Elizabeth Yu

Elizabeth Yu (born October 6, 2002) is an American actress. She appears as Azula in Avatar: The Last Airbender, a live-action adaptation of the animated series of the same name.

Early and personal life Elizabeth Yu was born on October 6, 2002, to a Korean father and a mother of German, Irish and Polish ancestry.

Since 2018, Yu has been in a relationship with Stranger Things star Gaten Matarazzo.

Career In December 2021, Yu was cast as Azula, the princess of the Fire Nation, in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Yu's first credit was in the 2022 film Somewhere in Queens. Yu also starred as college student Ruby in Year One, a coming-of-age film directed by Lauren Loesberg.

In January 2023, Yu was cast in May December, a black comedy directed by Todd Haynes. In March 2023, she was cast as Young Maggie in an NBC drama pilot created by Jenna Bans and Bill Krebs. Her character is a "big murder-mystery book nerd" who ends up getting murdered.

Filmography

Film

Television +YearTitleRoleNotes 2024–present Avatar: The Last Airbender Princess Azula Recurring role (season 1); main role (season 2) TBA Murder by the Book Young Maggie In post-production