Nancy Ma

Birthplace: Chinatown, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Biography

Nancy Ma is a first generation Asian American actor and filmmaker. Her solo show about growing up in Chinatown, Home, has been performed at schools and festivals around the country. She currently co-hosts a podcast, Hoisan Hour, with her sister on the Chinese diaspora. As an actor, Nancy has been seen in The Joy Luck Club (Sierra Madre Playhouse), Three Little Girls Down a Well (The Public), Hacks (HBO), Barry (HBO), Bull (CBS). Nancy’s writing has been supported by The New Harmony Project, Asian American Arts Alliance, The Latino Theater Company, Fresh Ground Pepper, WhoHaHa. Nancy currently facilitates storytelling with The Moth and Young Storytellers. Her work and her life focus on finding the funny, intimate and redemptive in forgotten places.