Li Ming Hu
{{short description|New Zealand actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{BLP sources|date=January 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Li Ming Hu
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|6|22}}
| birth_place = Palmerston North, New Zealand
| education = University of Auckland
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1996–present
| known = Shortland Street as Li Mei Chen
Power Rangers RPM as Gemma/RPM Operator Silver
}}
Li-Ming Hu (born June 22, 1987), is a New Zealand artist and former actress.{{cite web |title=About |url=https://www.li-minghu.com/about |website=Li-Ming Hu |access-date=16 October 2024}} She is best known for playing Li Mei Chen in Shortland Street, Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/li-ming-hu|title=Li-Ming Hu | NZ on Screen}} and Lisa Fong in the short film Take 3.
Biography
Hu was born to Chinese-Singaporean immigrant parents in Palmerston North. After receiving her master's degree in history from the University of Auckland, she started her acting career at Shortland Street portraying Li Mei Chen, who was once described as "mean and cantankerous". Her character initially began as a medical student, who quickly graduated to doctor, and was known for her ambition and abrasive manner. After a three-year stint, Li Mei was killed off with a deadly virus.
Hu was a Treasure Island contestant and television presenter, and starred as Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM, which she later reprised nine years later in Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.{{Cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/powerrangers/2018/08/10/power-rangers-25th-anniversary-teaser-trailer/|title = Power Rangers 25th Anniversary Trailer Features Classic Rangers}}
=Other interests=
Hu also holds a Master of Arts degree in history from the University of Auckland, where she also tutored. She worked at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission for a number of years, and was working on a visual arts degree at Auckland University of Technology, with a focus on sculpture, installation and performance.
Hu also starred with Andy Wong in Lantern, a stage play in which both of them together play ten characters in total.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10576621|title = Living across cultures}}
Hu later emigrated to the United States and as of 2018, was in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago masters programme. She is an artist who is part of the Riff Raff duo alongside Daphne Simons and has appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago{{Cite web|url=http://www.saic.edu/academics/departments/performance/people/ling-ming-hu|title = Li-Ming Hu}} and in Wassaic, New York.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wassaicproject.org/artists/artist-profiles/list/li-ming-hu-and-daphne-simons|title = Li-Ming Hu and Daphne Simons}} Hu is also a musician who formed half of the musical project The Tokey Tones with Scott Mannion.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/112605464/spain-offers-a-new-lease-of-life-for-kiwi-musician-scott-mannion|title = Spain offers a new lease of life for Kiwi musician Scott Mannion|date = June 2019}}
She lives in New York City.
Filmography
=Television=
- Xena: Warrior Princess, Amazon
- Shortland Street, Li Mei Chen
- Spin Doctors (two seasons)
- Power Rangers RPM, Gemma/RPM Operator Silver
- The Shannara Chronicles, Advisor Shona
- Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel, Gemma/RPM Operator Silver
=Film=
- Take 3
- ''Kawa, Alice
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=1327147}}
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Category:New Zealand television actresses
Category:New Zealand soap opera actresses
Category:New Zealand people of Chinese descent
Category:People from Palmerston North
Category:University of Auckland alumni