Liu, Emily

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Liu, Emily

PERSONAL

Born in Salt Lake City, UT; raised in Los Angeles, CA. Education: University of Notre Dame, B.A.; trained at Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London, and American Conservatory Theatre, San Francisco, CA.

Addresses:

Office—Sweet Violet Films, 2355 Westwood Blvd., Suite 313, Los Angeles, CA 90064-2109. Agent—Geddes Agency, 8430 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 200, West Hollywood, CA 90069; (commercials) Brady, Bannon and Rich, 5670 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 820, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

Career:

Actress and producer. Star TV, Hong Kong, member of marketing team; Sweet Violet Films, Los Angeles, founder and principal. Formerly worked for advertising agencies, including Saatchi & Saatchi and McCann-Erickson. University of Notre Dame, past member of board of directors.

Member:

Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Wendy, All bout You, Urbanworks, 2001.

Betty, A Ribbon of Dreams, 2002.

Leila, Harlequin (short film), Lodestone Productions, 2004.

Nancy Loo, Only the Brave, Mission from Buddha Productions, 2005.

Stephanie, The Trouble with Romance, Girls' Club Entertainment/Sweet Violet Films, 2008.

Jasmine, "American Boyfriend," A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy, Magnolia Pictures, 2008.

Susie, Operation Shock and Awe (short film), Underman/Omegagirl Productions, 2008.

Also appeared in the film Amy Ling, American Film Institute.

Film Producer:

The Trouble with Romance, Girls' Club Entertainment/Sweet Violet Films, 2008.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Female professor, Sucker Free City, Showtime, 2004.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Marcy, "Seize the Day," Strong Medicine, Lifetime, 2003.

Plainclothes agent, "Scholar," Sleeper Cell (also known as Sleeper Cell: American Terror), Showtime, 2005.

Assistant district attorney Alexa Chen, "Beauty and the Beast," Boston Legal, ABC, 2007.

Monica Meyers, "Glass House," Lincoln Heights, ABC Family Channel, 2008.

Grace, "Listen to My Heart," General Hospital: Night Shift, Soap Network, 2008.

Television Appearances; Other:

Josie, Port Charles, ABC, 2000.

Passing woman doctor, What about Brian (pilot), ABC, 2006.

Appeared in the special Forgotten Valor, PBS.

Stage Appearances:

Appeared as Girl E, The Adventures of B-Y-O Boy, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles; Jamie, American Monsters, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble; Tam Webb in Boats on a River, Los Angeles Theatre Works; Helen, A Dirty Secret between the Toes, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble; Mits, Gila River, Japan America Theatre; Naomi, If You Don't Know, I Won't Tell You, Theatre of Note; Sunny, Laughter, Joy & Loneliness & Sex & Sex & Sex, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble; Title role, The Legend of Lady White Snake, Theatre @ Boston Court; multiple roles, Life as We Knot It, Carter Thor Studio Theatre, Studio City, CA; Young Hongxian, Red Thread, Ziggurat Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles; Mina, Solve for X, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble; Holly, Trust, Carter Thor Studio Theatre; Viola, Twelfth Night, Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London; and Brooke, Yellow Flesh/Alabaster Rose, Theatre of Note.