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Constance Wu is an American actress. Wu was included on Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2017. 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.

Wu starred as Jessica Huang in the ABC television comedy Fresh Off the Boat , which was her breakthrough role and earned her four nominations for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Comedy Series. She was further lauded for her role as Rachel Chu in the romantic comedy-drama film Crazy Rich Asians 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. She subsequently starred in the crime drama film Hustlers and the film Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile . That same year, following a series of media controversy and mental health issues, she published her memoir, Making a Scene, to critical success. Wikipedia  

✵ 22. March 1982
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Famous Constance Wu Quotes

“I'm okay with not having a super-secure lifestyle because if you're doing what you like, you don't need stuff to fill any empty holes.”

Constance Wu

As quoted in "Constance Wu on Confronting Hollywood's Racism" in The Cut (18 July 2016) https://www.thecut.com/2016/07/constance-wu-on-racism-hollywood-fresh-off-the-boat.html

“I'd rather lose all my stuff than lose myself, because I've done that before, and that feels way worse.”

Constance Wu

As quoted in "Constance Wu Doesn’t Want to Be Your “It” Girl" in Vulture https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/constance-wu-c-v-r.html

“Specificity is what makes good storytelling, and good storytelling is what makes money, and making money is then what encourages new producers to invest in different stories about Asians.”

Constance Wu

As quoted in "Fresh Off the Boat Star: I Don't Need to Represent Every Asian Mom Ever" in Time Magazine (10 February 2015) https://time.com/3696111/fresh-off-the-boat-constance-wu/

“I don't have the best family life. I'm not going to have a sob story and be like, my parents abandoned me, because they didn't. But they also are not that present. When I'm alone, I'm alone. I don't have anybody to call, and so I have to create meaning from myself.”

Constance Wu

As quoted in "Constance Wu Doesn’t Want to Be Your “It” Girl" in Vulture https://www.vulture.com/2016/06/constance-wu-c-v-r.html

“Make sure your work is never results-oriented. The result is a byproduct of the work, in a way.”

Constance Wu

As quoted in "5 Reasons Constance Wu Is One Kickass Woman" in Huffington Post (22 March 2017) https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2017/03/22/constance-wu_n_15542770.html

“Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better.”

Constance Wu

As quoted in "'Fresh Off The Boat' Star Constance Wu On Why She's With Hillary Clinton" in Elite Daily (2 November 2016) https://www.elitedaily.com/news/politics/constance-wu-hillary-clinton/1678281

“I don't fear being outspoken. The only thing I fear is losing my sense of integrity or losing sight of the values on which I guide my life. So I don't think it's particularly brave or unusual for me to speak out.”

Constance Wu

As quoted in "Constance Wu Opens Up About Activism and Speaking Up For What’s Right" in Teen Vogue (27 February 2017) https://www.teenvogue.com/story/constance-wu-activism-speaking-up-whats-right-big-hundred-mirys-list

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