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Birth Name: Chase Charmayne Sui Wonders
Place of Birth: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 21, 1996
Ethnicity: * father – Chinese, some Japanese and Tahitian * mother – European
Chase Sui Wonders is an American actress, director, screenwriter, and model. Her roles include the films Daniel Isn’t Real , Bodies Bodies Bodies , Out of the Blue , Little Death , and I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025), and the shows Betty , Generation , Bupkis , City on Fire , and The Studio .
Her aunt is fashion designer Anna Sui .
Her father is a maternal descendant of the Fang clan of Tongcheng, Anhui, notable for many scholars and philosophers. Her ancestors include Fang Bao, a nobleman, courtier, orator, philosopher, poet, scholar, author, and government official in the service of the Qing dynasty; as well as Fang Gongcheng, a tutor at the imperial palace, and Fang Guancheng, Viceroy of Zhili.
Her paternal grandparents met while studying at the Sorbonne, Paris.
Chase’s paternal grandfather was Paul Sui (Chinese: 蕭惠光, pinyin: Xiāo Huìguāng, the son of Xiao Yulan (蕭毓蘭, Xiāo Yùlán), and of Qiu Daidi (丘帶娣)). Yulan was a Tahitian-Chinese businessperson.
Chase’s paternal grandmother was Grace Sui Fang (方光琪, Fāng Guāngqí, the daughter of Fang Chih (Fāng Zhì), and of Fang I-chih, born Masue Ueki). Chih was born in Tongcheng, Zongyang County, Anhwei Province, Qing Empire, and was a Chinese politician, provincial governor, diplomat, and author. He was a high-ranking Kuomintang official of the Republic of China. He was the son of Fang Rong (Chinese: 方蓉; pinyin: Fāng Róng, courtesy: 方镜卿), whose own father, Fang Lanfen, was a Qing dynasty author. Chih’s uncle was late Qing Empire Mandarin, scholar, author, and educator Fang Quan. Chase’s great-grandmother I-chih was Japanese.
Source: https://www.wmagazine.com