![]() ![]() In an interview with Elle on the books of her life, Wu spoke on finding realness in Ferrante’s women, weeping from George Eliot, and getting back to her center with Salinger’s Franny and Zooey. From David Foster Wallace to Roxane Gay, explore her recommendations below. ![]() ![]() ![]() A poignant portrait of how she “made it” in show business, it traces her childhood and career trajectory through a series of raw essays on family, sex, shame, and trauma. Following some personal struggles with harassment, anxiety, and depression, she published her much-anticipated memoir, Making a Scene, this year. In the years since, she’s been lauded for her roles as an econ-teaching everywoman in the romantic dramedy Crazy Rich Asians, a stripper and struggling single mom in Hustlers, and a seasoned war correspondent in the Amazon action thriller The Terminal List. Drawn to a wild diversity of roles, her latest project sees her starring opposite Javier Bardem in the live-action musical Lyle Lyle Crocodile.Īlongside her acting work, Wu has lent her voice to several activist causes, including Asian representation in Hollywood, mental health awareness, and feminist issues. Born in Richmond, Virginia to first-generation Taiwanese parents, actress Constance Wu caught her breakthrough role in 2015, when she was cast as highly-strung suburban matriarch Jessica Huang in the ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat. ![]()
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