has been quite outspoken in recent years, calling out the unjust treatment of women and the paucity of roles for non-white actors in Hollywood, and advocating for the rights of children through the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), among other relevant topics. But she wasn’t always so vocal.

“I don’t think I really found my voice until I was in college,” the 56-year-old SAG award–winning actress—known in part for her roles in Jerry Maguire, and the Kill Bill and Charlie’s Angels franchises—tells Robb Report in an exclusive interview.

Advocating for who she was and what she believed in was a struggle before she became an undergraduate. During the pandemic, Liu’s mother gave her a packet of report cards from her youth in New York City. “And they had comments like ‘She doesn’t

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