Peggy Lu is an American
actress
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and
pharmacist
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, best known for her role as
convenience store
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entrepreneur and
Venom host Mrs. Chen in the
Sony's Spider-Man Universe
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(SSU) films ''
Venom
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'' (2018), ''
Venom: Let There Be Carnage'' (2021),
''
Venom: The Last Dance'' (2024), the promotional web series ''
Chen's Market'' (2021),
and as a cameo role in ''
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023).
Lu is the daughter of an immigrant couple who settled in the US. Before pursuing her acting dreams, Lu followed her parents’ advice to attend higher education. She received a doctorate in pharmacy from the
University of Colorado Denver
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.
She appeared in the film ''Now Chinatown'', with Lu playing the role of Aunt Jiang.
Lu also has appeared in numerous film and television series as a guest star, including ''
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist'',
''
NCIS: Los Angeles'',
''
Animal Kingdom'', and ''
Always Be My Maybe
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'',
amongst others.
She is fluent in Mandarin and English.
Filmography
References
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Living people
American actresses of Taiwanese descent
American film actresses
American television actresses
21st-century American pharmacists
American women pharmacists
University of Colorado Denver alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
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