Chase Sui Wonders
Chase Sui Wonders is an American actress. She is known for her roles as Riley in the HBO Max series Generation, Emma in the horror-comedy film Bodies Bodies Bodies, Quinn Hackett in Apple TV+ satirical comedy series The Studio, and Ava Brucks in the slasher film IKnow What You Did Last Summer.
Early life
Wonders was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to a father of Chinese descent and a mother of European descent. She is a niece of American fashion designer Anna Sui. She attended Cranbrook Schools outside Detroit and graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude, majoring in film studies and production, and writing for the college humor publication The Harvard Lampoon.Career
Wonders started her film career as the protagonist, co-director, and lead screenwriter in the 2009 film A Trivial Exclusion. She also directed and wrote a feature-length film Last Migration in 2015. In 2019, she starred as Makayla in the psychological horror film Daniel Isn't Real. Wonders starred in a small role in 2020 comedy-drama film On the Rocks, directed by Sofia Coppola. In 2021, Wonders joined the main cast of HBO Max's dramedy television series Generation as Riley, an independent and self-possessed mature high school student. In 2022, Wonders teamed up with Vogue China magazine to write and direct a short film titled Wake starring herself and Charles Melton.In May 2021, Wonders joined the cast of the satirical slasher film Bodies Bodies Bodies, directed by Halina Reijn. The film premiered at the 2022 South by Southwest, on March 14, and began a wide release theater run on August 5, 2022. In October 2021, she was cast in Neil LaBute's Out of the Blue, alongside Diane Kruger and Hank Azaria. In January 2022, she was announced as the lead character of Apple TV+'s City on Fire, series based on the book of the same name. In 2025, she starred in Apple TV+ comedy The Studio in a main role, playing Quinn Hackett, a young creative executive at a fictional Hollywood film studio. For her performance, she received nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the 2nd Gotham TV Awards and 5th Astra TV Awards. On 31 July 2025, Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free's multidisciplinary creative communications company PGLang announced Project 3, their newest branch and creative agency. The announcement was released along with a short film titled The Agency, starring Wonders and Lionel Boyce, directed by Jack Begert, who co-wrote it alongside Free. In 2025, Wonders was cast as Shirley in the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.
As a model, she appeared in a fashion collaboration campaign between her aunt, Anna Sui and Batsheva Hay in 2021.