Kelly Marie Tran Net Worth

What Is Kelly Marie Tran's Net Worth?

Kelly Marie Tran is an American actress and producer who has a net worth of $3 million. Kelly Marie Tran is known for playing roles such as Rose Tico in the "Star Wars" films "The Last Jedi" (2017) and "The Rise of Skywalker" (2019), Jules Shaw on the Facebook Watch drama "Sorry for Your Loss" (2018–2019) and Rosie Zhang on the Netflix series "Sweet Tooth" (2024). Tran voiced Raya in the animated Disney film "Raya and the Last Dragon" (2021) and Dawn Betterman in the DreamWorks film "The Croods: A New Age" (2020) and the Hulu/Peacock series "The Croods: Family Tree" (2021–2022). She has also appeared in the films "The Young Wife" (2023), "The Wedding Banquet" (2025), and "Control Freak" (2025) and the television series "About a Boy" (2014), "Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street" (2014–2016), and "Adam Ruins Everything" (2015). Kelly has also executive produced the feature films "Summertime" (2020) and "Lily Topples the World" (2021) and the short film "We Are Here" (2022).

Early Life

Kelly Marie Tran was born Loan Tran on January 17, 1989, in San Diego, California. She is the daughter of Kay Nguyen and Tony Tran, refugees who fled Vietnam after the end of the Vietnam War. Kelly's father was homeless as a child. After moving to the U.S., Kay took a job at a funeral home, and Tony worked at Burger King. Tran studied at Westview High School, and she earned money for headshots by working at a yogurt shop. She later earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).

Career

Tran made her TV debut in 2011, guest-starring on "Vincent Kosmos: The Time-Thief" and "This Indie Thing." That year she also starred in the short films "Untouchable," "The Rising Cost of Cosmetics," and "Impressions." Her first feature film was 2012's "The Cohasset Snuff Film," and she followed it with the TV movie "Fabulous High" and a guest-starring role on "Incredible Crew" later that year. From 2013 to 2015, Kelly starred on the web series "Ladies Like Us," and from 2014 to 2016, she appeared on the TV series "Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street" and in several "CollegeHumor" videos. She guest-starred in two 2014 episodes of the NBC series "About a Boy," which was based on the 1998 Nick Hornby novel of the same name. Next, Tran guest-starred on "Comedy Bang! Bang!" (2015), "Adam Ruins Everything" (2015), "History of the World… For Now" (2016), "Fall Into Me" (2016), and "Sing It!" (2016), and she appeared in the 2016 film "XOXO." Kelly played Rose Tico in 2017's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" and 2019's "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker," which grossed $1.334 billion and $1.077 billion at the box office, respectively. She reprised her role in episodes of "Star Wars Forces of Destiny" (2018), "Lego Star Wars: All-Stars" (2018), and "Lego Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy" (2024) as well as in "The Lego Star Wars Holiday Special" (2020) and "Lego Star Wars: Summer Vacation" (2022).

From 2018 to 2019, Tran played Jules Shaw on the Facebook Watch drama "Sorry for Your Loss." She voiced Dawn Betterman in the animated film "The Croods: A New Age" (2020) and the Hulu/Peacock series "The Croods: Family Tree" (2021–2022), and in 2021, she provided the voice of Raya in Disney's "Raya and the Last Dragon," which earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature. Kelly then appeared in the films "The Young Wife" (2023), "Me, Myself & The Void" (2023), "The Wedding Banquet" (2025), "Forge" (2025), and "Control Freak" (2025). In 2024, she played Rosie Zhang in the third season of the Netflix fantasy drama "Sweet Tooth."

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Personal Life

After 2017's "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was released, racists and misogynists began attacking Tran on social media. After a few months of online abuse, Kelly deleted all her Instagram posts and sought therapy. Several of her castmates condemned the online attacks, and many other celebrities spoke out in support of her, such as Stephen Colbert, Kumail Nanjiani, and Josh Gad.

At the 2018 San Diego Comic-Con, a "Rally for Rose" was held, with attendees dressing up as her "Star Wars" character and using the hashtags #RallyForRose and #ForceOutHate.

In August 2018, Tran wrote an essay for The New York Times called "Kelly Marie Tran: I Won't Be Marginalized by Online Harassment." In it, she stated:

"You might know me as Kelly. I am the first woman of color to have a leading role in a 'Star Wars' movie. I am the first Asian woman to appear on the cover of Vanity Fair. My real name is Loan. And I am just getting started."

In a November 2024 Vanity Fair interview, Tran publicly came out as queer while speaking about her upcoming film, a remake of the queer romantic comedy "The Wedding Banquet."

Awards and Nominations

In 2018, "Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi" earned Tran a Saturn Award nomination (from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films) for Best Supporting Actress, a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie: Breakout Star, and an Empire Award nomination for Best Female Newcomer. For "Raya and the Last Dragon" she won a Hawaii Film Critics Society Award for Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance and received nominations from the Annie Awards, Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, Online Film & Television Association, North Carolina Film Critics Association, and Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Film Awards. In 2023, Kelly earned a nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Feature for "Me, Myself & the Void" at FilmQuest, and she shared a Best Ensemble Cast – Feature award with her co-stars.

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