《致命女人》劇照 圖源豆瓣
上周美劇《致命女人》第一季大結局了。
這部劇從頭到尾，無論是臺詞，還是角色，都可以說是今年最為驚豔的美劇的之一。
《致命女人》是聚焦到了60年代，80年代和2019年三條時間線上的故事，將視角放到了Why Women Kill?，從女人殺人犯罪的痕跡，揭露他們背後危機重重的婚姻。
故事一是60年代的Beth&Rob。身為家庭主婦的Beth,以丈夫Rob馬首是瞻，操持家務是她最有興趣和擅長的事情；但後來丈夫Rob出軌，還將女兒的死亡歸咎於她，不知情的Beth陷入深深的自責、內疚。可當從丈夫的情人那裡知道真相的時候，她一下子變成了行屍走肉，一把裝滿子彈的左輪手槍，一聲「砰」的槍響，Why Women Kill? Beth給出了答案。
《致命女人》劇照 圖源豆瓣
故事二是80年代的Simone&Karl。身為上流社會貴婦的Simone，『完美人生』被丈夫Karl出櫃的事實所打破，後來她自己也和一個18歲的小男孩發生了禁忌之戀。儼然是老牌紳士的Karl，出櫃的事實和AIDS讓他受盡了白眼和誹謗，而女兒Amy不讓他去婚禮現場的時候，他的回答是『Uh, of course,I will stay home.』，真的是骨子裡的紳士，不願給任何人帶去難堪。在Karl臨死的時候，Simone做出了選擇，或許已經不是愛情，而是婚姻裡走過來的扶持羈絆，恩情陪伴。
《致命女人》劇照 圖源豆瓣
故事三是新時代2019的Taylor& Jade&Eli。身為律師的Eli，很強勢地帶著一直寫不出來劇本的弱勢編劇Taylor，還有一個自己喜歡的Jade上演了三人行。但是這段開放婚姻並沒有很好的結果，Taylor和Jade走近以後反而疏遠了Eli，而Jade利用Taylor癮君子的前科，騙取了錢財，而最終Eli發現Jade是一個在逃的殺人犯。Taylor和Eli在經歷了這一系列的波折之後又回歸了二人的婚姻生活。
《致命女人》劇照 圖源豆瓣
這三個故事中，最惹人注目的就是亞裔演員劉玉玲飾演的Simone，劉玉玲的氣場，劉玉玲的臺詞，劉玉玲的動作，都成了這部劇裡最經典的名場面，讓很多人心潮澎湃。一夜之間，劇裡的Simone，劇外的劉玉玲，都成了熱議的話題；而2019年，也就成了『劉玉玲年』。
先是今年五月，劉玉玲成為了繼黃柳霜（Anna May Wong）之後的第二個在好萊塢星光大道上留星的亞裔女星，在她之前的有巨星李小龍，成龍。
後是《致命女人》中本色出演的劉玉玲橫空出世，直接讓這部劇成了豆瓣全球電視劇榜NO.1。
《致命女人》簡介 圖源豆瓣
這樣一個長著一張不精緻，高顴骨，細眉眼，臉上有雀斑，身高只有157的劉玉玲，究竟是怎麼在好萊塢裡摸爬滾打，然後登頂星光大道？
這樣一個華裔女星，是怎麼從跑龍套、小角色到一部劇作裡面的女主角，甚至是自己當起了導演？
"If my body of work somehow helped bridge the gap between stereotypical roles first given to Anna May and mainstream success today. I am thrilled to have been part of that process."—Lucy Liu
在劉玉玲之前，只有唯一的一位亞裔女星黃柳霜在好萊塢的星光大道上『留星』。
黃柳霜照片 圖源豆瓣
因為在好萊塢的演藝圈裡，亞裔演員很多時候都是被固定化，刻板印象的，不是限制在武打方面，就是劇本設定方面。所以對於很多亞裔演員來說，是在國內安心接戲，還是去好萊塢摸爬滾打，這是很艱難的選擇。
正如百年前的『奇女子』黃柳霜，在好萊塢對亞裔演員充滿偏見和歪曲的年代，她依舊背負著華裔女性的『榮光』，終於得以在那個默片時代嶄露頭角，經歷了好萊塢的黃金時代，為後輩的華裔演員開創了寬的戲路，直至成為了在好萊塢星光大道『留星』的第一位亞裔演員。
黃柳霜劇照 圖源豆瓣
而在一百年後，才終於迎來了第二位亞裔女星劉玉玲在好萊塢星光大道『留星』。和所有亞裔女星所面臨的一樣，劉玉玲自己開始進入演藝事業的時候，所演的角色都是一些跑龍套的小角色，
所以，劉玉玲在好萊塢星光大道的『留星儀式』演講上，真誠的致敬黃柳霜，李小龍等先行者，正是他們一步步的前行，使得華裔演員的『榮光』不斷傳承。
「My dream was just to find work as an actress, I just wanted to act.」—Lucy Liu
比起《致命女人》裡面的精彩演繹，劉玉玲的人生卻更加具有傳奇色彩。
劉玉玲童年的照片，圖源網絡
對於劉玉玲來說，雖然她父親是工程師，母親是生化學家，都是高級知識分子，但剛開始移民到美國的時候，也只能勉強養家餬口。生活曾一度窘迫到:「只要擺在她面前的是食物，她都可以吃下去。」
很幸運的是，哪怕在這種拮据的情況下，她的父母仍然十分重視教育問題，不管怎麼樣，都很努力的讓自己的孩子得到足夠的教育。
大學剛畢業的時候，劉玉玲就面臨著沒錢、沒工作、沒地方住的窘境；但她還是義無反顧的選擇踏上了洛杉磯追尋自己的夢想；落腳地只能選在了哥哥約翰那「火柴盒般大小」的屋子裡，況且，當時這麼小的房子裡沒有廚房，只有一把椅子，還住了一位室友。
劉玉玲說：「我需要錢來支撐自己對表演的熱愛，我覺得自己不會在表演上賺到大錢，所以，我每周有5天做文秘，周末白天我做健身教練，晚上在燒烤店做服務員。」
演員表面的光鮮亮麗，背後也都是謀生的艱難。就這樣循環往復的生活，劉玉玲一邊為生活奔波，一邊堅持自己熱愛的表演。
終於在1990年的時候，劉玉玲算是正式入門了，雖然是一些身份低微、鏡頭很少的角色，但也讓熱愛表演的她欣喜若狂；1990年《貝弗來山90210》中得以露臉的女招待，1995在《Bang》裡飾演妓女，1999《真實罪行》裡面的小店員，《危險人物》裡面的黑幫首領情婦、《玩到死》裡面的搭車女郎.
細細數來，劉玉玲在1999年之前，所飾演的都是一些邊邊角角的小人物，但她一直很有耐心，平時為了獲得更多表演的機會，她將自己硬生生的練成了『打女』，武術，練肌肉，格鬥，攀巖，滑雪等等，只要是表演涉及到的，她都在努力地學。
《霹靂嬌娃》劇照 圖源豆瓣
終於，在2000年的時候，也是劉玉玲的『千禧年』，她與兩位歐美女演員主演《霹靂嬌娃》，隨後知名度大增；英姿颯爽，身手矯捷，華裔『打女』『殺手』的標籤終於讓她身價大漲。
於是，2003年的時候，就迎來了鬼才導演昆丁的《殺死比爾》，劉玉玲在影片中飾演的黑幫老大石井尾蓮，彬彬有禮、氣質絕佳卻殺人不眨眼。
《殺死比爾》劇照 圖源豆瓣
這部劇讓她贏得了MTV電影獎最佳反派，並且被評為「23位最令人聞風喪膽的黑幫電影角色之一」，與《教父》中的馬龍·白蘭度齊名。
《殺死比爾》劇照 圖源豆瓣
但有些遺憾的是，這帶給她榮譽的「打女」形象，也讓她陷入了瓶頸；因為她熱愛的是表演，而不只想做一個會打打殺殺的華裔女星。
於是，2006年的時候，她開始踏入製片人行業；製作了紀錄片《自由的憤怒》，並主演了《清除代碼》《惡報》。
2008年，她配音《功夫熊貓》裡的『美女蛇』。
2012年，飾演了CBS版的《福爾摩斯基本演繹法》裡面的華生。
2013年，入圍奧斯卡金像獎會員。
2019年的時候，以在『好萊塢星光大道』『留名』的方式，肯定了她演藝事業的貢獻。
照片來源@ 英國普羅派樂衛視
「What does a soul look like?」
「You can't see it, but you can imagine it to be anything you want it to be.」—Lucy Liu
落腳在哥哥約翰家裡的時候，不只是拮据生活的艱難，還有大學貸款的壓力襲來，她卻還想著以演員謀生，當時說來，這是一個多麼遙不可及的想法。
但她哥哥約翰一直堅定地支持著她，從來沒有質疑過她的職業選擇。
飾演《霹靂嬌娃》的時候，其它兩位主演是高達1000萬的片酬，而她才是十分之一，120萬的片酬。但是對亞裔演員的這種偏見，卻讓她越來越堅強。
《霹靂嬌娃》劇照 圖源豆瓣
當她將作為CBS版的《福爾摩斯：基本演繹法》的『華生』的演員名單公布時，前一版的『華生』更是直接說她「very ugly」，不應該讓她來演。但劉玉玲卻用實際行動證明了自己，憑藉自己對於這個角色的詮釋，她被評價為最豐富立體的華生。
《福爾摩斯：基本演繹法》劇照 圖源豆瓣
更讓她備受爭議的是她妊娠代孕出生的兒子Rockwell，這一舉動讓很多人覺得不可思議，一些人更是將其作為笑料談資；但她很坦誠地說：「我喜歡孩子，我就生了。」
圖源劉玉玲社交帳號
有一天，她的兒子問：「媽媽，靈魂看起來是什麼樣子的？」
她答道：「你看不到靈魂的樣子，但你可以把他想像成你希望的模樣。」
劉玉玲自己的靈魂，也一定是自由而獨立的。
「This dream fulfilling honor I am receiving today affirms that anyone who feels like an outsider can take her place among the stars.」—Lucy Liu
戲裡戲外，劉玉玲都很真實的詮釋了自己。
《致命女人》裡，一出場就氣場爆棚的劉玉玲，自信而強大的說:「我總認為自己是個非凡的女人」。
《致命女人》劇照 圖源豆瓣
朋友告誡Simone，不要總是顯得自己的生活太完美，這樣會引人嫉妒和不爽，而Simone卻說了一句：「但我的人生就很完美啊」。
《致命女人》劇照 圖源豆瓣
劉玉玲自己建立「f**k you money」基金，也建議每個人都存上一筆「f**k you money」,因為當你有了這筆錢之後，如果你的老闆讓你不滿意或者是鬧翻了，你就可以說「f**k you」，然後瀟灑離開。
劉玉玲採訪截圖 圖源網絡
原來人生，就正如劉玉玲在『留星儀式』上演講所說的：
「我今天終於實現夢想，獲得如此榮譽。這也證明了任何自認為是局外人的人，都能在滿天星辰中找到屬於自己的位置。」
照片來源@ 英國普羅派樂衛視
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附上2019年5月1日劉玉玲在好萊塢星光大道上的「留星儀式」的演講視頻：
視頻來源@ 英國普羅派樂衛視
英文演講稿：
Lucy liu: Thank you so much. Thanks for being here today everyone. What a thrill! Ria Jimmy thank you for your generous kind words, I cherished our friendship.
Everyone came from all different places in the United States to be here. I have to say that I am completely overwhelmed by the love and the support of my friends, family, my fans. I want to thank the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce and the Walk of Fame Committee for bestowing this everlasting honor on me.
And even though this star has my name on it, it is actually the result of the hard work of many brilliant writers directors actors and crew, who elevated me and helped me shine.
For the last seven years, CBS has welcomed me into their family, I can't express my gratitude enough to Kelly Carl, David Staff, Peter Golden for being my champions. So when I moved to Los Angeles, I actually lived on Vine Street.
So it's thrilling to have Anna May Wong as who is the first asian-american actress as my neighbor. So a hundred years ago, She was a pioneer while enduring racism marginalization and exclusion, We could actually start our own little Chinatown right here. What do you think?
So sometimes people talk about my mainstream successes as groundbreaking for an Asian, but Asians have been making movies for a long time. They just weren't making them here, because we weren't yet invited to the table.
I was lucky that trailblazers like Anna May Wong and Bruce Lee came before me, If my body of work somehow helped bridge the gap, between stereotypical roles first given to Anna May and mainstream success today. I am thrilled to have been part of that process.
At the time I started on Ally McBeal, it was rare to get a glimpse of any diversity on screen. David Kelley who is here today took a risk by creating Ling Woo and helped break the glass ceiling., David thank you for taking a chance on me.
I would not be here today if my parents hadn't emigrated from China, in pursuit of better opportunities. We grew up without much at all, and even though my parents dealt with so many roadblocks. They never gave up, I am grateful to them for overcoming tremendous obstacles, as they created a life for us here in the United States. Their survival instincts, perseverance and determination were passed on to me and my siblings Jenny and John who are both here today.
I want to acknowledge my brother John and his unwavering support, He never questioned my career choice, even when the prospects of earning a living as an actress seemed insurmountable.
He let me stay in his tiny matchbox studio apartment in the village, where he already had a roommate, no kitchen and maybe one chair. John worked full-time slept on the floor while I slept in his bunk bed, and helped me pay off my college debt. while I worked three jobs and went out on whatever auditions I could scrounge up.
My dream was just to find work as an actress, I just wanted to act. I didn't see any difference between myself and the mainstream world I lived in. So I didn't think America would see one either. Well that was a bit of a miscalculation.I heard so many more noes then I heard yeses, I'm lucky enough to have someone in my corner who does not take no for an answer.
My manager of almost three decades Mary Anne Mulcahy has been my dear friend and staunch defender. She's been there every step of the way to steer my life and career. Mary Ellen I love you, and I had to take this moment to express how much you mean to me.
I share today with my son Rockwell being three-and-a-half he constant he's constantly curious. One day he asked me, What does a soul look like? I was so touched by the simplicity of his question,I told him, You can't see it, but you can imagine it to be anything you want it to be. Everyone wants to see someone that they relate to. Today there is so much more representation on screen. Now he can see himself in this world and he won't know there's a limit.
I never set out to be groundbreaking, I didn't have the goal of being a first. I just knew I wanted to do what I loved. I'm still excited about this business every single day. Over the course of my career, I have learned that the specific things that made me feel like an outsider were actually the biggest contributors to my success.
This industry has afforded me the opportunity to grow as a human being and discover more and more of what I am capable of. I truly feel humbled and privileged to be recognized,for doing what I love with people I admire, and for the best fans on earth. This dream fulfilling honor I am receiving today, affirms that anyone who feels like an outsider can take her place among the stars. Thank you very much,I am so thrilled.
My dear Angels. It's a 20-year reunion, 20 years ago we were an elite crime-fighting team .and now look at us. My dear friends, there's so many to name and I'll thank you in person later, but I'm very grateful that you made the trip out here.
Reference：
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005154/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/lucy-liu/206329468
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucy_Liu
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