Elizabeth Yu

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Elizabeth Yu
Born (2002-10-06) October 6, 2002 (age 21)
New Jersey, U.S.
OccupationActress

Elizabeth Yu (born October 6, 2002) [1] [2] 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.

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Career

In December 2021, Yu was cast as Azula, the princess of the Fire Nation, in Avatar: The Last Airbender . [3]

Yu's first credit was in the 2022 film Somewhere in Queens . [4] Yu also starred as college student Ruby in Year One, a coming-of-age film directed by Lauren Loesberg. [5]

In January 2023, Yu was cast in May December , a black comedy directed by Todd Haynes. [6] In March, she was cast as Young Maggie in an NBC drama pilot created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. [7] Her character is a "big murder-mystery book nerd" who ends up getting murdered. [7]

Personal life

Yu was born to a Korean father and an American mother of German, Irish and Polish ancestry. [8] Since 2018, Yu has been in a relationship with Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo. [9]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 Somewhere in Queens
2023 May December Mary Atherton-Yoo
2024Year OneRuby
WombHa-Yoon
TBABlack SpinesShawn

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024 Avatar: The Last Airbender Princess Azula
TBAMurder by the BookYoung MaggieIn post-production

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