The most promising Vietnamese-American beauties in Hollywood today

The entertainment industry has always been known as one of the most attractive environments, but also the most fiercely competitive, with a terrifying elimination rate, regardless of the country. Among them, Hollywood is considered the highest destination, where most stars around the world want to step into. However, that dream is not easy to achieve, especially for artists of Asian origin.

One of the reasons why Asian artists have a “narrow door” to success in Hollywood is because racism and sexism are still prevalent. Although many movements have emerged over the years to demand equality for blacks, Asians and women in the US, the improvements have been modest and still formal, somewhat forced. Especially when the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, the anti-Asian situation has become more serious.

In that context, there are still Vietnamese beauties who overcome prejudice, struggle and make efforts every day to achieve remarkable achievements in Hollywood.

Lana Condor

Lana Condor (born 1997, birth name Tran Dong Lan), was born in Can Tho, then adopted by an immigrant family in the US when she was only 5 months old. Her adoptive father is a journalist who was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize twice and is the former Vice President of Yahoo! Sports.

Lana in "To All The Boys I've Loved Before".

She entered the Hollywood entertainment industry in 2016, with her debut film being the blockbuster "X-Men: Apocalypse", playing the superhero Jubilee.

The role that made her famous worldwide was the Asian schoolgirl Lara Jean in the Netflix series “To All The Boys I've Loved Before”, with 3 parts in 2018, 2020 and 2021.

In addition, Lana also participated in many other film and television projects such as “Summer Night” (2019), the action series “Deadly Class” (2018 - 2019) shown on Syfy and Netflix, “Alita: Battle Angel” (2019). Recently, the beauty also confirmed that she will participate in the new Netflix series “Boo, Bitch”. The film revolves around a senior high school girl who suddenly becomes a ghost overnight.

She was recently invited to host the 23rd Costume Designer Guild Awards, which honors Hollywood's best costume designers. The event took place online on Tuesday night (April 13, US time).

Lana at the Costume Designer Guild Awards.

Kelly Marie Tran

Kelly Marie Tran, whose Vietnamese name is Tran Loan, was born in 1989 in San Diego, California. She became known in Hollywood for her role as Rose in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” in 2017. She is the first Asian actress to have a leading role in the classic Star Wars film series.

Kelly Marie Tran is famous for her role in "Stars War".

Star Wars brought Kelly fame, but also made her the subject of attacks from fans of the film with racist ideology. However, the beauty did not give up but spoke up to fight and received support and protection from true fans as well as colleagues in Hollywood.

In 2019, Kelly returned to “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”. However, her character, Rose Tico, only had 1 minute and 16 seconds of screen time, about 10 times less than the previous part. This caused fans and critics to protest, claiming that director JJ Abrams “compromised” racists.

Those difficulties did not deter Kelly. Recently, she once again made a splash when voicing Princess Raya in Disney's animated film "Raya and the Last Dragon". The film revolves around the first princess from Southeast Asia.

Kelly wore a traditional Vietnamese ao dai at the premiere of “Raya and the Last Dragon”.

In addition to acting, Kelly also creates short films for the show Jimmy Kimmel Live. She also tries her hand at film production. Her most famous work is the web series Ladies Like Us (2013), which revolves around two eccentric friends who possess a secret that threatens the world.

In addition, Kelly Marie Tran was honored with two male actors, Mark Hamill and Oscar Isaac, to read the list of nominees and the winner of the Best Animated Short Film category of the 2018 Oscars.

Jeannie Mai

Jeannie Camtu Mai, also known as Jeannie Mai, born January 4, 1979), is a Vietnamese-American MC. She is known for programs such as “How Do I Look?”, “Character Fantasy”, “The Real” (the original version of the Vietnamese program “Chi em chung minh”), The Real, Asia's Next Top Model, MC of the Golden Globe Awards red carpet…

As a fashion consultant, Jeannie has appeared on many television shows, including the "Fashion Tips Today" column on the Today Show (NBC)... In 2019, she was given the responsibility of hosting backstage at the Oscars red carpet.

Jeannie Mai is a famous MC and fashion consultant in the US.

Before becoming an MC for TV shows, she was a makeup artist and stylist, and had the opportunity to work with Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys...

Recently, Jeannie Mai shared pictures of her sweet wedding with rapper Jeezy (43 years old). The wedding took place in March at the couple's shared home in Atlanta (USA), with the presence of relatives and close friends.

She was previously married to Freddy Harteis in 2007. Their marriage lasted 10 years before divorcing in October 2017. The couple had no children together. Rapper Jeezy has never been married before, but has three children with three different women.

Jeannie Mai just married rapper Jeezy last month.