Kelly Marie Tran
{{short description|American actress (born 1989)}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2020}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kelly Marie Tran
| image = Kelly Marie Tran on MTV International.jpg
| caption = Tran in 2017
| birth_place = San Diego, California, U.S.
| birth_name = Loan Tran{{r|Park 2018|Martinelli 2018}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|01|17}}
| alma_mater = University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 2011–present
}}
Kelly Marie Tran (born Loan Tran,{{r|Park 2018|Martinelli 2018}} January 17, 1989) is an American actress. She began acting in 2011, with most of her roles being in short film and television. She came to global prominence for her role as Rose Tico in the Star Wars sequel trilogy films The Last Jedi (2017) and The Rise of Skywalker (2019).{{cite magazine |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran-1202030883/ |title=Meet Rose, the 'Biggest New Part' in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' |last=Yee |first=Lawrence |magazine=Variety |date=April 14, 2017 |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415125931/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran-1202030883/ |url-status=live}} She also voiced Raya in the Disney film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021) and Dawn Betterman in the DreamWorks Animation film The Croods: A New Age (2020).
Early life
Kelly Marie Tran was born on January 17, 1989,{{cite web |author1= |title=UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 |url=https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2023/01/17/UPI-Almanac-for-Tuesday-Jan-17-2023/7401673921316/ |publisher=United Press International |access-date=1 February 2023 |date=January 17, 2023}}{{cite news |title=J. Reitman to bust new set of ghosts |url=https://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/celebrities/20190117/j-reitman-to-bust-new-set-of-ghosts |work=Journal Gazette |publication-place=Fort Wayne, Ind. |agency=Associated Press |date=January 17, 2019 |archive-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191230000229/https://www.journalgazette.net/entertainment/celebrities/20190117/j-reitman-to-bust-new-set-of-ghosts |url-status=live}} in San Diego, California.{{cite news |last1=Park |first1=Gene |title=Kelly Marie Tran's real-life resistance means telling her own story, starting with her name |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/08/21/kelly-marie-trans-real-life-resistance-means-telling-her-own-story-starting-with-her-name/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 21, 2018 |url-access=limited}}{{Cite web |last=Bell |first=Diane |date=2021-04-26 |title=Star Wars’ Kelly Marie Tran spreads her wings in ‘Summertime’ |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2021/04/26/star-wars-kelly-marie-tran-spreads-her-wings-in-summertime/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}} Her parents were refugees from Vietnam who fled the country following the Vietnam War.{{cite web |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/kelly-marie-tran-last-jedi_us_5a1f7557e4b0392a4ebb1cb5 |title=Kelly Marie Tran Promotes 'The Last Jedi' In Traditional Vietnamese Garb |date=November 30, 2017 |first=Kimberly |last=Yam |website=HuffPost |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-date=October 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021114802/https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/kelly-marie-tran-last-jedi_us_5a1f7557e4b0392a4ebb1cb5 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.themarysue.com/kelly-marie-tran-last-jedi-premiere/ |title=Kelly Marie Tran, the Daughter of Refugees, Couldn't Help Crying with Joy at the Last Jedi Premiere |first=Marykate |last=Jasper |date=December 10, 2017 |website=The Mary Sue |access-date=December 11, 2017 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229205956/https://www.themarysue.com/kelly-marie-tran-last-jedi-premiere/ |url-status=live}} As a child, her father was homeless and grew up on the streets of Vietnam. After moving to the United States, her father, Tony Tran, worked at Burger King to support the family, and her mother, Kay Nguyen, worked at a funeral home.{{cite news |last1=Plattner |first1=Seth |title=Kelly Marie Tran Is Bringing a New Brand of Hero to Star Wars |url=http://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a12468957/rise-up-november-2017/ |work=Elle |date=December 10, 2017 |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=January 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122045527/https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a12468957/rise-up-november-2017/ |url-status=live}}
Tran attended Westview High School in San Diego{{Cite web |date=2018-03-05 |title=Westview High grad Kelly Marie Tran reunites with Star Wars actors at Oscars |url=https://fox5sandiego.com/news/westview-high-grad-kelly-marie-tran-reunites-with-star-wars-actors-at-oscars/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=FOX 5 San Diego & KUSI News |language=en-US}} and worked at a yogurt shop to earn money for head shots.{{cite news |last1=Rocha |first1=Michael James |title=San Diego native joins 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' cast |url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/movies/sdut-kelly-marie-tran-westview-high-star-wars-2016feb15-story.html |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229205954/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/movies/sdut-kelly-marie-tran-westview-high-star-wars-2016feb15-story.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Flaherty |first1=Keely |title=Kelly Marie Tran: The Rise of Rose |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/the-rise-of-rose |work=Buzzfeed News |date=November 14, 2017 |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=July 13, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180713213146/https://www.buzzfeed.com/keelyflaherty/the-rise-of-rose |url-status=live}} Tran then graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles with a Bachelor of Arts in communications.{{cite magazine |last1=Dornbush |first1=Jonathon |title=Who is Star Wars: Episode VIII actress Kelly Marie Tran? |url=http://ew.com/movies/2016/02/15/who-is-kelly-marie-tran-star-wars/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=February 15, 2016 |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=February 29, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229205954/https://ew.com/movies/2016/02/15/who-is-kelly-marie-tran-star-wars/ |url-status=live}}
Career
=2011–2014: Early work=
Tran's early credits consisted of primarily CollegeHumor videos and small TV roles. She landed a commercial agent in 2011, who got Tran to take improv classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade. At The Second City, Tran is part of the all-female, Asian-American improv group, Number One Son.{{Cite web |title=Power of Color |url=https://www.secondcity.com/shows/other/power-of-color/ |website=The Second City |language=en-US |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220071436/https://www.secondcity.com/shows/other/power-of-color/ |url-status=live}}
In 2013, she starred in the web series Ladies Like Us. In 2015, Tran was working as an assistant at a creative recruiting firm in Century City.
= 2015–2019: ''Star Wars'' and mainstream success =
In 2015, Tran was cast as Rose Tico in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Rose Tico is a rebel mechanic who joins up with main character Finn after the sacrifice of her oldest sister, Paige Tico (Veronica Ngo), a gunner trained by Resistance commander Poe Dameron.{{cite magazine |last=Kamp |first=David |date=March 24, 2017 |title=Cover Story: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Definitive Preview |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/star-wars-the-last-jedi-cover-portfolio/ |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=March 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200324002116/https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/05/star-wars-the-last-jedi-cover-portfolio |url-status=live}} When she went to shoot her scenes in England in early 2016, she was required to keep her role secret, so she told her family she was making an independent film in Canada.{{cite news |last1=Yee |first1=Lawrence |date=April 14, 2017 |title=Meet Rose, the 'Biggest New Part' in 'Star Wars: The Last Jedi' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran-1202030883/ |work=Variety |access-date=December 14, 2017 |archive-date=April 15, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170415125931/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-rose-kelly-marie-tran-1202030883/ |url-status=live}} The Last Jedi made Tran the first Asian-American woman to have a major role in a Star Wars film.{{cite magazine |last1=Hiatt |first1=Brian |date=December 12, 2017 |title='The Last Jedi's New Hope: Meet 'Star Wars' Breakout Kelly Marie Tran |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/the-last-jedis-new-hope-meet-star-wars-breakout-kelly-marie-tran-w513599 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612141228/https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/features/the-last-jedis-new-hope-meet-star-wars-breakout-kelly-marie-tran-w513599 |url-status=live}} In 2017, she also became the first woman of Asian descent to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair when she appeared on the cover of the summer 2017 issue with actor John Boyega (who played Finn) and Oscar Isaac (who played X-wing fighter pilot Poe Dameron).{{cite news |last1=Truffaut-Wong |first1=Olivia |title='The Last Jedi' Star Kelly Marie Tran Is The First Asian Woman To Cover 'Vanity Fair' & Her Appearance Couldn't Matter More |url=https://www.bustle.com/p/the-last-jedi-star-kelly-marie-tran-is-the-first-asian-woman-to-cover-vanity-fair-her-appearance-couldnt-matter-more-60161 |work=Bustle |date=May 24, 2017 |access-date=December 15, 2017 |archive-date=December 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191223192837/https://www.bustle.com/p/the-last-jedi-star-kelly-marie-tran-is-the-first-asian-woman-to-cover-vanity-fair-her-appearance-couldnt-matter-more-60161 |url-status=live}}
Tran plays the lead role of Kaitlin Le in Radiotopia's mystery thriller podcast Passenger List.{{cite web |last1=Quah |first1=Nicholas |date=September 10, 2019 |title=Plane-Crash Podcast Passenger List Podcast Is Ready for Takeoff |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/radiotopia-passenger-list-podcast.html |website=Vulture |language=en-US |access-date=January 16, 2020 |archive-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303135036/https://www.vulture.com/2019/09/radiotopia-passenger-list-podcast.html |url-status=live}} She was a series regular on the Facebook Watch series Sorry for Your Loss.{{Cite magazine |last=Li |first=Shirley |date=August 13, 2018 |title=Exclusive: Elizabeth Olsen, Kelly Marie Tran grapple with love and death in 'Sorry for Your Loss' photos |url=https://ew.com/tv/sorry-for-your-loss-first-look-elizabeth-olsen-kelly-marie-tran/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191104213001/https://ew.com/tv/sorry-for-your-loss-first-look-elizabeth-olsen-kelly-marie-tran/ |url-status=live}}
= 2020–present =
Tran voiced Raya in the Walt Disney Animation Studios production Raya and the Last Dragon, replacing Cassie Steele.{{Cite magazine |last=Yang |first=Rachel |date=August 27, 2020 |title=Get a first look at Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon starring Kelly Marie Tran |url=https://ew.com/movies/raya-last-dragon-first-look-kelly-marie-tran/ |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |language=en-US |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827161628/https://ew.com/movies/raya-last-dragon-first-look-kelly-marie-tran/ |url-status=live}} Tran was set to voice Val Little in the Disney+ series Monsters at Work, but was replaced by Mindy Kaling. She has also been cast as Dawn in the film The Croods: A New Age, replacing Kat Dennings.{{Cite web |last=Galuppo |first=Mia |date=October 29, 2019 |title=Kelly Marie Tran Joins Voice Cast of 'Croods' Sequel (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/kelly-marie-tran-joins-voice-cast-croods-sequel-1250499 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214130307/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/kelly-marie-tran-joins-voice-cast-croods-sequel-1250499 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Goldberg |first=Lesley |date=April 9, 2019 |title='Monsters, Inc.' Voice Cast to Return for Disney+ Series (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monsters-voice-cast-return-disney-series-1200367 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=February 20, 2020 |archive-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190409163730/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/monsters-voice-cast-return-disney-series-1200367 |url-status=live}}
Tran is an executive producer on Jeremy Workman's 2021 documentary Lily Topples the World, which follows 21-year-old domino toppling artist Lily Hevesh.{{Cite web |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |date=March 3, 2021 |title=The Resurrection of Kelly Marie Tran: On Surviving 'Star Wars' Bullying, the Pressures of Representation, and 'Raya and the Last Dragon' |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/resurrection-of-kelly-marie-tran-on-surviving-star-wars-bullying-the-pressures-of-representation-and-raya-and-the-last-dragon-4142178/ |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=November 16, 2022}} The documentary premiered to critical acclaim at the 2021 South by Southwest Film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary.{{Cite web |last=Ramos |first=Dino-Ray |date=March 19, 2021 |title=SXSW Film Festival: 'The Fallout' and Docu 'Lily Topples the World' Among Jury Award Winners |url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/sxsw-film-festival-emotionally-charged-drama-the-fallout-and-docu-lily-topples-the-world-among-jury-award-winners-1234717468/ |work=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=November 16, 2022}}
Tran is also an executive producer of the spoken-word poetry ensemble film Summertime, marking her second collaboration with Raya and the Last Dragon director Carlos López Estrada.{{cite web |last=Hipes |first=Patrick |date=April 13, 2021 |title=Kelly Marie Tran Boards Carlos López Estrada's Spoken-Word Poetry Pic 'Summertime' As EP |url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/kelly-marie-tran-summertime-executive-producer-carlos-lopez-estrada-good-deed-entertainment-1234732705/ |website=Deadline |language=en-US |access-date=April 27, 2021}} Tran and Estrada announced that they were establishing a new production company called Antigravity Academy in November 2022, intending to help produce entertainment from and about people from historically excluded communities.{{cite magazine |last1=Sun |first1=Rebecca |title=Kelly Marie Tran, Raya and the Last Dragon Director Carlos López Estrada Launch Antigravity Academy Banner (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/kelly-marie-tran-carlos-lopez-estrada-production-company-1235270011/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |date=November 28, 2022}} In 2023, Tran starred in two films that premiered at film festivals: Tayarisha Poe's second feature film The Young Wife, alongside Kiersey Clemons, and Me, Myself & The Void.{{cite web |last=Wiseman |first=Andreas |date=March 2, 2022 |title='The Flash's Kiersey Clemons Leads Cast In 'The Young Wife' For FilmNation & Archer Gray |url=https://deadline.com/2022/03/flash-kiersey-clemons-young-wife-leon-briedges-tayarisha-poe-filmnation-1234968837/ |access-date=August 2, 2022 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}
== Upcoming projects ==
Tran will star in Rock Springs, for writer-director Vera Miao.{{cite web |last1=Hipes |first1=Patrick |title=Kelly Marie Tran, Benedict Wong, Jimmy O. Yang To Star In Horror Feature 'Rock Springs' From 'Two Sentence Horror Stories' Creator Vera Miao |date=October 15, 2024 |url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/rock-springs-movie-kelly-marie-tran-benedict-wong-vera-miao-1236116794/ |publisher=Deadline |access-date=24 November 2024}} She is also currently developing a biopic about civil rights activist and her close friend Amanda Nguyen.{{cite web |last=Sun |first=Rebecca |date=September 20, 2022 |title=Kelly Marie Tran to Star in, Produce Biopic on Activist Amanda Nguyen (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/kelly-marie-tran-amanda-nguyen-biopic-1235223872/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US |access-date=September 22, 2022}}
Personal life
After the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi in December 2017, Tran became the subject of racist and sexist attacks over the Internet{{cite news |last=Yam |first=Kimberly |date=April 12, 2019 |title=Kelly Marie Tran Gets Emotional As Fans Chant Her Name At Star Wars Celebration |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kelly-marie-tran-fans-star-wars-celebration_n_5cb0c45ae4b098b9a2d35127 |work=HuffPost |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629061353/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kelly-marie-tran-fans-star-wars-celebration_n_5cb0c45ae4b098b9a2d35127 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Karlis |first=Nicole |date=December 28, 2017 |title=Threats against Kelly Marie Tran highlight a fear of women who break sexist stereotypes |url=https://www.salon.com/2017/12/28/threats-against-kelly-marie-tran-highlight-a-fear-of-women-who-break-sexist-stereotypes/ |work=Salon |language=en-US |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703055557/https://www.salon.com/2017/12/28/threats-against-kelly-marie-tran-highlight-a-fear-of-women-who-break-sexist-stereotypes/ |archive-date=July 3, 2019 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Attorney Anthony Nguyen Comments on the Racist Backlash Against Vietnamese-American Actress Kelly Marie Tran |url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/attorney-anthony-nguyen-comments-on-the-racist-backlash-against-vietnamese-american-actress-kelly-marie-tran-300576592.html |work=Shegerian & Associates |date=January 2, 2018 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718205700/https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/attorney-anthony-nguyen-comments-on-the-racist-backlash-against-vietnamese-american-actress-kelly-marie-tran-300576592.html |archive-date=July 18, 2019 |url-status=live}} and on Twitter,{{cite news |last=Moye |first=David |date=December 27, 2017 |title=Kelly Marie Tran Of 'Last Jedi' Facing Racist, Sexist Comments Online |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kelly-marie-tran-racists-last-jedi_n_5a4400fee4b06d1621b6b2bb |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191108204803/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kelly-marie-tran-racists-last-jedi_n_5a4400fee4b06d1621b6b2bb |archive-date=November 8, 2019 |access-date=July 18, 2019 |work=HuffPost |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last=Hedges-Stocks |first=Zoah |date=June 5, 2018 |title=Star Wars
In August 2018, Tran wrote an essay on the subject for The New York Times entitled "Kelly Marie Tran: I Won't Be Marginalized by Online Harassment".{{r|Yam 2019|Martinelli 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/movies/kelly-marie-tran.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur |title=Kelly Marie Tran: I Won't Be Marginalized by Online Harassment |last=Tran |first=Kelly Marie |work=The New York Times |date=August 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821124510/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/movies/kelly-marie-tran.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur |archive-date=August 21, 2018 |url-status=live |url-access=limited}} She wrote that the attacks had reinforced the ones she had long faced as a Vietnamese-American, and that the ordeal reached a point where she began to believe the negative remarks about her, stating that they had sent her "down a spiral of self-hate, into the darkest recesses of my mind, places where I tore myself apart, where I put their words above my own self-worth."{{cite news |last=Saad |first=Nardine |date=August 21, 2018 |title='Star Wars' actress hits back at online harassment in powerful new essay |url=http://www.norwalkreflector.com/Movies/2018/08/21/Star-Wars-actress-hits-back-at-online-harassment-in-powerful-new-essay |work=Norwalk Reflector |language=en-US |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190725012813/http://www.norwalkreflector.com/Movies/2018/08/21/Star-Wars-actress-hits-back-at-online-harassment-in-powerful-new-essay |archive-date=July 25, 2019 |url-status=dead}} She concluded with, "You might know me as Kelly. I am the first woman of color to have a leading role in a Star Wars movie. I am the first Asian woman to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair. My real name is Loan. And I am just getting started." Tran later said the essay was difficult to write, but also "probably one of the proudest moments of [her] career thus far."{{cite news |last=Stahler |first=Kelsea |date=December 17, 2019 |title=Star Wars Star Kelly Marie Tran Is Ready For A New Narrative |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/9039335/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-kelly-marie-tran-interview |work=Refinery29 |language=en-US |access-date=December 30, 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128152129/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/12/9039335/star-wars-rise-of-skywalker-kelly-marie-tran-interview |url-status=live}}
In November 2024, Tran came out publicly as queer in an interview with Vanity Fair stating "I haven't said this publicly yet, but I'm a queer person," while discussing her upcoming remake of Ang Lee's queer rom-com The Wedding Banquet.{{Cite web |last=Wang |first=Jessica |date=November 22, 2024 |title=Kelly Marie Tran comes out as queer: 'I've never truly felt this accepted before' |url=https://ew.com/kelly-marie-tran-comes-out-queer-8750276 |access-date=2024-11-22 |website=EW.com |language=en}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| Christine Chan | Film debut |
| 2016
| XOXO | Butterfly Rave Girl | |
| 2017
| rowspan="2" | Rose Tico | |
| 2019
| Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | |
| 2020
| Dawn Betterman | Voice role |
| 2021
| Raya |
| rowspan="3" |2023
| Tessa | |
| Once Upon a Studio
| Raya | Short film; voice role |
| Me, Myself & The Void
| Mia | |
| rowspan="3" |2025
| Forge | Emily Lee | |
| Control Freak
| Valerie Nguyen | |
| The Wedding Banquet
| Angela Chen |
| TBA
| TBA | Post-production |
=Television=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" |
| scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Title ! scope="col" | Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes ! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}} |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2014–2016
| Full Asian / Kate / Kelly / Startup "Foodler" Girl / Melissa / Amber | Web series | |
| Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street
| Sara | 3 episodes | |
| 2014
| Marguerite | 2 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| Teen Friend | Episode: "Thomas Middleditch Wears an Enigmatic Sweatshirt and Sweatpants with Pockets" | |
| Adam Ruins Everything
| Sharon / Phone Woman | 2 episodes | |
| 2016
| Sing It! | Twinkle Twinkle Auditioner | Episode: "THE SHOW BEGINS!" | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| rowspan="2" | Rose Tico | Voice role; episode: "Shuttle Shock" | |
| Lego Star Wars: All-Stars
| Voice role; 2 episodes | |
| 2018–2019
| Jules Shaw | 18 episodes | |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Lauren | Episode: "Iron River, Michigan" | |
| The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special
| Rose Tico | Voice role; television special | |
| 2021–2022
| Dawn Betterman | Voice role; 25 episodes | |
| 2022
| Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation | Rose Tico | Voice role; television special | |
| rowspan="2" | 2024
| Rosie Zhang | 8 episodes (season 3) | |
| Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy
| Darth Rose | Voice role; 2 episodes | |
Awards and nominations
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| scope="col"|Year
! scope="col"|Award ! scope="col"|Category ! scope="col"|Nominated work ! class="unsortable"|Result |
|---|
| rowspan="3"| 2018
| rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | Star Wars: The Last Jedi | {{nom}} |
| 44th Saturn Awards
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| 20th Teen Choice Awards
| Choice Breakout Movie Star | {{nom}} |
| 2022
| scope="row" style="text-align:center;" | Raya and the Last Dragon | {{Nom}} |
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Category:21st-century American actresses
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Category:Actresses from San Diego
Category:Actresses of Vietnamese descent
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Category:LGBTQ people from California
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni