Who Is Stephanie Hsu? 6 Facts You Don’t Know About Star Of 'Everything Everywhere All At Once'

Sunny Anderson
Mar 13, 2023
Mar 13, 2023

Hsu's character in the movie, Joy Wong, is a disgruntled young woman with a strained relationship with her parents. Without further delay, here is everything you don’t know Stephanie Hsu.
Now an Academy Award–nominated actress, Hsu, 32, is on her way to becoming a household name after her gripping performance as the disgruntled daughter Joy and, in every universe in the multiverse, the diabolical villain Jobu Tupaki in Everything Everywhere All At Once, earning her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

#1. Steve Buscemi is a fan of hers

Who is Stephanie Hsu Source: Netflix Life

Hsu got a surprise fan photo during her interview with The New York Times. While Hsu got drinks with a reporter at a West Hollywood hotel bar, Buscemi spotted her and came up to the table to let her know what big of a fan he is of her latest work, according to the Times.
The Fargo actor asked Hsu for a picture and the young actress jumped out of her booth, happy to oblige. "That was crazy," she told the reporter after he left. "It's all crazy!"

#2. Her hometown is China and Taiwan but she grew up in California

Who is Stephanie Hsu Source: People

Hsu, 32, is an only child and was born in Torrance, California to a single mother, who as a teenager immigrated to the United States from Taiwan for a better education, per an interview with The Wrap. Hsu attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School. Her maternal grandmother was from mainland China but later moved to Taiwan to escape the civil war in the 1950s.
The actor always knew she wanted to pursue acting as a career. “I remember being really young when I told my mom I wanted to be an actress,” Hsu told the Los Angeles Times last year. “She pointed to the TV screen and said, ‘How can you be an actress? There’s no one that looks like you!’” Hsu said her mother's words did not deter her; she knew they came from a place of love and protection.
“My mom’s not as much like that as I am, but she is very strong and persistent and smart. And when you bring in (the factor of) an immigrant family, it’s a lot about you have to be excellent in order to survive in this world that was not built for you. That was a huge narrative growing up for me.”
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#3. She went to N.Y.U. for college

Who is Stephanie Hsu Source: Page Six

Hsu graduated from N.Y.U.'s Tisch School of the Arts in 2012 with a BFA in drama. She worked at a farm while at school, adding that having a passion outside her profession helped keep her sane.
"I started in experimental theater and comedy. I never wanted an agent, never wanted to do commercial stuff," Hsu told the outlet of her early career aspirations. "Truth be told, I think I was really afraid to sell out, because at that time there was no Crazy Rich Asians. I was one of two Asian people in my acting class, and then one of maybe less than 10 people of color in the whole department."

#4. She got her start in theater in Broadway

Who is Stephanie Hsu Source: Variety

Hsu was 8 when she began singing and dancing during recess, she told the L.A. Times, which turned into roles in the school musicals. "One of my teachers said I should consider going to college for acting and I was like, I didn’t even know that was a thing," she told the L.A. Times. But she did it, attending New York University's Tisch School of the Arts and training at the Atlantic Theater Company.
"When I was finishing school and living in New York, (good) roles were not available in the mainstream," she said, referring to accented or stereotypical roles instead of more empowering ones. "I had no interest in selling myself or just shrinking myself to an inappropriate cameo just so that I could say I added one more thing to my résumé." Her luck changed though. By 2019, she originated the role of Christine Canigula in Broadway musical “Be More Chill” while squeezing in time to appear in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," a dramedy series.

#5. You can see her audition for 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'

Hsu's audition tape for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" captures the beginning stages of her Oscar-nominated performance, a role that would go on to shape culture. Her character inspired Halloween costumes, including ones of the canine variety. Hsu saw a picture of one pug with her character's black braided hair, and reposted it on her Instagram last October.
"This photo was brought to my attention and I literally was transported out of this universe into another where I am a pug and only have other pugs and babies for friends," she captioned the post.

#6. She is vocal on social media calling for women's rights

Who is Stephanie Hsu Source: The Cinemaholic

"You have to hold onto your self-worth in such a profound way and it’s hard because it feels like other people’s opinions of you are going to affirm whether or not you get to keep making movies, which is such a crazy trap and also very real, right? But I’ve had to continue to remind myself that I got to this moment without anyone ever knowing anything about me, so it really is just all about the work,'" she continued.
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