# Elizabeth Yu
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{{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](/source/New_Jersey), U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2021–present
| partner = [Gaten Matarazzo](/source/Gaten_Matarazzo) (2018–present)
}}
'''Elizabeth Yu''' (born October 6, 2002) is an American actress. She appears as [Azula](/source/Azula) in ''[Avatar: The Last Airbender](/source/Avatar%3A_The_Last_Airbender_(2024_TV_series))'', a live-action adaptation of the [animated series of the same name](/source/Avatar%3A_The_Last_Airbender).
== Early and personal life ==
Elizabeth Yu was born on October 6, 2002,[{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth Yu |website = [Rotten Tomatoes](/source/Rotten_Tomatoes) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/elizabeth_yu |access-date=May 15, 2024 |language=en}}][{{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](/source/Refinery29) |language=en}}] to a Korean father and a mother of German, Irish and Polish ancestry.[{{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}}]
Since 2018, Yu has been in a relationship with ''[Stranger Things](/source/Stranger_Things)'' star [Gaten Matarazzo](/source/Gaten_Matarazzo).[{{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](/source/J-14_(magazine))}}]
== Career ==
In December 2021, Yu was cast as Azula, the princess of the Fire Nation, in ''[Avatar: The Last Airbender](/source/Avatar%3A_The_Last_Airbender_(2024_TV_series))''.[{{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](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|date=December 16, 2021|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}]
Yu's first credit was in the 2022 film ''[Somewhere in Queens](/source/Somewhere_in_Queens)''.[{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/film/reviews/somewhere-in-queens-2022|title=Somewhere in Queens|work=[The A.V. Club](/source/The_A.V._Club)|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}] Yu also starred as college student Ruby in ''Year One'', a coming-of-age film directed by Lauren Loesberg.[{{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](/source/The_Daily_Northwestern)|date=July 6, 2022|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}]
In January 2023, Yu was cast in ''[May December](/source/May_December)'', a black comedy directed by [Todd Haynes](/source/Todd_Haynes).[{{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](/source/Variety_(magazine))|date=January 17, 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}] In March 2023, she was cast as Young Maggie in an NBC drama pilot created by [Jenna Bans](/source/Jenna_Bans) and Bill Krebs. Her character is a "big murder-mystery book nerd" who ends up getting murdered.[{{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](/source/Deadline_Hollywood)|date=March 22, 2023|accessdate=April 13, 2023}}]
== Filmography ==
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2022
|''[Somewhere in Queens](/source/Somewhere_in_Queens)''
|
|
|-
| 2023
|''[May December](/source/May_December)''
| Mary Atherton-Yoo
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2024
|''Year One''
|Ruby
|
|-
|''[Womb](/source/Womb_(2025_film))''
|Ha-Yoon
|
|-
|''Black Spines''
|Shawn
|
|}
=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
| 2024
| ''[Avatar: The Last Airbender](/source/Avatar%3A_The_Last_Airbender_(2024_TV_series))''
| Princess Azula
|
|-
| TBA
| ''Murder by the Book''
| Young Maggie
| In post-production
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
== External links ==
* {{imdbname|12151266|Elizabeth Yu}}
* [https://www.instagram.com/lizz.yu/ Elizabeth Yu] on [Instagram](/source/Instagram)
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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
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