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.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] 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.
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ConstanceWu (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...
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announced that Golding would star in the film Crazy Rich Asians alongside ConstanceWu. He was first brought to director Jon M. Chu's attention by accountant...
family. It stars Chris Pratt (who also serves as an executive producer), ConstanceWu, Taylor Kitsch, Riley Keough, Arlo Mertz, and Jeanne Tripplehorn. The...
Animation and Tencent Pictures. The film stars Jimmy Wong, John Cho, ConstanceWu, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Jimmy O. Yang, Aaron Yoo, Will Yun Lee, and Ronny...
In season six, he starts a side job as a small business consultant. ConstanceWu as Jessica Huang, the wife of Louis and mother of Eddie, Emery, and Evan...
child)) Samantha De Benedet (2020; Scooby-Doo! and the Lost City of Gold) ConstanceWu (Velma) Her usual appearance in the franchise consists of a purple mini-dress...
Wylde as Detective Tom Noonan as Bob Megan Mullally as Director Stevens ConstanceWu as Jane Malcolm Barrett as Chris Melanie Thompson as Beth Chase Williamson...
with Morgan Freeman, Anne Hathaway, Uzo Aduba, Anthony Mackie, Dan Stevens, Helen Mirren, ConstanceWu, Nicole Beharie and Sanaa Lathan Solos Nominated...
featured in the 2019 Met Gala in New York as worn by Hollywood actress ConstanceWu on the runway and staircase for the event. Chapman was born with femoral...
routinely features queer themes in Fresh Off the Boat: Eddie's mom, Jessica (ConstanceWu), regularly visits the local lesbian bar, The Denim Turtle. Eddie's former...
and directed by Christopher Makoto Yogi. The film stars Steve Iwamoto, ConstanceWu, Tim Chiou and Kanoa Goo. The film has its world premiere at the 2021...
Asians, a film adaptation of Kevin Kwan's book of the same name, opposite ConstanceWu and Henry Golding. Carlos Aguilar of TheWrap described her performance...
as Louis Huang, patriarch of a Taiwanese American family, alongside ConstanceWu, in ABC's television show Fresh Off the Boat (based on Eddie Huang's...
family in Florida in the 1990s. The first season stars Randall Park, ConstanceWu, Hudson Yang, Forrest Wheeler and Ian Chen. With Lucille Soong, Chelsey...
and substance abuse. It also explores the relationship between Kathy (ConstanceWu), Cal's best friend, and her boyfriend Ian (John Halbach) as they reach...
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