Rosie Tran

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Rosie Tran
Rosie Tran at the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills, CA.
Rosie Tran at the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills, CA.
Born January 11, 1984 (1984-01-11) (age 24)
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Medium Stand-up
Nationality American
Influences Margaret Cho, Lisa Lampinelli, Joan Rivers
Website Official Website

Rosie Tran (born 11 January 1984 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American actress, writer, and stand up comedian.

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[edit] Biography

Rosie Tran was born and raised in Algiers, New Orleans to Vietnamese immigrants. Her father is a retired biomedical engineer and famous Vietnamese author, Tran bich san. Her mother is the former Miss Saigon (1972) and owned a beauty salon. She attended the academically prestigious Benjamin Franklin Senior High School (New Orleans, Louisiana) and moved to Los Angeles, after graduating in 2002, to pursue a professional career in entertainment.

In 2006, she received her B.A. in Television and Film from California State University, Los Angeles.

Tran has been a featured performer at FunnyFest Calgary Comedy Festival (2005) and the Great Plains Saskatoon Comedy Festivals (2005) in Canada and the Orange County Comedy Festival (2003), Boston International Comedy and Movie Festival [1], and the Seattle International Comedy Competition [2] in the U.S. She is a contributing writer to various joke book series, is a regular guest on National Lampoon Comedy Radio, and is often featured on the Comedy Time Network.

[edit] Books

(as a contributing writer)

[edit] Filmography

  • "Girl With Gun" (2006)

[edit] Television work

  • "Speaking of Women's Health"
  • How Do I Look? (2004)
  • "Inside Joke" (2005)
  • "Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" (2005)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shecky Magazine Online 2005-09-12.
  2. ^ Seattle Comedy News Online 2006-10-27.

[edit] External links