Claim: The Man with the Iron Fists stars an actress.

Lucy Alexis Liu -LRB- born Lucy Liu ; December 2 , 1968 -RRB- is an American actress , voice actress , director , producer , singer and artist . She became known for playing the role of the vicious and ill-mannered Ling Woo in the television series Ally McBeal -LRB- 1998 -- 2002 -RRB- , for which she was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series . Liu 's film work includes starring as one of the heroines in Charlie 's Angels -LRB- 2000 -RRB- , portraying O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill -LRB- 2003 -RRB- , and starring roles in the main casts of Payback -LRB- 1999 -RRB- , Chicago -LRB- 2002 -RRB- , and the animated film series Kung Fu Panda -LRB- 2008 -- present -RRB- portraying the character Master Viper .   In 2008 , she starred in an ABC comedy-drama , Cashmere Mafia , which ended after one abbreviated season . The show was one of only a few American television shows to have an Asian American series lead . In 2012 , Liu joined the cast of the TNT series Southland in the recurring role of Jessica Tang , for which she won the Critics ' Choice Television Award for Best Drama Guest Actress . She is currently co-starring in the Sherlock Holmes -- inspired crime drama series Elementary as Joan Watson for which she won the Seoul International Drama Award for Best Actress , and voicing Silvermist in Disney 's Tinker Bell film series .