LOS ANGELES, Dec. 8 -- To the world, she is an international movie star, but at home, Lucy Liu is just the mum who makes "a killer piece of chicken."

In an interview with People, the 57-year-old actress joked that her 10-year-old son, Rockwell Lloyd, "does not know how cool" she is.

"He knows that I can heat up a nice lasagna," she quipped. "You know, basic mom stuff."

Liu welcomed Rockwell via a surrogate in August 2015, a decision she has said was the "right option" for her at the time.

"I was working and I didn't know when I was going to be able to stop," she said.

She has also been candid about her spontaneous approach to starting a family.

"I didn't have a plan," she told The Cut in 2023. "I didn't do a lot of research, I just ...