Jade Wu


Jade Wu is a Chinese-American actress, playwright, producer, director, and editor. She is the granddaughter of actor and director Yuanlong Wang, who worked in Hong Kong, China, and Taiwan.
Wu has appeared in multiple daytime drama series on ABC, including General Hospital and One Life to Live, and has worked as a writer for Disney Company|Disney]. She has directed and scripted documentaries presented at events such as the IFP Market, the Asian American International Film Festival, the Sundance Producers Conference, and the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. Her plays have been presented at the Santa Clara Experimental Theatre Festival and the La Jolla Studio Stage. Wu has participated on review panels for organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Individual Artist Grant Program, and has acted as a juror for the International Emmy Awards.

Acting career

Film and television

In 1997, Wu had her first role as Sun-Rae Roh on Homicide: Life on the Street with Andre Braugher, Richard Belzer and Clark Johnson, and writer Tom Fontana and executive producer Barry Levinson.
In 2004, she appeared on Law & Order Criminal Intent with director Frank Prinzi, and co-executive producer Warren Leight.
From 2016 to 2018, Wu played Connie Lin in the Marvel Original Luke Cage on Netflix with Mike Colter, and directors Paul McGuigan, Vincenzo Natali. In 2016, Wu had a recurring role as Judge Cara Bergen in the CBS series Bull with Michael Weatherly, and director Peter Leto; and as Katie's Mom in the HBO series Divorce with Sarah Jessica Parker and Thomas Hayden Church.
In 2018, Wu played a lead role of Dai Mah in the film Snakehead along with Sung Kang and Shuya Chang.
Wu played the lead role of Ahma Chin in The Motel, which won the Humanitas Prize and received an Independent Spirit Award Nomination. She has had additional recurring roles on The Afterparty, The Blacklist, DMZ, and One Life to Live.
YearTitleRoleEpisodesNotes
1997Homicide: Life on the StreetSun-Rae Roh2TV
2002–2013One Life to LiveJudith ChenUnknownTV
2004The JuryMaeve Li Sook1TV
2004She Hates MeMidwifeFilm
2002, 2004Law & Order: Criminal IntentMrs. Kaoru Miyazaki, Irene Chang2TV
2005The MotelAhma ChenFilm
2012Premium RushBingo CallerFilm
2015The BlacklistChinese Delegate2TV
2016LimitlessMary Wu1TV
2018BillionsWarden Glynnis Robinson1TV
2018ElementaryElderly woman1TV
2016-2018Luke CageConnie Lin6TV
2018For LoveMrs MinamiFilm
2018-2019DivorceKatie's Mom2TV
2019ManifestAngela Graham1TV
2020FBI: Most WantedAuntie Diane1TV
2020Teenage Bounty HuntersLinda Chu1TV
2020For LifeJudge Julie Tanaka2TV
2021Magnum P.I.Oleen1TV
2021SnakeheadDai MahFilm
2021Awkafina is Nora from QueensCousin Rosalind1TV
2016-2021BullJudge Cara Bergen3TV
2022DMZSusie3TV
2022Law & OrderJudge Carol Ward1TV
2023The After PartyAunt Ruth5TV

Theatre

Wu was part of the cast of the 2006 production of Mother Courage and Her Children, produced The Public, at the Delacorte Theatre in New York City's Central Park with Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Austin Pendleton, Jenifer Lewis, Ato Essandoh, and Fred Weller.' The show was directed by George C. Wolf, and written by Tony Kushner, with music by Jeanine Tesori.'
She has performed on stage in Off-Broadway theatre including Samuel Beckett Theatre, Urban Stages, Bank Street Theatre, and Minetta Lane Theatre.
ShowCharacterDirectorCompanyVenueRef
Washer/DryerDr. LeeBenjamin Haber KamineMa-Yi Theater CompanySamuel Beckett Theatre
ChimericaFeng Meihui / Ming XiaoliDavid MuseThe Studio TheatreThe Studio Theatre
Mother Courage and Her ChildrenInjured Farmer's Wife / Farmer's WifeGeorge C. WolfThe PublicDelacorte Theatre
2752UnnamedBenjamin KamineLa MaMaUmbria Playwrights Retreat
Comfort WomenUnnamedFrances HillUrban StagesUrban Stages Theater
RedSonya Wong PickfordBlanka ZizkaWilma TheaterThe Wilma Theater
Book of DaysSharon BatesWendy GoldbergArena StageArena Stage Fichandler Stage
BarriersNaimaAshok SinhaHere
The Shanghai GestureMother God DamnDan WackermanPeccadillo Theatre CompanyThe Bank Street Theatre
The Trojan WomenPallas Athena / HecubaJoAnne AkalaitisShakespeare Theatre CompanyThe Lansburgh Theatre
Primary English ClassMrs. Pong / Translator Gerald Gutierrez,Minetta Lane Theatre

Awards

  • Disney/ABC Fellowship
  • BlueCat Screen Writing Awards, Semi-finalist, for Ersatz