Madison Hu (born June 2, 2002) is an American actress. She is known for playing the role of Frankie Wong on the
Disney Channel series ''
Bizaardvark
''Bizaardvark'' is an American comedy television series created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman that premiered on Disney Channel on June 24, 2016. The series ran for three seasons consisting of 63 episodes, airing its final episode on April 13, ...
'', and for her previous recurring role as Marci on the Disney Channel series ''
Best Friends Whenever''.
Early life
Hu was born in
Longview, Texas
Longview is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, and county seat of Gregg County; a small part of Longview extends into the western portion of neighboring Harrison County. Longview is located in East Texas, where Interstate 20 and U.S. Highways ...
,
the daughter of
Chinese immigrants
Overseas Chinese () refers to people of Chinese birth or ethnicity who reside outside Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. As of 2011, there were over 40.3 million overseas Chinese.
Terminology
() or ''Hoan-kheh'' () in Hokkien, ref ...
. She has an older brother who was born in China. Hu moved to
Southern California
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, where she started to work as an actress.
Career
Hu started her career as a child actress. By about age six, Hu already had a manager in the entertainment industry.
Hu's first notable role was on the Disney Channel series ''
Best Friends Whenever'', playing the recurring character Marci. She was later cast in the leading role as Frankie in the Disney Channel series ''
Bizaardvark
''Bizaardvark'' is an American comedy television series created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman that premiered on Disney Channel on June 24, 2016. The series ran for three seasons consisting of 63 episodes, airing its final episode on April 13, ...
''. Following her role on ''Bizaardvark'', it was announced that she had been cast in the science fiction film ''
Voyagers''; the film was released in April 2021.
In April 2021, it was announced that Hu would co-star in an Indie horror film titled ''Night Shift'', alongside
Lamorne Morris and
Phoebe Tonkin
Phoebe Jane Elizabeth Tonkin (born 12 July 1989) is an Australian actress. She is known for portraying Cleo Sertori in '' H2O: Just Add Water'', Fiona Maxwell in '' Tomorrow, When the War Began'', Faye Chamberlain in ''The Secret Circle'', and ...
. The film will be directed by Paul and Benjamin China.
Filmography
References
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Living people
2002 births
Actresses from Texas
American actresses of Chinese descent
American child actresses
American film actresses
American television actresses
People from Longview, Texas
21st-century American actresses