Li Ming Hu

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Li Ming Hu
Born (1987-06-22) June 22, 1987 (age 38)
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Education University of Auckland
OccupationActress
Years active1996–present
Known for 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. [1] She is best known for playing Li Mei Chen in Shortland Street , Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM , [2] and Lisa Fong in the short film Take 3.

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Biography

Hu was born to Chinese-Singaporean immigrant parents in Palmerston North. [3] After receiving her master's degree in history from the University of Auckland, [3] she started her acting career at Shortland Street portraying Li Mei Chen, who was once described as "mean and cantankerous". [2] 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, [2] and starred as Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM , [2] which she later reprised nine years later in Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel . [4]

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. [3]

Hu later emigrated to the United States [2] and as of 2018, was in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago masters programme. [5] She is an artist who is part of the Riff Raff duo alongside Daphne Simons and has appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago [6] and in Wassaic, New York. [5] Hu is also a musician who formed half of the musical project The Tokey Tones with Scott Mannion. [7]

She lives in New York City. [1]

Filmography

Television

Film

References

  1. 1 2 "About". Li-Ming Hu. Retrieved 16 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Li-Ming Hu | NZ on Screen".
  3. 1 2 3 "Living across cultures".
  4. 1 2 "Power Rangers 25th Anniversary Trailer Features Classic Rangers".
  5. 1 2 "Li-Ming Hu and Daphne Simons". Archived from the original on 5 November 2020. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Li-Ming Hu".
  7. ↑ "Spain offers a new lease of life for Kiwi musician Scott Mannion". June 2019.
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