Lucy Liu isn’t staying silent. The Elementary actress, 52, explained in a new interview that she once vowed to stay apolitical due to her role as a UNICEF ambassador.
But no more. Lucy is using her fame to speak out about the surge in Asian-American hate crimes in the United States and affect real change. “I’m willing to do that because I don’t want other people to feel unsafe.
I want some of the people who think this is okay to know that this is not okay,” she told Women’s Health. She’s especially passionate about voting.
The Charlie’s Angels star said in the May 2021 issue that she hopes her voice “can help influence people to go out and vote,” adding that Asian Americans historically don’t vote at the same rate as white Americans.
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