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Thuy Trang

サイ・トラング　/　さい・とらんぐ

Actor from Vietnam

December 14, 1973 – September 3, 2001　・　Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

actor
television actor
film actor

My Take

Thuy Trang's career was brief but her imprint runs deep. As Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger, she gave a generation of kids a heroine who was calm, capable, and quietly tough, and she did it as a Vietnamese immigrant breaking into American television. I find her story genuinely moving: from Ho Chi Minh City to UC Irvine to a role beamed into homes worldwide, only for her life to end in 2001 at just twenty-seven. What stays with me is how much warmth she packed into those eighty episodes. Some performers need decades to matter; she needed a single season.

Overview

Thuy Trang (December 14, 1973 – September 3, 2001) was a Vietnamese actress based in the United States. She was known for portraying Trini Kwan, the first Yellow Ranger, on the original cast of the television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. She appeared in 80 episodes from 1993 to 1994, which included the entire first season, and the first twenty episodes of the second.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Thuy Trang
Name (Japanese): サイ・トラング
Reading: さい・とらんぐ
Born: December 14, 1973 – September 3, 2001
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Ox
Origin: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / television actor / film actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Banning High School
University: University of California, Irvine

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thuy%20Trang

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