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When New York University professor Rachel Chu heads to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nick Young, she's surprised to learn he's from an extremely wealthy family. The problem is they aren't so approving of her, so she attempts to win them over. Comedy based on Kevin Kwan's novel, starring Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan and Michelle Yeoh
2018
HD
subtitles
16x9
Comedy
Literary Adaptation
Movie/Drama
Cast & Crew
Constance Wu
(Actor)
.. Rachel Chu
Henry Golding
(Actor)
.. Nick Young
Gemma Chan
(Actor)
.. Astrid Young
Michelle Yeoh
(Actor)
.. Eleanor Sung-Young
Lisa Lu
(Actor)
.. Shang Su Yi
Awkwafina
(Actor)
.. Goh Peik Lin
Ken Jeong
(Actor)
.. Goh Wye Mun
Jon M Chu
(Director)
More Information
Did You Know..
Constance Wu
(Actor)
.. Rachel Chu
Henry Golding
(Actor)
.. Nick Young
Gemma Chan
(Actor)
.. Astrid Young
Born:
November 29, 1982
in
London
Best Known For:
Humans.
Early-life:
Gemma was born in London on November 29, 1982. Her father grew up in Hong Kong and her mother was originally from China. Gemma was raised near Sevenoaks in Kent. She went on to read law at Worcester College, Oxford. After graduating, she was offered a training contract with a law firm but opted to pursue an acting career instead and studied at the Drama Centre London. In 2006, she was one of the models in season one of Project Catwalk.
Career:
Chan made her TV debut in the 2006 miniseries When Evil Calls. Her first major role came in 2009 when she played geologist Mia Bennett in a special episode of Doctor Who. She made guest appearances in The IT Crowd and Sherlock before landing recurring roles in Secret Diary of a Call Girl, Fresh Meat and Bedlam. More recently, she starred in the Comedy Central comedy Brotherhood and Channel 4 sci-fi drama Humans. Her film credits include Submarine (2010) and Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014).
Quote:
"I'm quite a rational person. I'm not very superstitious, but I really do enjoy horror as a genre."
Trivia:
Chan worked as a model to fund her studies, appearing in campaigns for Nokia and Selfridges.
Michelle Yeoh
(Actor)
.. Eleanor Sung-Young
Born:
August 06, 1962
in
Ipoh, Malaysia
Best Known For:
Playing James Bond's love interest in Tomorrow Never Dies.
Early-life:
Yeoh Chu-Kheng was born on August 6, 1962 in Ipoh, Malaysia. She studied ballet from the age of four and later trained in London at the Royal Academy of Dance. She won a Miss Malaysia beauty pageant and a beauty contest in Melbourne, Australia. In 1984 she made a car commercial with Jackie Chan, and a year later she started making action films with Hong Kong company D&B Films, including In the Line of Duty, Butterfly and Sword and Twin Warriors. First billed as Michelle Khan, she later became Michelle Yeoh and became a prominent figure in many action epics, landing the title "Queen of martial arts".
Career:
Yeoh came to prominence in the West thanks to 007 epic Tomorrow Never Dies. She went on to star in Ang Lee's Oscar winning martial arts drama Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (for which she was Bafta nominated), Memoirs of a Geisha, and also played an astronaut in Danny Boyle's sci-fi thriller Sunshine. Other big screen offerings include The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, Babylon AD and she will be heard in 2011 in the Kung Fu Panda 2. She has also worked as a jury member at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival and is a supporter of Save China's Tigers project.
Quote:
"Learning how to walk in a kimono was an art form in itself - if you didn't learn to do it properly it was like dragging a dead cat across the floor."
Trivia:
She is the highest paid actress in Asia.
Lisa Lu
(Actor)
.. Shang Su Yi
Awkwafina
(Actor)
.. Goh Peik Lin
Ken Jeong
(Actor)
.. Goh Wye Mun
Jon M Chu
(Director)
