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Uzoamaka Nwanneka "Uzo" Aduba ((listen) ⓘ) [2] (/ ˈ uː z oʊ ə ˈ d uː b ə /; born February 10, 1981 [3]) is an American actress.She gained wide recognition for her role as Suzanne "Crazy Eyes" Warren on the Netflix original series Orange Is the New Black (2013–2019), for which she won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2014, an Emmy Award for ...
Best Supporting Actress Sayonara: 1958 1st East Asian-American actress and Japan born actress to win an Oscar [3] Richard Chew: Academy Film Editing Star Wars: A New Hope: 1978 1st Asian-American to win a Film Editing Oscar Haing Ngor: Academy Best Supporting Actor The Killing Fields: 1985 1st East Asian-American actor to win an Oscar Aziz ...
Jamie Jilynn Chung (Korean: 정지린; RR: Jeong Jirin: born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She began her career in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series The Real World: San Diego and subsequently through her appearances on its spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II.
First actress of Asian descent to be nominated for Best Actress. 1987 Cher / Moonstruck: Loretta Castorini Won Born in the United States, is of Armenian descent. 2002 Salma Hayek / Frida: Frida Kahlo: Nominated Lebanese descent. 2010 Natalie Portman / Black Swan: Nina Won Israeli descent. 2016 Jackie: Jacqueline "Jackie" Kennedy: Nominated 2022 ...
She has long blonde hair, and usually wears a military greatcoat, thrown over a low-cut business suit. She smokes cigars , in contrast with the other characters who smoke cigarettes . Based on her service in Afghanistan and the missed opportunity to participate in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles due to the Soviet boycott, she is between ...
Celina Jade (born Celina Horan; 10 June 1985) is a Hong Kong and American actress, singer, songwriter, model, and martial artist. She is the first Hong Konger of European descent to win this title. Internationally she is best known for her role as Shado (and Mei) in the 2010s CW series Arrow.
Hoyeon Jung (Korean: 정호연; born June 23, 1994) is a South Korean model and actress. She began her career as a freelance model in 2010, walking in Seoul Fashion Week shows for two years. In 2013, she competed on the fourth season of Korea's Next Top Model and placed as a runner-up.
Tired of being both typecast and passed over for lead East Asian character roles in favor of European American actresses, Wong left Hollywood in 1928 for Europe. [6] Interviewed by Doris Mackie for Film Weekly in 1933, Wong complained about her Hollywood roles: "I was so tired of the parts I had to play."