Jing Lusi

Jing Lusi is a British-Chinese actress. Her first television role was as ill-fated junior doctor Tara Lo in the BBC television series Holby City. Lusi was part of the original cast of the European premiere of Amy Herzog's award winning play 4000 Miles. She has also presented for the BBC, as well as being the focus, for the documenties My Chinese New Year (2015) and Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth (2016). She currently stars in Sky 1's Stan Lee's Lucky Man as Lily-Anne Lau.

Early life

Lusi was born in Pudong, Shanghai, and moved with her parents to the United Kingdom at the age of five.^[1] She studied at Peter Symonds College, Winchester, obtaining all A Grades at A Level, before reading in law from University College London.^[2]

Career

Lusi began her career in independent and international films.

In 2009, Lusi played Princess Li Hua in KRU Studios’ The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines. The film required Lusi to speak Bahasa Melayu, which she had to learn phonetically.^[3][4] Lusi has starred in independent British films Jack Falls opposite Jason Flemyng, Dexter Fletcher and Olivia Hallinan, Breathe (2010) with Ricci Harnett, and Bollywood action film Tezz with Anil Kapoor.

In 2012, Lusi joined the cast of the BBC's BAFTA award winning medical drama series Holby City, making her debut in Series 14. She played Tara Lo.^[5] In 2013, she left the cast when her character died during neurosurgery. Her final episode aired on 16 April 2013. Her other television credits include Law & Order: UK and Josh.

In 2015, Lusi appeared in action thriller film Survivor alongside Milla Jovovich, Pierce Brosnan, Dylan McDermott and Robert Forster as US Embassy Agent Joyce Su .^[6]

On stage, Lusi performed as Amanda in the Pulitzer Prize shortlisted play 4000 Miles at the Theatre Royal, Bath^[7] and The Print Room in London in 2013,^[8] for which she received critical acclaim.^[9][10][11] The Independent described her performance as, "cruelly well observed, and very funny... Jing Lusi nails the narcissism and the ridiculous, relentless self-promotion of the Facebook age".^[12]

Lusi performed at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015 as part of a collective of comedians in Immigrant Diaries; a comedy story telling show aimed to 'show a different side' to the heaviness of the topic during the General Election of the same year. ^[13]

In February 2015, Lusi hosted the annual Chinese New Year Celebrations to a crowd of 50,000 in Trafalgar Square.^{[14] [15]}

She was the subject of the BBC1 My Chinese New Year which was broadcast on 1 March 2015.^[16]

Since January 2016 Lusi has starred as Lily-Anne Lau in Sky 1's Stan Lee's Lucky Man. Additionally she joined the cast of Scott & Bailey for Series 5, playing the part of new character DC Anna Ram.

Filmography

External links

• Jing Lusi at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website

References

1. ↑ Visible Chinese: Jing Lusi
2. ↑ Interview Extra: Jing Lusi TV Choice Magazine 28 February 2012
3. ↑ Cinando: Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa
4. ↑ Yahoo! Movies: Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa
5. ↑ Holby City Jing Lusi "Tara and Ollie Should Stay Together Digital Spy 29 November 2012
6. ↑ IMDb
7. ↑ 4000 Miles Theatre Royal Bath
8. ↑ 4000 Miles The Print Room
9. ↑ 4000 Miles Exeunt Magazine by Tom Wicker
10. ↑ Theatre Royal Bath Facebook
11. ↑ 4000 Miles The Londonist, 17 May 2013 by Tom Bolton
12. ↑ 4000 Miles The Independent, 23 May 2013 by Holly Williams
13. ↑ A Younger Theatre 24 August 2015
14. ↑ The Resident 20 February 2015
15. ↑ Time Out Chinese New Year 2015
16. ↑ BBC My Chinese New Year