Lisa Lu: movies and TV shows
Lisa Lu has 74 credits in the archive: 53 films and 21 TV series, from 1955 to 2025. Highest rated: Golden Horse Awards (9.0/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2025 · busiest year: 1958 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lisa Lu Plays Herself | Self | Film | — | 98 |
| 2024 | Death and Other Details | Celia Chun | TV | 6.5 | 97 |
| 2024 | The Dream of the Red Chamber | Grandma Jia | Film | 4.0 | 97 |
| 2023 | American Born Chinese | Ni Yang | TV | 6.6 | 96 |
| 2023 | Rally Road Racers | Granny Bai (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 96 |
| 2023 | The Disappearance of Mrs. Wu | Lily Wu | Film | — | 96 |
| 2018 | Crazy Rich Asians | Ah Ma | Film | 7.1 | 91 |
| 2018 | The 40th Anniversary of Chinese Film Since China's Reform and Opening-Up | TV | — | 91 | |
| 2018 | An Impossibly Small Object | Old lady | Film | 5.2 | 91 |
| 2015 | 12 Golden Ducks | Aunt May | Film | 4.5 | 88 |
| 2015 | A Journey Through Time with Anthony | Film | 6.5 | 88 | |
| 2012 | Dangerous Liaisons | Madame Du Ruixue | Film | 6.0 | 85 |
| 2010 | Apart Together | Qiao Yu'e | Film | 6.8 | 83 |
| 2010 | Somewhere | Chinese Journalist | Film | 6.1 | 83 |
| 2009 | 2012 | Grandmother Sonam | Film | 5.9 | 82 |
| 2008 | Dim Sum Funeral | Mrs. Xiao | Film | 4.4 | 81 |
| 2008 | Orchestrated Mayhem: The Making of Invisible Target | Self | Film | 7.0 | 81 |
| 2007 | Lust, Caution | Mahjong Partner of Aunt | Film | 7.3 | 80 |
| 2007 | Invisible Target | Ho's Grandma | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2007 | Hollywood Chinese | Self | Film | — | 80 |
| 2007 | The Postmodern Life of My Aunt | TaiTai Shui / 水太太 | Film | 5.6 | 80 |
| 2005 | The Beauty Remains | Woman Gambler | Film | 7.3 | 78 |
| 2003 | Qianlong Dynasty | 孝圣宪皇后 | TV | — | 76 |
| 2001 | The Tick | Bartender | TV | 7.3 | 74 |
| 1998 | Blindness | Mrs. Hong | Film | 8.0 | 71 |
| 1994 | All-American Girl | Mrs. Han | TV | 8.0 | 67 |
| 1994 | I Love Trouble | Virgina Hervey | Film | 5.5 | 67 |
| 1994 | China: Beyond the Clouds | Narrator | Film | 7.0 | 67 |
| 1993 | Temptation of a Monk | Shi's Mother | Film | 5.7 | 66 |
| 1993 | The Joy Luck Club | An-Mei Hsu | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 1991 | The Cold Mountain Temple | Hou Mengqin (as Yan Lu) | Film | 10.0 | 64 |
| 1991 | 钟鸣寒山寺 | Film | — | 64 | |
| 1990 | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Mrs. Sato | Film | 6.3 | 63 |
| 1989 | Guandong Heroine | Yi Pin-Hong | Film | — | 62 |
| 1989 | The Last Aristocrats | Li Tong's mother | Film | 7.5 | 62 |
| 1988 | Noble House | Ah Tam | TV | 7.1 | 61 |
| 1987 | The Last Emperor | Tzu Hsui | Film | 7.6 | 60 |
| 1987 | Harry's Hong Kong | Rose | Film | 10.0 | 60 |
| 1987 | Lotus | Mother-in-Law | Film | — | 60 |
| 1987 | Lotus | Film | — | 60 | |
| 1986 | Tai-Pan | Film | 5.2 | 59 | |
| 1984 | Pledge in Quick Sand | Film | — | 57 | |
| 1982 | Hammett | Miss Cameron's Assistant | Film | 6.2 | 55 |
| 1982 | Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder | Sister Marie | Film | 5.7 | 55 |
| 1982 | Sewing Woman | Narrator | Film | 6.0 | 55 |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | Mrs. Yates | Film | 6.7 | 52 |
| 1979 | Saint Jack | Film | 6.7 | 52 | |
| 1978 | The Eternal Love | Film | — | 51 | |
| 1977 | Demon Seed | Soong Yen | Film | 5.9 | 50 |
| 1976 | The Last Tempest | Empress Dowager Tsz Hei | Film | 6.4 | 49 |
| 1975 | The Empress Dowager | Tsz Hei, Empress Dowager | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1973 | Terror in the Wax Museum | Madame Yang | Film | 5.2 | 46 |
| 1972 | Anna and the King | Lady Thiang | TV | 7.4 | 45 |
| 1972 | The 14 Amazons | Grand Dame / She Tai Chun | Film | 6.7 | 45 |
| 1970 | The Odd Couple | Mrs. Lee | TV | 7.8 | 43 |
| 1969 | The Arch | Madame Tung | Film | 7.6 | 42 |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Mioshi Kellem | TV | 7.6 | 39 |
| 1962 | Golden Horse Awards | Self | TV | 9.0 | 35 |
| 1962 | Rider on a Dead Horse | Ming Kwai | Film | 5.0 | 35 |
| 1962 | Womanhunt | Film | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1960 | Hong Kong | Mai Loo | TV | — | 33 |
| 1960 | The Mountain Road | Sue-Mei Hung | Film | 6.6 | 33 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Su Ling | TV | 7.5 | 32 |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Lili | TV | 5.6 | 32 |
| 1958 | Yancy Derringer | Miss Mandarin | TV | 6.2 | 31 |
| 1958 | Shirley Temple's Storybook | Lady Thousand Thrush | TV | 6.5 | 31 |
| 1958 | Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer | Sue Wo Toi | TV | 6.8 | 31 |
| 1958 | China Doll | Tulips | Film | 6.9 | 31 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | TV | 7.3 | 30 | |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Kim Li | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1957 | Have Gun, Will Travel | Hey Girl | TV | 7.3 | 30 |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | Mei Ling Soong | TV | 6.1 | 28 |
| See You Tomorrow Tomorrow Tomorrow | Nai Nai | Film | — | — | |
| The Joy Luck Club 2 | An-Mei Hsu | Film | — | — |