Aileen Wu
Biography
Aileen Wu is a Chinese-American actor, director, writer, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York, and Vancouver, British Columbia. During her teenage immigration experience, Wu used creative storytelling to unpack cultural relativism, and subsequently used projects to challenge the confines of communication and empathy. Wu made her off-Broadway acting debut in 2019 as Cordelia in Smith Street Stage's adaptation titled Lear: That Old Man I Used To Know. In the following year, Wu made her directing debut through New York University's Chinese Students and Scholars Association with a devised and experimental play titled The Poem of Forgetfulness. According to database records, Wu has three known credits in acting.
Career overview
Aileen Wu is a Chinese-American actor, director, writer, and producer based in Brooklyn, New York, and Vancouver, British Columbia. Using creative storytelling that originated during a teenage immigration experience, Wu works to unpack cultural relativism and utilizes projects as opportunities to challenge the confines of communication and empathy.
In 2019, Wu made an off-Broadway acting debut as Cordelia in a new adaptation by Smith Street Stage titled Lear: That Old Man I Used to Know. The following year, Wu made a directing debut through the New York University Chinese Students and Scholars Association with a new play titled The Poem of Forgetfulness, which employed a devised and experimental theatre approach.
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- Alien: Romulus (2024) as Navarro
- Skin (2023)
- The Chinatown Diner as Rikki Meng