An Nguyen

An Nguyen is an actress who earned an acting degree from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and furthered her training at the Caymichael Patten Studio. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, she was raised in St. Louis after arriving in the United States as a small child. School plays led her toward acting, and she earned rave reviews as Jennifer Marcus in the play The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow. David Kaplan then gave her the starring part in Year of the Fish (2007), which had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival. Her film work also includes the vigilante thriller The Brave One, with Terrence Howard and Jodie Foster, and the romantic comedy Definitely, Maybe (2008), in which she acted opposite Ryan Reynolds. She also took a role in A New York Thing, a French romantic comedy featuring Greta Gerwig and Stephanie Sjostak.