She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993. Hu was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, the daughter of Juanita, an engineering drafter for Honolulu, and Herbert Hu, a salesman and exotic bird breeder; the two divorced during Hu’s childhood. Her brother, Glenn, is a Resource Manager at the United States Army. She was then cast as Dr. Rae Chang on Sunset Beach for six months in 1997. in the fall of 2009, she appeared in the film The Tournament as Lai-Lai Zhen. in fall of 2010, Kelly Hu began a recurring role on the CBS television show Hawaii Five-0. in January 2008, Hu participated in a video for Barack Obama produced by will.i.am called “Yes We Can”.
