Nancy Ma
Known For: Acting
Biography
Nancy Ma is a first generation Asian American actor and filmmaker. Her solo show about growing up in Chinatown, Home, has been performed at schools and festivals around the country. She currently co-hosts a podcast, Hoisan Hour, with her sister on the Chinese diaspora. As an actor, Nancy has been seen in The Joy Luck Club (Sierra Madre Playhouse), Three Little Girls Down a Well (The Public), Hacks (HBO), Barry (HBO), Bull (CBS). Nancy’s writing has been supported by The New Harmony Project, Asian American Arts Alliance, The Latino Theater Company, Fresh Ground Pepper, WhoHaHa. Nancy currently facilitates storytelling with The Moth and Young Storytellers. Her work and her life focus on finding the funny, intimate and redemptive in forgotten places.
Filmography
2022
- Natural Vice as Kong's Aunt
2021
- Hacks as Photographer
2019
2016
- Bull as Lynn
2015
- Yes, And... as Lisa
2014
- The Affair as Grace
2013
- Midlife as Mae Ling
2012
- Memory of a Butterfly as Mei
1990
- Law & Order as MLI