Peggy Lu

Peggy Lu is an American actress and pharmacist, best known for her role as convenience store entrepreneur and Venom host Mrs. Chen in the Sony's Spider-Man Universe (SSU) films Venom (2018), Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021),^[1][2] Venom: The Last Dance (2024),^[3] the promotional web series Chen's Market (2021),^[4] and as a cameo role in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

Peggy Lu
Alma mater	University of Colorado Denver
Occupation(s)	Actress, pharmacist
Years active	1995–present

Lu is the daughter of an immigrant couple who settled in the US. Before pursuing her acting dreams, Lu followed her parents’ advice to attend higher education. She received a doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Colorado Denver.^[5] She appeared in the film Now Chinatown, with Lu playing the role of Aunt Jiang.^[6] Lu also has appeared in numerous film and television series as a guest star, including Kung Pow: Enter the Fist,^[7] NCIS: Los Angeles,^[8] Animal Kingdom, and Always Be My Maybe,^[9] amongst others.

She is fluent in Mandarin and English.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Now Chinatown	Aunt Jiang
2002	Kung Pow: Enter the Fist	Mother Chen	[7]
2018	Venom	Mrs. Chen	[1]
2019	Always Be My Maybe	Mrs. Tran	[5][9]
2020	Run Sweetheart Run	Korean Woman
2021	Venom: Let There Be Carnage	Mrs. Chen	[2]
	Chen's Market		Promotional web series[4]
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse		Live-action cameo role
2024	Venom: The Last Dance