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Li Ming Hu
Li-Ming Hu (born June 22, 1987), is a New Zealand artist and former actress.[1] She is best known for playing Li Mei Chen in Shortland Street, Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM,[2] and Lisa Fong in the short film Take 3. BiographyHu was born to Chinese-Singaporean immigrant parents in Palmerston North.[3] After receiving her master's degree in history from the University of Auckland,[3] she started her acting career at Shortland Street portraying Li Mei Chen, who was once described as "mean and cantankerous".[2] Her character initially began as a medical student, who quickly graduated to doctor, and was known for her ambition and abrasive manner. After a three-year stint, Li Mei was killed off with a deadly virus. Hu was a Treasure Island contestant and television presenter,[2] and starred as Gemma/RPM Operator Silver in Power Rangers RPM,[2] which she later reprised nine years later in Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.[4] Other interestsHu also holds a Master of Arts degree in history from the University of Auckland, where she also tutored. She worked at the New Zealand Human Rights Commission for a number of years, and was working on a visual arts degree at Auckland University of Technology, with a focus on sculpture, installation and performance. Hu also starred with Andy Wong in Lantern, a stage play in which both of them together play ten characters in total.[3] Hu later emigrated to the United States[2] and as of 2018, was in the School of the Art Institute of Chicago masters programme.[5] She is an artist who is part of the Riff Raff duo alongside Daphne Simons and has appeared at the Art Institute of Chicago[6] and in Wassaic, New York.[5] Hu is also a musician who formed half of the musical project The Tokey Tones with Scott Mannion.[7] She lives in New York City.[1] FilmographyTelevision
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