Jing Lusi (born Lu Sijing; ; 16 May 1985) is a British actor. She is best known for her roles in '' Stan Lee's Lucky Man'' (2016), the film '' Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018), and the

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nominated series '' Gangs of London'' (2020). She has presented for the

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documentaries ''My Chinese New Year'' (2015) and ''Chinese New Year: The Biggest Celebration on Earth'' (2016). Since 2024, she has starred in the ITV thriller series '' Red Eye''.

Early life and education

Jing Lusi was born in

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, China, and moved with her parents to the United Kingdom at the age of five. Her family settled in

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, her father having been granted a scholarship to study a master's degree at the university. She studied at Peter Symonds College,

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, then read law at

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Career

Jing Lusi's first television role was in the

award-winning medical drama series ''

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''. She made her debut in 2012, playing Tara Lo. In 2013, she left the cast when her character died during neurosurgery, her final episode airing on 16 April 2013. She has starred in TV shows such as '' Stan Lee's Lucky Man'' as the villainous Lily-Anne Lau alongside

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, played detectives in ''

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'' and '' Gangs of London'', and has made guest appearances in shows like

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series '' The Romanoffs''. In films, she has appeared in the 2015 action thriller ''

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'', and was in the main cast of '' Crazy Rich Asians'' (2018) as Amanda Ling and '' Heart of Stone'' (2023) as MI6 agent Theresa Yang. On stage, Jing Lusi performed as Amanda in the

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shortlisted play '' 4000 Miles'' at the

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and The Print Room in London in 2013, for which she received critical acclaim. ''

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'' described her performance as, "cruelly well observed, and very funny... Jing Lusi nails the narcissism and the ridiculous, relentless self-promotion of the Facebook age". She performed at

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2015 as part of a collective of comedians in ''Immigrant Diaries''; a comedy story telling show aimed to 'show a different side' to the heaviness of the topic during the General Election of the same year. In 2015–16, she hosted the Chinese New Year celebrations in

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and was the subject of the

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programme ''My Chinese New Year'', which was broadcast on 1 March 2015. She starred in a lead role for the ITV series '' Red Eye'' in 2024.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lusi, Jing Living people 1985 births 21st-century British actresses Actresses from Shanghai Actresses from Southampton Alumni of University College London British film actresses British television actresses British voice actresses Chinese emigrants to England Actors educated at Peter Symonds College