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Kelly Marie Tran on How ‘Wedding Banquet’ Empowered Her to Come Out as Queer and Why ‘Star Wars’ Racism Is a ‘Microcosm for the Social Climate’

Kelly Marie Tran is having something like a breakthrough in her career — and she’s not taking it for granted. Over the past few years, things have made a 180 from the period of her life when Tran was ...
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Kelly Marie Tran reflects on coming out in spite of “Star Wars” harassment: 'Joy is an act of resistance'

For Kelly Marie Tran, working on The Wedding Banquet was transformative in more ways than one. "I didn't really mean to come out initially," Tran tells Entertainment Weekly. "Basically, this reporter ...
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Kelly Marie Tran says after years of therapy, she can look back on 'Star Wars' with 'fondness'

In 2017, "Star Wars" fans sent racist, misogynistic, and body-shaming comments to Kelly Marie Tran. Tran said she had to go through years of therapy to learn how to celebrate her identity. The actor ...
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How ‘Control Freak’s Kelly Marie Tran Scratches The Self-Help Itch

Kelly Marie Tran poses in the Getty Images Portrait Studio Presented by IMDb and IMDbPro at SXSW 2025 on March 09, 2025 in Austin, Texas. "It's a complicated thing. When I get sad, I listen to ...
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Kelly Marie Tran on How ‘Wedding Banquet’ Empowered Her to Come Out as Queer and Why ‘Star Wars’ Racism Is a ‘Microcosm for the Social Climate’

SPOILER WARNING: This interview contains plot details from “The Wedding Banquet,” in theaters on Friday. Kelly Marie Tran is having something like a breakthrough in her career — and she’s not taking ...