‘history of a pleasure seeker’: crystal yu to star in hulu pilot

EXCLUSIVE: Crystal Yu joining the Hulu musical pilot _History of a Pleasure Seeker._ Yu will play Zhen Zhao, who was born in Shanghai and sold into a Geisha house in Tokyo. She fled to the

West in her teens and and is now Europe’s leading beautician, with her skills in body transformation second to none. The project, which is based on Richard Mason’s 2012 novel, is a musical

drama set in Amsterdam in 1907 — a tale of a charismatic young man’s explosive adventures through all the temptations of the Belle Époque. It follows follows Piet Barol, who has an

instinctive appreciation for pleasure and a gift for finding it. When his mother dies, Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe’s leading hotelier – a child who refuses

to leave his family’s mansion on one of Amsterdam’s grandest canals. As Piet enters this glittering world, he learns its secrets and finds his life transformed. Yu’s recent credits include a

special guest appearance on _Doctor Who_ and a recurring role on_ Silverpoint_. She is best known for playing the feisty Registrar Dr. Lily Chao on BBC One’s award-winning medical drama

_Casualty_. WATCH ON DEADLINE Other TV roles include _Soulmates, Industry_, _Keeping Faith_, and _Chimerica_. On stage, Yu played a lead in Michael Boyd’s_ Wild Goose Dreams_ at Theatre

Royal Bath. Originally from Hong Kong, Yu first came to London at the age of 11 after being offered a place at the Elmhurst School of Dance and Performing Arts. She is a trilingual actor,

speaking Cantonese, Mandarin and English. She is repped by The Rosenzweig Group, Gavin Denton-Jones at Denton Brierley and attorney Jay Patel.