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Richmond, Virginia, USA
Constance Tianming Wu (born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. She began her career in the theater, before her breakthrough role as Jessica Huang in the ABC comedy series Fresh Off the Boat. In 2017, Wu was named one of TIME magazine's 100 People Who Help Shape the World.
Known for
- The Outer Threat — Michelle2026
- Happy Hours2026
- Not Suitable for Work — Vanessa Hsu2026
- The Friend — Tuesday2025
- Elsbeth — Dr. Mallory Haynes2024
- 100 Years of Warner Bros. — Self2023
- Velma — Daphne (voice)2023
- Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile — Katie Primm2022
- Halftime — Self2022
- East Bay — Sara2022
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1982-03-22 ) March 22, 1982 (age 44) , Richmond, Virginia , U.S.
- Education
- State University of New York, Purchase ( BFA )
- Occupation
- Actress
- Years active
- 2006–present
- Partner
- Ryan Kattner
- Traditional chinese
- 吳 恬 敏
- Simplified chinese
- 吴恬敏
- Hanyu pinyin
- Wú Tiánmǐn
- Wade giles
- Wu T'ien -min
- Ipa
- [u ̌ tʰjɛ ̌ n.mi ̀ n]
- Hokkien poj
- Gô͘ Tiām-bín
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Constance
- Family name
- Wu
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Richmond
- Occupation
- film director
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Time 100
- Image
- Constance Wu at the 2024 New York Film Festival.jpg
- Number of children
- 2
- Residence
- Los Angeles
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- date of birth
- 1982-03-22
- Commons category
- Constance Wu
- start of work period
- 2006-00-00
- social media followers
- 189485
- writing language
- English language
- ethnic group
- Taiwanese Americans
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Encyclopedic overview
Constance Wu (Chinese: 吳恬敏; born March 22, 1982) is an American actress. Wu's breakthrough role came with the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat (2015–2020), which earned her four nominations at the Critics' Choice Television Awards. For leading the romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians (2018) as Rachel Chu, she became the fourth Asian woman to be nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy.
Wu has appeared in the crime film Hustlers (2019), the musical film Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile (2022), and the drama film The Friend (2024). Her television roles include the web series EastSiders (2012–2017) and the Amazon Prime action thriller series The Terminal List (2022). She also voiced Daphne Blake in the Max animated series Velma (2023–2024). On stage, Wu acted in the Los Angeles production of 2:22 A Ghost Story (2022) and off Broadway productions of the rock musical Little Shop of Horrors (2023) and the comedy-drama play Shit. Meet. Fan. (2024).
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