Chase Sui Wonders (born May 21, 1996) is an American actress. On television, she is known for her roles in the HBO Max series Generation (2021) and the Apple TV+ series City on Fire (2023) and The Studio (2025). Her films include Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022) and I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025).
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.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2009 A Trivial Exclusion Chase Carter Also as director and screenwriter 2015 Last Migration Sloane Stafford 2018 Salami on White Chase Short 2019 Daniel Isn't Real Makayla Warpaint for the Teenage Soul Wynne Short 2020 On the Rocks Chase 2021 Beau Beau Short 2022 Wake June Short; Also as director and screenwriter Bodies Bodies Bodies Emma Out of the Blue Astrid 2023 Past Lives Girl Voice 2024 Little Death Tilly 2025 I Know What You Did Last Summer Ava Brucks 2026 I Want Your Sex Apple Slayground Post-production TBA Samo Lives
Television Year Title Role Notes Ref. 2020 Betty Niki 2 episodes 2021 Generation Riley Main role 2023 City on Fire Samantha Yeung Bupkis Nikki Recurring role 2025–present The Studio Quinn Hackett Main role 2025 Buffy the Vampire Slayer: New Sunnydale Shirley Unaired pilot 2026 Star Wars: Visions Presents – The Ninth Jedi Tafflah (voice) English dub
Awards and nominations AwardsYearCategoryWorkResultAstra TV Awards2025Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy SeriesThe StudioBest Cast Ensemble in a Streaming Comedy SeriesGotham TV Awards2025Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series Newport Beach TV Fest2025Breakout AwardHerselfActor Awards2026Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy SeriesThe Studio
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