Constance Wu
Constance Wu (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as Jessica Huang in the ABC television comedy Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020), which was her breakthrough role and earned her four nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series.
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| Born | March 22, 1982 Richmond, Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Education | State University of New York, Purchase (BFA) | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||
| Partner | Ryan Kattner | ||||||||||||||
| Children | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 吳恬敏 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 吴恬敏 | ||||||||||||||
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She was further lauded for her role as Rachel Chu in the romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians (2018) for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, among others; she became the first actress of Asian descent in over 40 years and the fourth overall to be nominated for the former category. She subsequently starred in the crime drama film Hustlers (2019) and the film Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022). That same year, following a series of media controversy and mental health issues, she published her memoir, Making a Scene, to critical success.
Wu was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. She has earned several accolades, including nominations for a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and two TCA Awards. She has also received four nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series, tying with Amy Poehler as the second most nominated actress in the category, behind Julia Louis-Dreyfus.