As a writer, her plays have been read at the Santa Clara Experimental Theatre Festival and La Jolla Studio Stage.
After moving to the west coast, Wu attended the University of California, San Diego, initially planning to go to medical school.
Because of the lack of opportunities, Wu got involved in commercialism and later found herself in the corporate realm of public relations and advertising.
During this time Wu also further developed her skills in public speaking, writing narratives, scripts, essays, journals, food styling, and photography.
Jade Wu has since then worked with actors and actresses such as: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, George C. Wolf, Austin Pendleton, Jeanine Tesori, Jenifer Lewis, Ato Essandoh, Fred Weller, Geoff Arends, Tony Kushner, Ridley Scott, Will Smith, Gene Hackman, Tony Gilroy, Warren Leight, Paul McGuigan, Guerrmo Navarro, Vincenzo Natali, Peter Leto, Clark Johnson, Frank Prinzi, Tom Fontana and Barry Levinson.
Wu played the lead role of Ahma Chin in The Motel, which won the Humanitas Prize and an Independent Spirit Award Nomination.
She has worked with stage directors such as Alan Schneider, Liv Ciuilei, JoAnne Akalaitis, Gerald Gutierrez, Wendy Goldberg, Blanka Zizka and David Muse among others.