# Chase Sui Wonders
**Chase Sui Wonders** (born 1996) is an American actress, writer, and director known for playing Emma in the 2022 horror comedy *Bodies Bodies Bodies*, Riley in the [HBO Max](https://www.edgepedia.org/hbo-max) series *Genera+ion*, and Quinn Hackett in [Seth Rogen](https://www.edgepedia.org/seth-rogen)'s Apple TV+ satire *The Studio*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3681769/bio/) • [2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) In December 2025, The Associated Press named her one of its Breakthrough Entertainers of the Year.[3](https://apnews.com/article/37163c953490316e6555ada01115c527)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1996, Detroit, Michigan; niece of fashion designer Anna Sui[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3681769/bio/) |
| Education | Harvard University, Class of 2018, degree in film studies and production; wrote for The Harvard Lampoon[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/chase-sui-wonders-last-summer-horror//) • [5](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/10/chase-sui-wonders-profile/) |
| Breakout role | Emma in the A24 horror comedy *Bodies Bodies Bodies* (2022)[6](https://www.castingnetworks.com/news/acting-up-chase-sui-wonders-unleashes-her-killer-instinct-in-the-studio/) |
| Signature TV role | Quinn Hackett, an ambitious studio executive, in *The Studio* (Apple TV+, 2025)[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) |
| Franchise work | Ava Brucks in the 2025 reboot of *I Know What You Did Last Summer*[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/chase-sui-wonders-last-summer-horror//) |
| Recognition | AP Breakthrough Entertainer of 2025; *The Studio* earned 23 Emmy nominations and 13 wins in its debut season[3](https://apnews.com/article/37163c953490316e6555ada01115c527) • [2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) |
| Upcoming | Gregg Araki's *I Want Your Sex*, A24's *October*, and the *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* reboot pilot directed by Chloé Zhao[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) |
## Early life and education
Wonders grew up in Bloomfield Township, a suburb of Detroit, the daughter of a father of Chinese descent and a white mother; she and her siblings were primarily raised by their mother after their parents divorced.[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) Her father, Bobby Sui, is the longtime CFO of his sister's fashion line, [Anna Sui](https://www.edgepedia.org/anna-sui).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3681769/bio/) She has described herself as an extremely shy child and a tomboy who played ice hockey; she won high school state championships in both ice hockey and golf.[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) With her three siblings she watched movies, did impressions, and made their own films, and by high school the group was writing scripts and casting neighbors in feature-length movies.[7](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/chase-sui-wonders-gen-z-scream-queen-vanities-cover)
At Harvard, which she entered in 2014, she initially planned to study astrophysics but began failing classes within her first few weeks and pivoted to film.[5](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/10/chase-sui-wonders-profile/) • [2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) She majored in film studies and production, wrote for [The Harvard Lampoon](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-harvard-lampoon), and made short films, including the campus series *The Crimson Bachelorette*.[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/chase-sui-wonders-last-summer-horror//) • [5](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/10/chase-sui-wonders-profile/) A 2014 Crimson review of her performance in a Loeb mainstage production of Chekhov's *[Three Sisters](https://www.edgepedia.org/three-sisters-play)* described her as "the nail in the play's coffin"; she has said the review pushed her toward writing and directing rather than acting.[5](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/10/chase-sui-wonders-profile/)
## Career
**Early work.** After graduating in 2018, Wonders struggled to break into the industry, sleeping on her brother's couch and doing film-related odd jobs such as set photography and reading books for [Sofia Coppola](https://www.edgepedia.org/sofia-coppola)'s adaptations pile.[8](https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/chase-sui-wonders-the-studio/) She came close to leaving Hollywood for a corporate job in Beijing, but with a week left to decide on the offer she wrote a script, judged it good enough, and turned the job down; three months later she booked *Genera+ion*.[8](https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/chase-sui-wonders-the-studio/) • [2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) Coppola cast her in *On the Rocks* (2020), her first screen role, after seeing her work.[9](https://www.forbes.com/profile/chase-sui-wonders/) • [10](https://flaunt-mag.squarespace.com/content/chase-sui-wonders-the-future-experience)
**Breakthrough.** Her role as Riley in the HBO Max coming-of-age series *Genera+ion* (2021), which was canceled after one season, was followed by Emma in *Bodies Bodies Bodies* (2022), the A24 horror comedy with [Amandla Stenberg](https://www.edgepedia.org/amandla-stenberg), Maria Bakalova, and [Rachel Sennott](https://www.edgepedia.org/rachel-sennott) that put her on the map.[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) • [6](https://www.castingnetworks.com/news/acting-up-chase-sui-wonders-unleashes-her-killer-instinct-in-the-studio/) She then rejoined that film's co-star [Pete Davidson](https://www.edgepedia.org/pete-davidson) in the sitcom *Bupkis* and played Samantha, the young woman whose shooting sets the story in motion, in the Apple TV+ series *City on Fire* (2023).[6](https://www.castingnetworks.com/news/acting-up-chase-sui-wonders-unleashes-her-killer-instinct-in-the-studio/)
**The Studio and 2025.** One virtual video audition landed her the role of Quinn Hackett, the hyper-ambitious assistant-turned-creative executive under Seth Rogen's studio head Matt Remick, in *The Studio*.[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) The series amassed 23 Emmy nominations in its debut season and a record-breaking 13 wins, though Wonders herself was not nominated, landing her on many "snubbed" lists.[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) • [4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/chase-sui-wonders-last-summer-horror//) Director Jennifer Kaytin Robinson had her in mind for Ava Brucks, the lead of the 2025 *I Know What You Did Last Summer* reboot, after seeing her in *Bodies Bodies Bodies*; the film opened in theaters on July 18, 2025, with franchise veterans [Jennifer Love Hewitt](https://www.edgepedia.org/jennifer-love-hewitt) and [Freddie Prinze Jr.](https://www.edgepedia.org/freddie-prinze-jr) reprising their roles.[4](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/chase-sui-wonders-last-summer-horror//) • [7](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/chase-sui-wonders-gen-z-scream-queen-vanities-cover)
## Writing and directing
Wonders went to film school intending to become a writer-director and has continued to develop projects behind the camera.[11](https://awardsradar.com/2025/03/23/interview-chase-sui-wonders-discusses-the-studio/) In 2022 she made and costarred in the short film *Wake*, about attending a wake, and she has also made a short film for Vogue China.[7](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/chase-sui-wonders-gen-z-scream-queen-vanities-cover) • [8](https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/chase-sui-wonders-the-studio/) She has gone through the pitch process with studios and says writing informs her acting and vice versa.[11](https://awardsradar.com/2025/03/23/interview-chase-sui-wonders-discusses-the-studio/)
## Representation and upcoming projects
Her slate after *The Studio* includes [Gregg Araki](https://www.edgepedia.org/gregg-araki)'s psychosexual thriller *I Want Your Sex*, starring [Olivia Wilde](https://www.edgepedia.org/olivia-wilde) and Cooper Hoffman, in which she plays a character she has described as "an absolute freak"; A24's Halloween-set fugitive thriller *October*, directed by Jeremy Saulnier; and an appearance in the *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* reboot, with Oscar winner [Chloé Zhao](https://www.edgepedia.org/chloe-zhao) directing the pilot.[7](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/chase-sui-wonders-gen-z-scream-queen-vanities-cover) • [2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6) A second season of *The Studio* is in the works.[2](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6)
## References
1. [Chase Sui Wonders – Biography, IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3681769/bio/)
2. [AP Breakthrough Entertainer: Chase Sui Wonders' Harvard astrophysics detour led her to Hollywood, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/411ba6059790a0013f8653a3dbc3f0d6)
3. [The Associated Press names its Breakthrough Entertainers of 2025, AP News](https://apnews.com/article/37163c953490316e6555ada01115c527)
4. [Chase Sui Wonders is having a summer of horror. Intentionally., The Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/20/chase-sui-wonders-last-summer-horror//)
5. [Artist Profile: Chase Sui Wonders '18 on Creativity at Harvard and Cosmic Karma, The Harvard Crimson](https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2025/11/10/chase-sui-wonders-profile/)
6. [Acting Up: Chase Sui Wonders Unleashes Her Killer Instinct in 'The Studio', Casting Networks](https://www.castingnetworks.com/news/acting-up-chase-sui-wonders-unleashes-her-killer-instinct-in-the-studio/)
7. [How Chase Sui Wonders Became Gen Z's Scream Queen, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/story/chase-sui-wonders-gen-z-scream-queen-vanities-cover)
8. [Chase Sui Wonders on The Studio Finale and What's Next, Highsnobiety](https://www.highsnobiety.com/p/chase-sui-wonders-the-studio/)
9. [Chase Sui Wonders, Forbes profile](https://www.forbes.com/profile/chase-sui-wonders/)
10. [Chase Sui Wonders | Let That State of Mind Flow, Flaunt Magazine](https://flaunt-mag.squarespace.com/content/chase-sui-wonders-the-future-experience)
11. [Interview: Chase Sui Wonders Discusses 'The Studio', Awards Radar](https://awardsradar.com/2025/03/23/interview-chase-sui-wonders-discusses-the-studio/)
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