Photo: Anthony Citrano from Los Angeles, USA / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Jamie Chung interests me as a case study in reinvention. She arrived via MTV's The Real World, a launchpad that usually leads nowhere lasting, yet she built a durable acting career on top of it, adding voice work and screenwriting along the way. I respect performers who refuse to be defined by where they started. A San Francisco native and UC Riverside graduate, she brought needed Asian American visibility to Hollywood at a time it was scarce. To me her grit, turning a novelty origin into genuine craft, is more impressive than any single role she has played.
Overview
Jamie Jilynn Chung (born April 10, 1983) is an American actress and former reality television personality. She began her career in 2004 as a cast member on the MTV reality series The Real World: San Diego and subsequently through her appearances on its spin-off series, Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Inferno II. She is regarded by many as the Real World alumna with the most successful media career.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jamie Chung
- Name (Japanese)
- ジェイミー・チャン
- Reading
- じぇいみー・ちゃん
- Born
- April 10, 1983 (age 43)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Boar
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / voice actor / screenwriter / film actor / television actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Lowell High School
- University
- University of California, Riverside
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.