclusive) |work=Variety|date=January 17, 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023}} In March 2023, she was cast as Young Maggie in an NBC drama pilot created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. Her character is a "big murder-mystery book nerd" who ends up getting murdered.{{cite web |last=Campione|first=Katie|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/elizabeth-yu-hilda-martin-cast-jenna-bans-bill-krebs-nbc-drama-pilot-1235306553/|title=Elizabeth Yu & Hilda Martin Join Jenna Bans/Bill Krebs NBC Drama Pilot|work=Deadline|date=March 22, 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}