{{Short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Elizabeth Yu | image = Elizabeth Yu (53895845803).jpg | caption = Yu in 2024 | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|10|06}} | birth_place = New Jersey, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2021–present | partner = Gaten Matarazzo (2018–present) }}
'''Elizabeth Yu''' (born October 6, 2002) is an American actress. She appears as Azula in ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', a live-action adaptation of the animated series of the same name.
== Early and personal life == Elizabeth Yu was born on October 6, 2002,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Yu |website = Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elizabeth_yu |access-date=May 15, 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Truffaut-Wong |first=Olivia |title=Forget The Haters, 'Avatar' Live-Action Star Elizabeth Yu Is Our Princess Azula |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2024/02/11673656/netflix-avatar-live-action-azula-actress-controversy |access-date=May 15, 2024|website=Refinery29 |language=en}}</ref> to a Korean father and a mother of German, Irish and Polish ancestry.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Silvers|first=Isabella|date=March 4, 2024|title=Elizabeth Yu: "All these parts of who I am are revealed to me every day"|url=https://mixedmessages.substack.com/p/elizabeth-yu-mixed-race-interview|access-date=May 25, 2024|website=Mixed Messages|language=en-US}}</ref>
Since 2018, Yu has been in a relationship with ''Stranger Things'' star Gaten Matarazzo.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaten Matarazzo and Girlfriend Lizzy Yu Are Couple Goals! See Their Cutest Photos Together |url=https://www.j-14.com/posts/gaten-matarazzo-girlfriend-cute-instagram-photos-with-lizzy-yu/#:~:text=The%20Stranger%20Things%20star%20—%20known,that%20read%2C%20“3%20years%3F |access-date=July 30, 2023| date = September 8, 2023 |website=J-14}}</ref>
== Career == In December 2021, Yu was cast as Azula, the princess of the Fire Nation, in ''Avatar: The Last Airbender''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Del Rosario|first=Alexandra|url=https://deadline.com/2021/12/avatar-the-last-airbender-elizabeth-yu-yvonne-chapman-tamlyn-tomita-netflix-adaptation-1234891734/|title='Avatar: The Last Airbender': Elizabeth Yu, Yvonne Chapman & Tamlyn Tomita Among 5 Added To Netflix Adaptation|work=Deadline|date=December 16, 2021|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}</ref>
Yu's first credit was in the 2022 film ''Somewhere in Queens''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/somewhere-in-queens-2022|title=Somewhere in Queens|work=The A.V. Club|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}</ref> Yu also starred as college student Ruby in ''Year One'', a coming-of-age film directed by Lauren Loesberg.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wang|first=Jenna|url=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2022/07/06/top-stories/northwestern-becomes-set-of-coming-of-age-alum-directed-feature-film-year-one/|title=Northwestern becomes set of coming-of-age, alum-directed feature film 'Year One'|work=The Daily Northwestern|date=July 6, 2022|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}</ref>
In January 2023, Yu was cast in ''May December'', a black comedy directed by Todd Haynes.<ref>{{cite web |last=Donnelly |first=Matt |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/news/may-december-todd-haynes-piper-curda-elizabeth-yu-1235492628/|title= Todd Haynes Drama 'May December' Adds Three Actors as Kids of Julianne Moore and Charles Melton (Exclusive) |work=Variety|date=January 17, 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}</ref> In March 2023, she was cast as Young Maggie in an NBC drama pilot created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. Her character is a "big murder-mystery book nerd" who ends up getting murdered.<ref name=Campione>{{cite web |last=Campione|first=Katie|url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/elizabeth-yu-hilda-martin-cast-jenna-bans-bill-krebs-nbc-drama-pilot-1235306553/|title=Elizabeth Yu & Hilda Martin Join Jenna Bans/Bill Krebs NBC Drama Pilot|work=Deadline|date=March 22, 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
=== Film === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- |2022 |''Somewhere in Queens'' | | |- | 2023 |''May December'' | Mary Atherton-Yoo | |- | rowspan="3" |2024 |''Year One'' |Ruby | |- |''Womb'' |Ha-Yoon | |- |''Black Spines'' |Shawn | |}
=== Television === {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes |- | 2024 | ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' | Princess Azula | |- | TBA | ''Murder by the Book'' | Young Maggie | In post-production |}
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== External links == * {{imdbname|12151266|Elizabeth Yu}} * [https://www.instagram.com/lizz.yu/ Elizabeth Yu] on Instagram
{{DEFAULTSORT:Yu, Elizabeth}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American actresses Category:American actresses of Korean descent Category:American people of German descent Category:American people of Irish descent Category:American people of Polish descent