Portrait of Lisa Lu

Acting

Lisa Lu

Career

Active from 1960 to 2023, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
16
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score61/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
GoodWatch score81/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 35 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.6 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Lisa Lu Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.0, average 5.4
  • Uncanny
    1.8, average 2.5
  • Scare
    1.9, average 2.6
  • Fantasy
    1.1, average 1.7

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 3
  • Chinese Historical Drama 2
  • Historical Drama 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow
See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow

as Nai Nai

The Joy Luck Club 2
The Joy Luck Club 2

as An-Mei Hsu

2020s

5 titles ยท average score 67
Death and Other Details
Death and Other Details (2024)
GoodWatch score 60

TV show ยท as Celia Chun

The Dream of the Red Chamber
The Dream of the Red Chamber (2024)

as Grandma Jia

Rally Road Racers
Rally Road Racers (2023)
GoodWatch score 65

as Granny Bai (voice)

The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu
The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu (2023)

as Lily Wu

American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese (2023)
GoodWatch score 76

TV show ยท as Ni Yang

2010s

7 titles ยท average score 62
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
GoodWatch score 76

as Ah Ma

An Impossibly Small Object
An Impossibly Small Object (2018)

as Old lady

The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up
The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up (2018)

TV show

12 Golden Ducks
12 Golden Ducks (2015)
GoodWatch score 40

as Aunt May

Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons (2012)
GoodWatch score 60

as Madame Du Ruixue

Apart Together
Apart Together (2010)
GoodWatch score 67

as Qiao Yu'e

Somewhere
Somewhere (2010)
GoodWatch score 64

as Chinese Journalist

2000s

8 titles ยท average score 60
2012
2012 (2009)
GoodWatch score 49

as Grandmother Sonam

Dim Sum Funeral
Dim Sum Funeral (2008)
GoodWatch score 22

as Mrs. Xiao

Lust, Caution
Lust, Caution (2007)
GoodWatch score 72

as Mahjong Partner of Aunt

Invisible Target
Invisible Target (2007)
GoodWatch score 67

as Ho's Grandma

The Postmodern Life of My Aunt
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2007)
GoodWatch score 66

as TaiTai Shui / ๆฐดๅคชๅคช

The Beauty Remains
The Beauty Remains (2005)

as Woman Gambler

Qianlong Dynasty
Qianlong Dynasty (2003)

TV show ยท as ๅญๅœฃๅฎช็š‡ๅŽ

The Tick
The Tick (2001)
GoodWatch score 82

TV show ยท as Bartender

1990s

8 titles ยท average score 60
Blindness
Blindness (1998)

as Mrs. Hong

China: Beyond the Clouds
China: Beyond the Clouds (1994)

as Narrator

All-American Girl
All-American Girl (1994)
GoodWatch score 57

TV show ยท as Mrs. Han

I Love Trouble
I Love Trouble (1994)
GoodWatch score 35

as Virgina Hervey

The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club (1993)
GoodWatch score 81

as An-Mei Hsu

Temptation of a Monk
Temptation of a Monk (1993)
GoodWatch score 61

as Shi's Mother

The Cold Mountain Temple
The Cold Mountain Temple (1991)

as Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu)

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)
GoodWatch score 66

as Mrs. Sato

1980s

9 titles ยท average score 71
The Last Aristocrats
The Last Aristocrats (1989)

as Li Tong's mother

Guandong Heroine
Guandong Heroine (1989)

as Yi Pin-Hong

Noble House
Noble House (1988)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Ah Tam

The Last Emperor
The Last Emperor (1987)
GoodWatch score 80

as Tzu Hsui

Harry's Hong Kong
Harry's Hong Kong (1987)

as Rose

Lotus
Lotus (1987)

as Mother-in-Law

Sewing Woman
Sewing Woman (1982)

as Narrator

Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder
Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder (1982)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sister Marie

Hammett
Hammett (1982)
GoodWatch score 67

as Miss Cameron's Assistant

1970s

8 titles ยท average score 58
Saint Jack
Saint Jack (1979)
GoodWatch score 60

as Mrs. Yates

Demon Seed
Demon Seed (1977)
GoodWatch score 56

as Soong Yen

The Last Tempest
The Last Tempest (1976)

as Empress Dowager Tsz Hei

The Empress Dowager
The Empress Dowager (1975)

as Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager

Terror in the Wax Museum
Terror in the Wax Museum (1973)
GoodWatch score 42

as Madame Yang

The 14 Amazons
The 14 Amazons (1972)
GoodWatch score 66

as Grand Dame / She Tai Chun

Anna and the King
Anna and the King (1972)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Lady Thiang

The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple (1970)
GoodWatch score 52

TV show ยท as Mrs. Lee

1960s

5 titles ยท average score 72
The Arch
The Arch (1969)
GoodWatch score 73

as Madame Tung

Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible (1966)
GoodWatch score 79

TV show ยท as Mioshi Kellem

Rider on a Dead Horse
Rider on a Dead Horse (1962)

as Ming Kwai

The Mountain Road
The Mountain Road (1960)
GoodWatch score 64

as Sue-Mei Hung

Hong Kong
Hong Kong (1960)

TV show ยท as Mai Loo

1950s

9 titles ยท average score 69
Bonanza
Bonanza (1959)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Su Ling

Hawaiian Eye
Hawaiian Eye (1959)
GoodWatch score 66

TV show ยท as Lili

Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer (1958)
GoodWatch score 74

TV show ยท as Sue Wo Toi

Yancy Derringer
Yancy Derringer (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Miss Mandarin

Shirley Temple's Storybook
Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show ยท as Lady Thousand Thrush

China Doll
China Doll (1958)
GoodWatch score 50

as Tulips

Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
GoodWatch score 78

TV show ยท as Hey Girl / Kim Li

Cheyenne
Cheyenne (1955)
GoodWatch score 71

TV show ยท as Mei Ling Soong

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Telephone Operator