Rosie Tran
| Rosie Tran | |
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 Rosie Tran at the Friar's Club in Beverly Hills, CA. |
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| Born | January 11, 1984 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Medium | Stand-up |
| Nationality | American |
| Subject(s) | Racism, Stereotypes, Dating, Women's issues |
| Influences | Margaret Cho, Lisa Lampinelli, Joan Rivers |
| Website | Official Website |
Rosie Tran (born 11 January 1984 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American stand-up comedienne, actress, and writer.
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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 2008, she received her M.A. in Television and Film from California State University, Los Angeles.
Tran has been a featured performer at Funny Fest (2005) and the Great Plains Saskatoon Comedy Festivals (2005) in Canada (2003), Boston International Comedy and Movie Festival,[1] Detroit Comedy Festival [2] and the Seattle International Comedy Competition [3] 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. In 2010, she began working as a featured performer on various USO tours[4] overseas for the US Military, including trips to Iraq, Kuwait, and Europe.
In 2008, Tran was a Los Angeles area finalist on the NBC show, Last Comic Standing.[5] However, her entire segment was edited out for unknown reasons.
[edit] Books
(as a contributing writer)
- She's So Funny (2004) ISBN 0-7407-4166-7
- Squeaky Clean Comedy (2005) ISBN 0-7407-5015-1
- Comedy Thesaurus (2005) ISBN 1-5947-4058-5
- Love's Funny That Way (2006) ISBN 1-4027-3525-1
- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Jokes (2006) ISBN 1-57257-538-2
[edit] Filmography
- "Girl With Gun" (2006)
- "Open and Honest" (2008)
- "Ocean Front Property" (2009)
- "A Machine Ripper His Leg Off (Documentary)" (2009)
[edit] Television work
- "Speaking of Women's Health"
- How Do I Look? (2004)
- "Inside Joke" (2005)
- "Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner" (2005)
- "P Lo's House: The Real Entourage" (2009)
- Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (2010)
[edit] References
- ^ Shecky Magazine Online 2005-09-12.
- ^ Laugh Detroit Online
- ^ Seattle Comedy News Online 2006-10-27.
- ^ Armed Forces Entertainment Online 2011-5-07
- ^ Last Comic Standing Rumors 2008-01-30.
