Kelly Hu, a well-known Chinese-born American actress and voice artist, is slated to appear as a recurring cast member on the gripping police procedural drama series East New York. In the series, the actress will portray Allison Cha, a political policy expert. Hu will make her debut appearance in the 12th episode, which will air on the CBS TV Network exclusively on Sunday, February 19, 2023. Up in Smoke is the title of the episode. CBS Channel’s official summary for the upcoming episode is as follows:
“With the support of her officers and detectives, Deputy Inspector Regina Haywood, the recently promoted commander of the 74th precinct in East New York, is determined to utilize imaginative means to safeguard her beloved town.”
Kelly Hu’s role in the series is a simple and aggressive political policy adviser who has been sent to monitor Suarez in order to have a better understanding of the New York Police Department’s everyday operations. Fans of the actress have eagerly anticipated her portrayal of this brand-new character.
Kelly Hu and her outstanding amount of work
Kelly Hu is a 54-year-old Chinese-American actress, former fashion model, beauty pageant winner, and well-known voice artist who made her acting debut in the TV series Growing Pains as Melia. Since then, the actress has been in a number of important films and television shows. Hu is best known for her roles as Cassandra in The Scorpion King in 2002, Jiyoung in The Air I Breathe in 2007, Miyumi / Miss Mirimoto (voice) in Scooby-Doo! and the Samurai Sword in 2009, Ms. Li (voice) in Batman: Under the Red Hood in 2010, May Chung in White Frog in 2012, Irene in Kepler’s Dream in 2016, and May Li in Go Back to China in 2019.
The actress is also renowned for playing the role of Inspector Michelle Chan in the 1997 TV series Nash Bridges, Grace ‘Pei-Pei’ Chen in the 1998 TV series Martial Law, Stacy Hirano (voice) in the popular animated series Phineas and Ferb, Sha Shan Nguyen in the 2009 series The Spectacular Spider-Man, China White / Chien Na Wei in the 2012 TV series Arrow, and Callie ‘Cece’ Cartwig in 2014’s The 100.
Kelly Hu has also played important roles in films and television shows such as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, In Case of Emergency, Sunset Beach, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Warehouse 13, The Orville, Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure, L.A.’s Finest, Dead Space: Downfall, Finding Kukan, Batman: Soul of the Dragon, Finding ‘Ohana, and many more.
Recently, she provided the voice of Dr. Anna Ripley in the famous 2022 animated fantasy drama series The Legend of Vox Machina. Fans will be interested to witness Kelly Hu in her forthcoming interesting role as Allison Cha in East New York season 1.
