Jessica Lu is an American actress, model, and spokesperson. She is
best known for her portrayal of Ming Huang on the MTV television
series Awkward.Jessica Lu was born and raised in Schaumburg, a
northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Her parents are from South
Korea, with her father being Chinese and Japanese, and her mother
Chinese. They speak English, Mandarin, and Korean at home. Her father
is a photographer, and her mother, a singer; and since their arrival
in the United States, they have run a restaurant together.Lu has been
a natural performer since early childhood. At years old, she started
dancing, specializing in ballet, tap, and jazz. After seeing Kristi
Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan in the Olympics on television, she pursued
figure skating, taking private lessons every morning at am before
school. She also had singing, piano, and violin lessons. Growing up
in, and having her parents’ restaurant as her stage with a daily
rotating audience, Jessica would entertain each table with a
theatrical reading, violin playing, a tap dance, or a song.She started
modeling and acting, and became a sought after child talent in Chicago
by the time she was year old, working on ad campaigns such as Calvin
Klein, Oshkosh, Marshall Fields, Got Milk?, and Chicago Place, as well
as commercials for McDonald's, Ford Motors, Orville Redenbacher's,
Samsung, and Kaiser Permanente.
best known for her portrayal of Ming Huang on the MTV television
series Awkward.Jessica Lu was born and raised in Schaumburg, a
northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois. Her parents are from South
Korea, with her father being Chinese and Japanese, and her mother
Chinese. They speak English, Mandarin, and Korean at home. Her father
is a photographer, and her mother, a singer; and since their arrival
in the United States, they have run a restaurant together.Lu has been
a natural performer since early childhood. At years old, she started
dancing, specializing in ballet, tap, and jazz. After seeing Kristi
Yamaguchi and Michelle Kwan in the Olympics on television, she pursued
figure skating, taking private lessons every morning at am before
school. She also had singing, piano, and violin lessons. Growing up
in, and having her parents’ restaurant as her stage with a daily
rotating audience, Jessica would entertain each table with a
theatrical reading, violin playing, a tap dance, or a song.She started
modeling and acting, and became a sought after child talent in Chicago
by the time she was year old, working on ad campaigns such as Calvin
Klein, Oshkosh, Marshall Fields, Got Milk?, and Chicago Place, as well
as commercials for McDonald's, Ford Motors, Orville Redenbacher's,
Samsung, and Kaiser Permanente.
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