Karrueche Tran is an American actress and model best known for starring as Vivian Johnson in the web series The Bay from 2013 to 2016.
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She was born on May 17, 1988 in Los Angeles, California and was raised by her Vietnamese mother and Jamaican godmother. Her father is African-American.
Tran identifies as Blasian.
Afro-Asians, African Asians or simply Black Asians, often referred to as Blasians, are persons of mixed Asian and African ancestry. Historically, Afro-Asian populations have been marginalised as a result of human migration and social conflict.
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For producing The Bay, Tran won two Daytime Emmy Awards.
She returned to The Bay for its sixth season which led to her wnning the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program at the 2021 Daytime Emmy Awards.
As a result of her win, she became the first person of Asian Pacific American descent to win an Emmy for Lead Actress or Actor.
She has starred as Virginia Loc on the TNT series Claws since 2017.
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