Maria Tran is a Vietnamese-Australian actress, martial artist, producer, and director based in between Sydney, Australia & Las Vegas, Nevada. She is known as a trailblazer in developing the martial arts action film genre in Australia via the Asian diaspora communities of Western Sydney through her shorts such as Hit Girls, Gaffa, Enter The Dojo, Operation Kung Flu; her contributions on Australian television; Maximum Choppage and movies outside of Australia; Roger Corman's Fist of the Dragon, Death Mist, Vietnamese action blockbuster Tracer and action movie trilogy Echo 8. Tran stars as "Madame Tien" in the Last King of the Cross TV series on Paramount+.
Born in Brisbane, Australia, Tran's parents were Vietnamese refugees who fled Vietnam in the 1980s. Her father was a former soldier in the South Vietnam Army and her mother worked in publicity. The family moved to Sydney before settling in Brisbane, where they opened a fish and chip shop. Tran attended Dinmore State School and Camira State School before moving to Sydney and attending Villawood Public School, Fairfield West Public School, Westfields Sports High School, Sunnybank High School, and Canley Vale High School.
After becoming a victim of a school bullying incident, Tran began taking taekwondo lessons in 1998. She left home at 16 and moved back to Brisbane. She returned to Sydney a year later to finish school; she graduated in 2002 at Canley Vale High School. She graduated with a Bachelor of Psychology at the University of Western Sydney, in 2007.
She has a younger sister, Elizabeth H. Vu, a frequent collaborating screenwriter.
| Date of Birth | 30th January 1985 |
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| Age | 39 Years |
| Zodiac Sign | Aquarius |
| Country | Australia |
| Current City | Brisbane |
| Reference | IMDB |
