Ally McBeal, the magnetic ass-kicking spy as Alex in Charlie's Angels, or the meticulous and bold Watson in Elementary, it's hard to imagine Hollywood without Lucy Liu. But when Liu moved out to southern California after graduating college to pursue a career in acting, she found it hard to convince decision makers that she belonged on screen. "A lot of people were unwilling to even take me in for representation because they didn't feel there was enough out there for me to even go out on auditions for," Liu tells Woman's Day. Because no one was willing to take her on as a client, she freelanced with various agents in the hopes she could get her face out there. "At the time, I was just looking for an opportunity to show what I could do, to show my talents," Liu says. "I wasn't able to even get an audition or get in the door."