An American actress who made a striking screen debut as Sue, the spirited Hmong-American teenager, in Clint Eastwood's 'Gran Torino' (2008). Cast without prior professional experience, she held her own opposite Eastwood, bringing warmth and quick-witted defiance to a role that anchored the film's cross-cultural heart. Her performance drew attention as one of the standouts among the film's largely non-professional Hmong cast. Though she has kept a low profile since, she remains identified with that single memorable part, a naturalistic, unaffected presence that gave 'Gran Torino' much of its emotional grounding. Read more