Hu makes her debut in the episode 'Up in Smoke', which airs on Sunday, February 19. She will play Allison Cha, a tenacious and straightforward political policy consultant who unobtrusively enlists Suarez (Jimmy Smits) to understand the day-to-day tasks of the NYPD.
Hu (pictured) is currently starring in the second season of the hit Starz series BMF as Detective Veronica Jin. She recently played Union Admiral Ozawa in Seth MacFarland's The Orville. She also played (guest) roles in L.A.'s Finest by Spectrum and The CW's The Vampire Diaries, The 100 and Arrow.
William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn's East New York follows Regina Haywood (Amanda Warren), the newly promoted deputy superintendent of East New York, an impoverished working-class neighborhood on the eastern edge of Brooklyn. She leads a diverse group of agents and detectives, some of whom are hesitant to use her creative methods of serving and protecting amidst social unrest and the dawn of gentrification.
The series also stars Jimmy Smits, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Richard Kind, Olivia Luccardi and Lavel Schley.
William Finkelstein, Mike Flynn, Michael M. Robin, Ed Redlich, and Thom Sherman serve as executive producers of East New York, from Warner Bros. Television and created by William Finkelstein and Mike Flynn.