Kelly is a fourth-generation American with Chinese, Hawaiian and English ancestry. Her father, Herbert, was a salesman and her mother, Juanita, worked many odd jobs to help support the family. She has one older brother, Glenn. She is a former Miss Teen USA, and modeled in Japan and Italy for several months before deciding to relocate to L.A. and try her hand at show business. She got her break on TV's Growing Pains in 1987 and never looked back.
Miss Teen USA 1985. Miss Hawaii USA 1993 Was the very first Asian American female to be crowned Miss Teen USA (1985) Dated (1996-1998) Ahmad Ali Moussaui, an investment banker. Her older brother is a Lt. Colonel in US Army. Ethnicity: Chinese, Hawaiian and half English making her Eurasian like fellow actresses Jessica Anderson, Devon Aoki, Moon Bloodgood, China Chow, Traycee King, Kristin Kreuk, Jaymee Ong, Maggie Q, Nicole Scherzinger, Monica Young and actors Anthony Begonia, Andrew Johnston, Brandon Lee, Keanu Reeves, Rob Schneider, Russell Wong and Michael Wong. She graduated from The Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii. She loves to swim. Her mother worked as a Draftsperson for city and county of Honolulu. Father raised exotic birds. Her first big break was as Kirk Cameron's love interest on the hit TV show, Growing Pains. Her cousin is the playwright Jenelle Riley Co-owned a fast food restuarant, Basic Bites, with her ex-boyfriend. Measurements: 33A-23-34 (as Miss Teen USA 1985), 34B-24-34 (as Miss Hawaii USA 1993), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Has a black belt in karate. Finished in the Top 6 at Miss USA 1993. Winner of the Miss Photogenic award at Miss USA 1993 In May 2005, she visited with soldiers in Iraq alongside Dean Cain and Amanda Swisten. Unfortunately, she had to cut her visit short due to personal matters. First Asian American to be featured on the cover of Maxim Magazine. At the time of publication, Kelly Hu's cover was the biggest selling issue of Maxim in their history. Has a dog named Mushu. Had only one line of dialog in X2. For a recent magazine interview, she showed how she made her favorite dish -- pork lumpia (fried spring rolls). She was cast in the attempted remake of Dark Shadows for the WB in 2003-2004. She was ironically cast as the indomitable Dr. Julia Hoffman, a role immortalized by the late Grayson Hall. Theatre: Elementary and High School drama productions. She successfully completed the Honolulu Marathon on Dec 10, 2006 in just under 5 hours. Finishing at 7212 place out of over 28,000 runners.