Chantal Thuy Biography
Chantal Thuy is a Canadian actress best known for her performance as Grace Choi in the television series Black Lightning and on the CBS action-crime drama series Magnum P.I.
How old is Chantal Thuy? – Age
She is 40 years old as of August 27, 2023. She was born in 1983 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Chantal Thuy Family – Education
Her parents are Vietnamese immigrants who left the Vietnam War by boat and finally arrived in Quebec. Her father was an IBM engineer. Thuy studied acting at the Stella Adler Studio in New York City. She speaks English, French, and Vietnamese.
Chantal Thuy Net Worth
She has an estimated net worth of $5 Million.
Chantal Thuy Magnum P.I. and Black Lightning
On the CBS reboot series Magnum P.I., she played Lia Kaleo. Lia Kaleo is a character on Magnum P.I. who works as a detective in the Honolulu Police Department and is Magnum’s girlfriend.It is revealed that Kaleo resigned from her position and was replaced by Chris Childs after Gordon Katsumoto was permanently suspended.
Grace Choi is a fictional character that appears in DC Comics’ American comic books. Outsiders (vol. 3) #1 (August 2003) in the Modern Age of Comic Books introduced the character, which was developed by writer Judd Winick and artist Tom Raney. Choi is presented as a young Asian American woman who makes a job as a nightclub bouncer while employing her superhuman strength, healing, and heightened endurance, and who is grudgingly recruited by her heroic acquaintance Roy Harper to join his new team of heroes, the Outsiders.
Throughout their escapades, Grace grows to value her work as a superhero and realizes that she is descended from an Amazon tribe, which explains her superhuman talents and provides her with a new role model in Wonder Woman. While working with the squad, she falls in love with Thunder, the daughter of superhero and Outsider-founding member Black Lightning.
Chantal Thuy Theater
Thuy co-starred in Tracy Letts’ play Linda Vista at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in February 2019, and she then reprised her role on Broadway with the Second Stage Theater at the Helen Hayes Theatre.
Her theater credits also include “We Are” by Pan Asian Repertory Theater, “The Seagull” (Nina) and “Winter’s Tale” (Perdita) by Harold Clurman Lab Theatre, and reading series with the Ma-Yi Lab Theatre, African American Playwrights Exchange, and Teesri Duniya Theatre. In Los Angeles, she played Marie Louise-Yvette L’Amour in the play “The Lady Was Gentleman” with the Broads’ Word Ensemble.
Chantal Thuy Movies
♦ 2023 – Ru
♦ 2018 – Half Magic
♦ 2018 – Tokyo Ghoul
♦ 2017 – Holly
♦ 2017 – Battle for Skyark
♦ 2017 – Promesas
♦ 2015 – Dog Bowl
♦ 2015 – LA Woman
♦ 2014 – Inherent Vice
♦ 2014 – Halloween Judge
♦ 2013 – La Bella
♦ 2012 – Pawnbrokers
Chantal Thuy TV Shows
♦ 2021–2022 – Magnum P.I.
♦ 2018–2021 – Black Lightning
♦ 2017 – High Expectasians
♦ 2016 – Crossing the Rubicon: Season 1
♦ 2015 – Madam Secretary
♦ 2014 – Matador
♦ 2014 – Fast Food Heights
♦ 2013 – Pretty Little Liars
♦ 2011 – Onion SportsDome