Chuti Tiu

Chuti Tiu
Born	(1970-05-16) May 16, 1970 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Spouse(s)	Oscar Torre

Chuti Tiu (刁楚緹 in Chinese) is an American actress of Chinese, Filipina and Spanish descent.

Career

Tiu studied at Northwestern University where she earned a B.A. in Economics and Political Science. She later got a lead role in Sally Field's directorial debut Beautiful a film based on the pageant experience. Tiu has had many supporting roles in independent features such as The Specials with Rob Lowe and Thomas Hayden Church. Her numerous television work includes a series regular role in Desire, a recurring role in the suspense thriller 24 starring Kiefer Sutherland, as well as guest/recurring appearances on such shows as The Closer, Dragnet, Charmed, General Hospital and Days of Our Lives. Chuti played Nurse Longino in the CBS series Miami Medical. She was seen as Lata, an attorney defending Woody Harrelson in the film Rampart, also starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Foster, Anne Heche and Steve Buscemi.

Tiu also has a history with pageants; in June 1987, Tiu was named the first non-Caucasian winner of the America's Junior Miss pageant; a few years later Tiu was selected as Miss Illinois 1994 and won a preliminary talent award at the Miss America pageant for her classical piano performance.

Tiu is very active in the community, giving her time and resources to charitable organizations such as Nourish the Children, Best Friends for Animals, the Avon Breast Cancer Walk, Orphanage Outreach, her local church, and the Thai Community Development Center.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1997	Claude's Crib	Amy Lee
1998	Jenny	Girl
	Sister, Sister	Chante
	Beverly Hills, 90210	Mia
	Moesha	Physician
1999	Port Charles	Judy Seng
	Malcolm & Eddie	Capt. Vivian Hazelwood
	The West Wing	Woman #2
	The Strip	Josette Dupree
2000	Tales of the South Seas	Tahura Savue
	Charmed	Asian American Nurse
	The Steve Harvey Show	Masseuse
	Beautiful	Miss Hawaii
	The Specials	Eight
	Code Blue	Lian Cho
	MechWarrior 4: Vengeance	Resistance MechWarrior
2001	Longshot	Antiques Dealer
2003	L.A. Dragnet	Mira Jameela
	24	Mae
	General Hospital	Reporter
	Days of Our Lives	Nurse Cheryl Noble
2004	If Love Hadn't Left Me Lonely	Ricardo's Ex-wife
	The Bold and the Beautiful	Audrey
2005	Greener Mountains	Woman
2006	Long-Term Relationship	Mary Margaret
	Desire	Detective Rachel Lin
2008	Tasty Time with ZeFronk	Mom
2009	For a Fistful of Diamonds	Tatiana Romanova
	Hannah Montana	Maria Brown
2010	Miami Medical	Nurse Polly Longino
	The Closer	Passenger in Elevator
2011	Coyote Hunt	Charlotte
	Rampart	Shark Lawyer #1
2013	Raising Hope	Fox President

External links

• Chuti Tiu at the Internet Movie Database