She is of Hawaiian, Chinese and English descent. She graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Hu followed this with appearances on various TV series, including Night Court, Tour of Duty, 21 Jump Street, and Melrose Place. in 1995, Hu played an undercover police officer in the movie No Way Back. Afterwards, Hu was cast as police officers Michelle Chan in the television series Nash Bridges (1997-1998), Pei Pei “Grace” Chen on Martial Law (1998-2000), and Agent Mia Chen on the last three episodes of the television series Threat Matrix (2004).

Her brother, Glenn, is a Resource Manager at the United States Army. She attended Ma?ema?e Elementary School and Kamehameha Schools in Honolulu, Hawaii. She graduated from Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. Hu followed this with appearances on various TV series, including Night Court, Tour of Duty, 21 Jump Street, and Melrose Place. Her subsequent movie appearances include The Scorpion King (2002), Cradle 2 the Grave (2003) and X2 (2003). in January 2007, Hu began appearing in a full time role on the TV series in Case of Emergency. in July, she appeared at Comic-Con International in San Diego to sign copies of Secret Identities alongside her collaborator, DC Comics artist Cliff Chiang.