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Birth Name:
Lucy Alexis Liu
Birth Place:
Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, USA
Ethnicity:
Chinese
The American-born Chinese-American actress is famous for her role in the films, Kill Bill, Charlie’s Angels and the television series, Ally Mcbeal. She stated in an interview , “I speak Chinese, I speak a little bit of Spanish, a tiny bit of Italian, a little bit of Japanese.”
She grew up speaking Mandarin.
Source:
- http://www.answers.com/topic/lucy-liu
- http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_10807.html
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i thought she was half white
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i thought she was half white – coz her skin is really fair
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Her skin color isnt too unusual but her freckles is a little rare.
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people who say that they can speak ”a little bit” means they onley can say :
- taco
- spagethio.
- kawaii desu ne?
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true that
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To ethnic
Come on now,I can say more than that.You might not understand any of it,but I can say it
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para Portuguese?
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To Ethnic
sí
Oh BTW,thanks for the translation,I never could understand what they were saying
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hehe do you mean falar portugues
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Um no her parents were Taiwanese Chinese immigrants to the U.S. Since Lucy was born in Queens, NY that doesn’t directly make her taiwanese unless she was born and held residence in Taiwan.
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She is Chinese not Taiwanese.
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I’m pretty sure she’s of Chinese descent.
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No prob.
my Japanese is not perfect so I could be wrong.
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oh yeah lol…
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