Elizabeth Yu 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.
In December 2021, Yu was cast as Azula, the princess of the Fire Nation, in Avatar: The Last Airbender . [1]
Yu's first credit was in the 2022 film Somewhere in Queens . [2] Yu also starred as college student Ruby in Year One, a coming-of-age film directed by Lauren Loesberg. [3]
In January 2023, Yu was cast in May December , a black comedy directed by Todd Haynes. [4] In March, she was cast as Young Maggie in an NBC drama pilot created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. [5] Her character is a "big murder-mystery book nerd" who ends up getting murdered. [5]
Yu was born in October of 2002. [6] [7]
Since 2018, Yu has been in a relationship with actor Gaten Matarazzo. [8]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2022 | Somewhere in Queens | ||
Year One | Ruby | ||
2023 | May December | Mary Atherton-Yoo |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2024 | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Princess Azula | |
TBD | Untitled NBC pilot | Young Maggie | In post-production |
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