Editing Lucy Liu (section)

==Early life==
[[File:Lucy Liu HS Yearbook.jpeg|thumb|Liu as a high school senior in 1986|left|214x214px]]
Lucy Liu was born in the [[Jackson Heights, Queens|Jackson Heights]] neighborhood of the New York City borough of [[Queens]].<ref>{{cite magazine |author=Minn, Tammy |title=Smart & Savvy Lucy Liu |magazine=[[Inland Empire Magazine]] |page=88 |date=November 2012 |quote=The youngest of three children born to [[Taiwanese Americans|Taiwanese immigrants]], Liu was born in Queens, New York and attended public schools.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/lucy-liu-from-jackson-heights-to-hollywood-lights/article_888cd6fe-9720-5252-ac80-6407885d8416.html|title=Lucy Liu, from Jackson Heights to Hollywood lights|work=Queens Chronicle|date=June 24, 2021|access-date=June 15, 2023|archive-date=June 16, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230616023832/https://www.qchron.com/qboro/i_have_often_walked/lucy-liu-from-jackson-heights-to-hollywood-lights/article_888cd6fe-9720-5252-ac80-6407885d8416.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In high school, she adopted a middle name, Alexis.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Scharf |first=Lindzi |title=what's NOW! PARTIES |magazine=[[InStyle]] |page=108 |date=May 2012 |url=http://www.lindzi.com/features/INSTYLE_may12piece2.jpg |isbn=978-7099210640 |access-date=April 20, 2012 |archive-date=July 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120730075855/http://www.lindzi.com/features/INSTYLE_may12piece2.jpg |url-status=dead }}</ref> She is the youngest of three children. Her mother, Cecilia, worked as a [[biochemist]], and her father, Tom Liu, was a [[civil engineer]] who also sold digital clock pens.<ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |author=Rose, Steve |title=Fragments of Lucy Liu |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/oct/05/lucy-liu-art-exhibition |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |location=London |date=October 5, 2011 |access-date=July 22, 2012 |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302100937/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/oct/05/lucy-liu-art-exhibition |url-status=live }}</ref> Liu's parents originally came from [[Beijing]] and [[Shanghai]] and immigrated to [[Taiwan]] as adults before meeting in New York.<ref name="Guardian"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Lucy Liu- Biography |publisher=Yahoo! Movies |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/person/lucy-liu/biography.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130807124219/https://movies.yahoo.com/person/lucy-liu/biography.html |archive-date=August 7, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Rajan Zed |date=January 22, 2010 |title=Hollywood's Lucy Liu to film in India |publisher=[[Scoop (website)|Scoop World]] |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1001/S00479/hollywoods-lucy-liu-to-film-in-india.htm |access-date=May 17, 2018 |archive-date=May 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180517223156/http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1001/S00479/hollywoods-lucy-liu-to-film-in-india.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She has an older brother, John,<ref>{{cite news |first=Tiffany |last=Rose |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lucy-liu-the-q-interview-542392.html |title=Lucy Liu: The Q interview&nbsp;– Features, Films |work=The Independent |date=June 29, 2003 |location=London |access-date=July 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117072458/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lucy-liu-the-q-interview-542392.html |archive-date=November 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=winie |url=http://blog.mtvasia.com/2009/10/27/the-asian-faces-of-hollywood/ |title=The Asian Faces of Hollywood |publisher=MTVAsia.com Blog |date=October 27, 2009 |access-date=July 6, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101117010440/http://blog.mtvasia.com/2009/10/27/the-asian-faces-of-hollywood |archive-date=November 17, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=<!-- none! --> |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lucy-liu--an-agent-of-change-855072.html |title=Lucy Liu&nbsp;– an agent of change |work=The Independent |date=June 27, 2008 |location=London |access-date=March 8, 2010 |archive-date=February 19, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100219234929/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/lucy-liu--an-agent-of-change-855072.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Talmadge |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008052078_appeopleliu.html |title=Liu says 'Kung Fu Panda' is an improve adventure |work=The Seattle Times |date=July 15, 2008 |access-date=July 6, 2010 |archive-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622042909/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2008052078_appeopleliu.html |url-status=live }}</ref> and an older sister, Jenny.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130807124219/https://movies.yahoo.com/person/lucy-liu/biography.html "Lucy Liu- Biography"]}}. Yahoo! Movies.</ref> Her parents had many jobs while Lucy and her siblings were growing up.<ref>{{cite web |author=Josh Cooper |title=Brush with Fame: Lucy Liu |date=November 17, 2011 |url=http://www.hungertv.com/art-culture/feature/brush-with-fame-lucy-liu/ |access-date=July 23, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005234758/https://www.hungertv.com/art-culture/feature/brush-with-fame-lucy-liu/ |archive-date=October 5, 2012}}</ref>

Liu has stated that she grew up in a diverse neighborhood. She learned to speak [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]] at home and began studying English when she was five.<ref name="Liu4">{{cite news |last=Radish |first=Christina |title=Lucy Liu and Shawn Ashmore Talk about '3 Needles' |publisher=MediaBlvd Magazine |date=December 6, 2006 |url=http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/lucy_liu_and_shawn_ashmore_talk_about_%273_needles%27_20061206319.html |access-date=December 21, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120091404/http://www.mediablvd.com/magazine/the_news/celebrity/lucy_liu_and_shawn_ashmore_talk_about_%273_needles%27_20061206319.html |archive-date=November 20, 2008}}</ref> She studied the martial art [[Arnis|''kali-eskrima-silat'']] as a hobby when she was young.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite web |last=Estrin |first=Eric |url=http://www.latimesmagazine.com/2012/03/qla-lucy-liu.html |title=Q+LA Lucy Liu |work=Los Angeles Times Magazine |date=March 2012 |access-date=November 8, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011706/https://www.latimesmagazine.com/2012/03/qla-lucy-liu.html |archive-date=December 3, 2013}}</ref> Liu attended [[Joseph Pulitzer Middle School]] (I.S.145), and graduated from [[Stuyvesant High School]].<ref name="NYT_2003-10-13">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/movies/perks-pitfalls-ruthless-killer-role-lucy-liu-boosts-body-count-new-film.html |title=The Perks and Pitfalls of a Ruthless-Killer Role; Lucy Liu Boosts the Body Count in New Film |first=Lola |last=Ogunnaike |date=October 13, 2003 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=November 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091110225410/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/13/movies/perks-pitfalls-ruthless-killer-role-lucy-liu-boosts-body-count-new-film.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She later enrolled at [[New York University]] and transferred to the [[University of Michigan]] in [[Ann Arbor, Michigan]], where she was a member of the [[Chi Omega]] sorority and studied [[Asian studies|Asian languages and cultures]].<ref name="NYT_2003-10-13" />