Mayko Nguyen is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Killjoys'', ''

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'' and '' Hudson & Rex''.

Early life

Nguyen grew up in

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, British Columbia, Canada and currently lives in

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. Nguyen has had lead and recurring roles on a variety of television series, including ''

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'', '' Cracked'' and '' Slasher''. Nguyen's most notable television roles are Mayko Tran on ''

'', Sue Tran on ''

'' and Delle Seyah Kendry on '' Killjoys''. Currently she stars in the

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show '' Hudson & Rex'', a serial police drama where she plays a police forensicist. Nguyen's film work includes '' Going the Distance'', ''The Last New Year'' and '' Below Her Mouth''. Nguyen is also a stage actress, and performed in ''The Unending'' during the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival and David French's two hander play, ''

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'' in the spring of 2016. ''Salt-Water Moon'' went on to be named "Best Toronto Theatre Production of the Decade" by NOW Magazine. Her voice work includes video games Far Cry New Dawn, Far Cry 5. She is also to voice of Ms. Furi on Spin Master's animated Netflix show Unicorn Academy. In 2008 Nguyen was nominated at the ACTRA awards for "Outstanding Female Performance" for her role as Mayko Tran in ''

,'' and nominated for "Best Lead in a Drama Series" at the

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consecutively in 2023 and 2024 for her role as Sarah in Hudson & Rex.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nguyen, Mayko Living people Canadian film actresses Canadian stage actresses Canadian television actresses University of British Columbia alumni 21st-century Canadian actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Canadian people of Vietnamese descent