Lucy Liu Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text Peacock's crime drama Superfakes has found its lead. Lucy Liu will star in the series, which comes from creator Alice Ju (Beef), Universal Studio Group's UCP and A24; Josh and Benny Safdie are executive producers. Liu, who will also exec produce, is set to play a "small-time Chinatown luxury counterfeit dealer," as described by the show's logline, who becomes involved in a larger black market scheme in order to fund a better life for her family. Peacock ordered the series in January. Ju has a history with the NBCUniversal-owned streamer, having worked as a writer and producer on the streamer's Poker Face, and with A24, which produces Beef for Netflix. Ju will be the showrunner of Superfakes and executive produce with Josh Safdie, Benny Safdie, Liu, Howard Klein and Olivia Gerke of 3 Arts, Ronald Bronstein and Eli Bush. A two-time Emmy nominee, Liu is currently filming The Devil Wears Prada 2. She stars in and produced the upcoming feature Rosemead; other recent credits include Prime Video's holiday movie Red One, Netflix's miniseries A Man in Full and voice work on Netflix's animated show Jentry Chau vs. the Underworld. She is repped by CAA, Framework and Schreck Rose. THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up womens sports How to Watch Women's Rugby World Cup Final Online Without Cable for Free International Emmys 'Bluey,' 'Ludwig' and Israeli 'Bad Boy' Among 2025 International Emmy Nominees Live Feed Larry David Reveals How 'Seinfeld' Reunion Season Came to Be in 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Book: "We Had No Other Ideas" (Exclusive) sex and the city Sarah Jessica Parker to Honor 'Sex and the City' Collaborator Michael Patrick King at GLAAD Gala music Rapper Wale to Produce 'Silk' About 1990s Hitman Wayne Perry (Exclusive) Live Feed Fifth 'Spartacus' Series Sets Starz Release Date womens sports How to Watch Women's Rugby World Cup Final Online Without Cable for Free International Emmys 'Bluey,' 'Ludwig' and Israeli 'Bad Boy' Among 2025 International Emmy Nominees Live Feed Larry David Reveals How 'Seinfeld' Reunion Season Came to Be in 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Book: "We Had No Other Ideas" (Exclusive) sex and the city Sarah Jessica Parker to Honor 'Sex and the City' Collaborator Michael Patrick King at GLAAD Gala music Rapper Wale to Produce 'Silk' About 1990s Hitman Wayne Perry (Exclusive) Live Feed Fifth 'Spartacus' Series Sets Starz Release Date