Early life
Tran was born in Chester, Pennsylvania and grew up in Erie, Pennsylvania, Erie and Mill Creek, Pennsylvania, Mill Creek. Her parents are Vietnamese refugees who immigrated to the United States in 1979. She graduated from Boston College with a degree in biology, where she was part of a sketch comedy group.Career
In 2017, she was a cast member at The Second City in Chicago, where she had previously been a recipient of the Second City's Bob Curry Fellowship. During 2017–2020, she appeared in guest roles in several TV series, including ''Easy (TV series), Easy'', ''Hot Date'', ''Sherman's Showcase'', and ''Space Force (TV series), Space Force''. In 2021, she was a staff writer for the second season of ''Work in Progress (TV series), Work in Progress'', and co-wrote and appeared in one episode. She also appeared in the Chicago-set horror film ''Candyman (2021 film), Candyman'' and an episode of the comedy series ''South Side (TV series), South Side''. In 2021, Tran was cast as a series regular in the Hulu sitcom '' How I Met Your Father'', a spin-off of the series ''How I Met Your Mother''. She plays Ellen, who moves to New York from a small farming town in Iowa after divorcing her wife. The series was released on January 18, 2022. On February 15, 2022, Hulu renewed the series for a 20-episode second season.Filmography
Film
Television
Personal life
Tran is openly lesbian. Tran's older sister Tram-Anh Tran starred in the 1990s children's television series ''Ghostwriter (1992 TV series), Ghostwriter''.References
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