<P> In 2017, she appeared in the Hulu anthology series Dimension 404, and was included on the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world . </P> <P> The #StarringConstanceWu hashtag meme inserts Wu's image into film promotional materials in order to highlight the paucity of Asian actors in starring roles . </P> <P> In February 2017, it was announced that Wu had been set to star in Jon M. Chu's adaptation of Crazy Rich Asians, based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Kevin Kwan . Wu's character, Rachel Chu, is an Asian - American economics professor at NYU who travels to Singapore with her boyfriend, Nicholas "Nick" Young, to meet his wealthy family . Crazy Rich Asians was released in the United States and Canada on August 15, 2018 by Warner Bros., and is the first major Hollywood studio film to feature an all - Asian cast since 1993's The Joy Luck Club . Also starring Henry Golding, Gemma Chan, Awkwafina, Nico Santos, Lisa Lu, Ken Jeong, and Michelle Yeoh, Crazy Rich Asians was met with high critical praise, and became the number one film in U.S. and Canada theatres over opening weekend . </P> <P> Wu lives in Los Angeles with her pet rabbit, Lida Rose . </P>

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