Lucy Alexis Liu is an American actress, voice actress, director, producer, singer and artist. She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal, for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series. Liu's film work includes starring as one of the heroines in Charlie's Angels, portraying O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill, and starring roles in the main casts of Payback, Chicago, and the animated film series Kung Fu Panda portraying the character Master Viper.