“We premiered February of 2015, which just so happened to be 20 years since All-American Girl,” recalls Khan, 46, whose own parents immigrated to the U.S. The veteran scribe just wanted her pilot, which focused on the famous Taiwanese-American chef’s childhood in 1990s Florida, to be seen by more than a test audience and a handful of executives.īut four years after Fresh Off the Boat made its way onto ABC as broadcast’s first series to be fronted by an Asian-American cast in two decades - since Margaret Cho’s mid-’90s sitcom All-American Girl - the family comedy now airs in a very different entertainment landscape, one where a film like Crazy Rich Asians(starring Boat‘s lead Constance Wu) can pull $239 million at the global box office. Luna has her goals set to direct and produce one day and aspires to work with Steven Spielberg, Angelina Jolie and Guillermo Del Toro.When Nahnatchka Khan set out to adapt Eddie Huang’s memoir for television, she had no plans of shifting any industry narratives. Luna is an observer of life and quite private. She is also an accomplished singer/songwriter having independently released three singles "Over You" 2016, "Camera Roll" 2018 and "Secrets" 2018. She has quoted saying "love has no labels period." Luna is a trained dancer and studied Russian ballet for ten years. Outside of acting, Luna is a strong ally for equal human rights especially within the LGBTQ+ community and has partnered with GLAAD. The series is scheduled to return for its second season in early 2020. Created by Jeff Rake and executive produced by Robert Zemeckis, Manifest follows a group of people whose lives are forever changed when they take a turbulent, but routine flight, and passengers on board discover the world has aged five and half years upon their landing and the subsequent mystery that unfolds. In 2018 Luna was cast as series regular as Olive in the hit NBC drama "Manifest" opposite Melissa Roxburgh and Josh Dallas. She was also honored with a Young Artist Award for Recurring Young Actress in 2016 for her work on the show. In season four Nicole's coming out episode was dubbed a "bingeworthy" performance of the week by Entertainment Weekly. In 2014 Luna made her network television debut on ABC's hit comedy "Fresh Off The Boat" in the recurring role of Nicole the sassy next door neighbor of The Huang Family. Franco also served as executive producer. In 2012 she made her film debut when she was cast as Nina in Vladimir de Fontenay and Nina Ljeti's independent film "Memoria", based on the Palo Alto short stories by James Franco. She started working professionally at the age of five doing commercials and modeling, for national brands including McDonalds, KFC, Dunkin Hines, Target, Gap and Juicy Couture. As a child she loved creating characters to bring to life. At a very early age her parents and family friends observed that Luna had a natural love for acting. Her mother Angelyna Martinez -Boyd is Hispanic with Jewish descent and hails from Texas. Her father is from United Kingdom, born and raised in Glasgow, Scotland. Born Octoin Los Angeles, California, to Paul Boyd a director/writer and Angelyna Martinez a talent manager. Actress and singer Luna Blaise a native of Los Angeles, is quickly making a name for herself in Hollywood with her dramatic acting chops.
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