Mayko Nguyen
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Mayko Nguyen (born 1980) is a Canadian actress.
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[edit] Biography
She grew up in Vancouver where she pursued her love for acting at Eric Hamber Secondary School. There she performed in many of her school's theatrical productions; she played Addaperle in The Wiz, Starveling in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the lead role in Family Portrait and Dora Tomb in Tomb with a View.
Mayko continued to develop her passion for acting at the University of British Columbia in the production Over the Moon and The Bacchae. While attending UBC, Mayko started to study with Gemini award-winning actor Jeff Seymour, who cast her as an actor in An Evening of Scenes he was directing. She continues to take Scene Study classes with Jeff in Toronto.
Her list of film and television credits include, the PAX TV Sci-Fi Mysterious Ways, the Simon Fraser University film Sophisticated Boom Boom and Vancouver Film School's Great Expectation, and a role in the Lifetime series, Wild Card starring Joely Fisher. Mayko also landed the starring role in the MuchMusic movie Going the Distance.
To maintain a balanced life, when Mayko is not performing she practices yoga, fitness, and Capoeira. A quick study, Mayko reprises her role as "Mayko Tran", the fiery bioinformatics researcher at NorBAC.
Mayko's family remains in Vancouver, but she now calls Toronto home.
[edit] Filmography
- Going the Distance (2004) — Jill
- Lie with Me (2005) — Kika
- 11 Cameras (2006) — Sarah
- Rent-a-Goalie (2006) — Stuart
