Crystal Yu
Born
Crystal Yu

1988 or 1989 (age 34–35)[1]
Hong Kong
OccupationActress
Years active2003 – present
Websitecrystal-yu.com

Crystal Yu is a Hong Kong-British television, film and stage actress. She played Lily Chao on the British BBC medical drama Casualty from 2013 to 2017.

Life and career

Yu, born in Hong Kong, came to London at the age of 11 when she was offered a place at the Elmhurst School of Dance and Performing Arts (formerly known as Elmhurst Ballet School).[2]

As well as acting in theatre, films and TV, she gives up her spare time to work closely with The Royal Academy of Dance and The Jack Petchey Foundation, bringing dance programmes to secondary schools, Special Educational Needs schools and Pupil Referral Units.[2] Yu is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.[3]

In 2016, Yu was nominated for the Female Actress of the Year honour at the BEAM Awards, an organisation that celebrates minority talent, for her role as Dr. Lily Chao.[4] After four years in Casualty, Yu left the role and her final episode was broadcast on 4 November 2017.[5]

In 2022 she appeared in episodes of Doctor Who and Neil Gaiman's The Sandman. The following year she appeared as Ms. Cheng in another Gaiman project, Good Omens.

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Dream Team[6] Mei Episode: "Chinese Takeaway"
2007 Diamond Geezer[7] Ping 1 episode
2010 Casualty[8] Mingmei Ducheng Episode: "The Enemy Within"
Spirit Warriors[9] Jiao Episode: "The Snake Spirit"
2013–2017 Casualty[10] Lily Chao Main cast
2019 Chimerica Mary Chang Episode: "Gray Areas"
Keeping Faith Dr. Sarah Collins 1 episode
2020 Soulmates Lenora Episode: "Watershed"
2022 Silverpoint Charlotte 2 episodes
Doctor Who Ching Shih Episode: "Legend of the Sea Devils"
The Sandman Jackie Episode: "Imperfect Hosts"
2023 Good Omens Ms Cheng 2 episodes

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2008 Car Jack[11] Club Singer Short film
2010 Shanghai[12] Lili
2011 Will[13] Chinese Newsreader
2017 Tossing Myself Off Galaxy Agent Short film
Another Man's Shoes Kitchen Porter Short film
2019 Weave Wars Arcadia
Barney Woman
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby[14] Lynn
2021 Dancing Through the Shadow Chun
Permission Rebecca Short film
2022 Deus Tez Turreau
2023 The One Note Man Conductor Short film
2024 Sunrise Yan Loi Post-production

References

  1. ↑ Welch, Tricia (15 October 2017). "Casualty's Crystal Yu reveals her top fashion secrets". Daily Express. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Crystal Yu London, Hong Kong, China". crystal-yu.com. Retrieved 3 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Crystal Yu Biography". crystal-yu.com. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  4. ↑ BEAM Awards 2017 [@BeamAwards] (24 August 2016). "Congratulations to @MissCrystalYu on being nominated for the Female Actress of the Year Award at The #BEAMAwards!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ Brown, David (4 November 2017). "Casualty: Lily Chao leaves tonight – "I was heartbroken," says Crystal Yu". Radio Times. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Dream Team: Season 7, Episode 4 Chinese Takeaway (19 Oct. 2003)". IMDb. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  7. ↑ "Diamond Geezer: Season 1, Episode 3 Old School Lies (23 Apr. 2007)". IMDb. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  8. ↑ "The Enemy Within Image for The Enemy Within Series 24 Episode 45". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Spirit Warriors: Series 1, Episode 5 The Snake Spirit (19 Feb. 2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  10. ↑ "Bedside Manner Series 28 Episode 1". BBC. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  11. ↑ "Car Jack (2008)". IMDb. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  12. ↑ "Shanghai (2010)". IMDb. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  13. ↑ "Will (I) (2011)". IMDb. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019)". IMDb. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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