Constance Wu is an American actress. She starred as Jessica Huang in the ABC television comedy Fresh Off the Boat, which was her breakthrough role. In film, Wu was further lauded for her role as Rachel Chu in the 2018 romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians. Wu was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.
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Constance Wu is an American actress. She starred as Jessica Huang in the ABC television comedy Fresh Off the Boat, which was her breakthrough role. In film, Wu was further lauded for her role as Rachel Chu in the 2018 romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians. In 2019, she starred in the crime comedy film Hustlers. Wu was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world. Her parents emigrated from Taiwan and her paternal grandparents were very poor, working as bamboo farmers, and did not have the opportunity to get an education, so they were unable to read and write. She graduated from Douglas S. Freeman High School, in Henrico County, where she began performing in local theater; she participated in a six-month program during high school at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute. Wu later graduated from State University of New York at Purchase’s Conservatory of Theatre Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in acting in 2005.
After college, Wu studied psycholinguistics and considered pursuing a graduate degree program in speech pathology at Columbia University before deciding to pursue a career in acting and moving to Los Angeles. In an interview, Wu stated that she impulsively decided to move to LA from New York in 2010 after a heartbreak. She made her screen debut with a supporting role in Stephanie Daley. She also had later supporting roles in Year of the Fish and The Architect. In 2014, after landing a role in one unsuccessful comedy pilot, Wu won the leading role in theABC comedy series Fresh Off The Boat alongside Randall Park. The series is loosely based on the life of chef and food personality Eddie Huang and his book Fresh OffThe Boat: A Memoir. Wu received critical acclaim for her performance and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and two NAACP Image Awards.
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