About company:
Lily Liu is the President and Founder of Lily’s Talent Agency, Lidi Real Estate L.L.C., and former President and
Founder of Mentoring Artists Chicago.
Lily was born and raised in Kobe, Japan, where her mother owned and operated a successful hotel, fashion manufacturing company, and restaurant, instilling a mindset of entrepreneurship in Lily from a young age. Lily’s mother taught her the importance of personal connections in business and treating everyone with respect, which Lily still adheres to today.
While attending college at the University of Illinois Chicago in 1968 under a full scholarship, Lily worked as a legal secretary, model, and fitness instructor. Upon graduating with Honors with a degree in Education, she taught in Niles, IL for several years until she started a family and soon launched the modeling careers for her three daughters, Kristina, Lania, and Kira.
Lily’s passion for providing artists a fair, trustworthy, and empowering experience in the entertainment industry inspired her to start an agency of her own. In June of 1983, Lily officially opened Lily’s Talent Agency. The agency expanded quickly to represent talent for print, on-camera, film, theatre, voice-over, and makeup artists. Lily’s Talent soon became union franchised with SAG-AFTRA and Equity.
In 2002, Lily became the Managing Member of Lidi Real Estate L.L.C., an investment real estate company focusing in residential and commercial properties, impressed with her first success in real estate transactions in 1979.
In 2010, Lily founded and became the president of Foundation of Artists Mentored in Entertainment, a non-profit organization, later renamed Mentoring Artists Chicago. The mission of the organization was to help deserving young Chicagoland performing artists with financial awards and mentorship to further their passion in the arts and entertainment industry.
Today, with decades of experience in the talent industry, Lily spearheads one of the top talent agencies in Chicago, a successful real estate investment business, and continues to inspire others with her mother’s message: “Go after your passion, work hard, and never give up.”
Lily feels most blessed with God, her family, her dedicated team at Lily’s, and her longtime friends for their love, trust and support over the years.
