Li Ming Hu

Li-Ming Hu is a New Zealand actress, artist, and musician. She is best known for playing Li Mei Chen in Shortland Street, Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM,[1] and Lisa Fong in the short film Take 3.

Li Ming Hu
Born
Palmerston North, New Zealand
OccupationActress
Notable work

Biography

Hu was born to Chinese-Singaporean immigrant parents in Palmerston North.[2] After receiving her master's degree in history from the University of Auckland,[2] she started her acting career at Shortland Street portraying Li Mei Chen, who was once described as "mean and cantankerous".[1] 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,[1] and starred as Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM,[1] which she later reprised nine years later in Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.[3]

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.[2]

Hu later emigrated to the United States[1] and as of 2018, was in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago masters programme.[4] She is an artist who is part of the Riff Raff duo alongside Daphne Simons and has appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago[5] and in Wassaic, New York.[4] Hu is also a musician who formed half of the musical project The Tokey Tones with Scott Mannion.[6]

Filmography

Television

Film

References
  1. https://www.nzonscreen.com/profile/li-ming-hu
  2. https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10576621
  3. https://comicbook.com/powerrangers/2018/08/10/power-rangers-25th-anniversary-teaser-trailer/
  4. https://www.wassaicproject.org/artists/artist-profiles/list/li-ming-hu-and-daphne-simons
  5. http://www.saic.edu/academics/departments/performance/people/ling-ming-hu
  6. https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/music/112605464/spain-offers-a-new-lease-of-life-for-kiwi-musician-scott-mannion
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