Karrueche Tran Net Worth

What Is Karrueche Tran's Net Worth?

Karrueche Tran is an American model and actress who has a net worth of $2 million. Karrueche Tran rose to fame in the early 2010s, initially making her mark as a personal shopper and celebrity stylist before transitioning into modeling and acting. She gained widespread attention from her high-profile relationship with R&B star Chris Brown. In 2013, she landed a breakout role as Vivian Johnson in the web series "The Bay," a performance that earned her critical acclaim and historic recognition. She shared in production Daytime Emmy wins in 2016 and 2017, and in 2021 became the first Asian Pacific American to win a Daytime Emmy for Lead Actress in a Fiction Program.

Following this breakthrough, Tran expanded into television and film with roles in projects such as "Claws" on TNT—where she portrayed Virginia Loc—a part she played for multiple seasons. She also appeared in films including "3-Headed Shark Attack," "A Weekend with the Family," "The Nice Guys," and the lead role in the short thriller "Only for One Night." She starred in the web series "Vanity" as Vanessa Ivy.

Tran has also worked as a TV host, co-hosting "106 & Park," doing red carpet coverage for the BET Awards, appearing on "Ridiculousness," and hosting the fashion-focused "Upcycle Nation." She's collaborated with brands like Crooks & Castles, Maybelline, and ColourPop.

Karrueche Tran Height & Ethnicity 

Karrueche Tran is 5'1 tall and weighs approximately 100 pounds. Her exotic looks have led to steady work in print and advertising. She is of Vietnamese and African-American descent.

Early Life

Karrueche Tran was born on May 17, 1988, in Los Angeles, California. She is the daughter of a Vietnamese mother and Jamaican-American father, and she was raised by her mother and her Jamaican godmother. Karrueche has a maternal half-brother named Raymond Adamson. Tran identifies as both Asian and Black. She first attended high school at Fairfax High School before switching schools and graduating from Birmingham High School in 2006.

Career

Tran began her career in the fashion industry working as a personal shopper. Starting in 2009, she worked at Nordstrom at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park, California. She later worked as a freelance celebrity stylist in Hollywood. Karrueche began modeling around this time in photoshoots for local brands, posing as the face of Lady Crooks, the women's division under the streetwear brand Crooks and Castles, for their Summer 2013 collection. Tran also began working on her own clothing line, The Kill. She has appeared in ads for LoveSicc and on the cover of Bombshell by BLEU, among other modeling jobs.

As an actress, Karrueche gained recognition for her starring role as Vivian Johnson on the Emmy-winning web series "The Bay" from 2013 to 2016. For producing the series, she won two Daytime Emmy Awards. In 2014, Tran appeared in volume one of the photography book "Love West Coast Girls," by celebrity photographer Mike Miller. Later that year, she hosted the BET Awards red carpet and several events during the official BET weekend. Karrueche had previously co-hosted the BET show "106 & Park." Tran's TV One movie "The Fright Night Files" was screened that year.

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In 2015, Tran was featured in the Spring/Summer lookbook for the French athletic brand Le Coq Sportif. That year, she was also featured on the covers of several magazines, including "Rolling Out," "Flaunt," "Ouch Magazine," "The Hundreds," "Cliche Magazine," "Bleu Magazine," and "Annex Magazine," and had two feature stories on ELLE.com. Her work during this time led her to a contract with Wilhelmina Models LA in 2015. That summer, Tran's first feature film, "3-Headed Shark Attack," was released that summer, followed by the short film "PrXde."

Tran also starred as Virginia Loc on the TNT series "Claws" from 2017 to 2022 and gained recognition for her performance as Vanessa Ivy on the series Vanity in 2015. Karrueche has also appeared in films such as "A Weekend with the Family," "The Nice Guys," and "Welcome to Willits." She landed the lead for the film "Only for One Night," portraying Chloe, a married woman whose perfect life falls apart when her sister drugs her husband and then sleeps with him. These movies were all released in 2016. Later that year, she partnered with ColourPop Cosmetics to release the limited edition cosmetic collaboration KaePop. In 2020, Tran was cast as Genevieve in the FOX series "Deputy." In 2022-2023, she had a recurring role on the "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" reboot, "Bel-Air."

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Personal Life

Karrueche is widely recognized for being the former on-again, off-again girlfriend of Chris Brown. She began dating him after his relationship with Rihanna ended when it came to light that he had beaten the singer up. Karrueche and Chris dated whenever Chris and Rihanna were not attempting to be a couple again. Karrueche and Chris split up in 2015 after the news came out that Brown had a daughter with another woman. Tran received a temporary 100-yard restraining order against Brown that eventually was turned into a 5-year restraining order against him in February 2017. Karrueche began dating former football player Victor Cruz in 2017. The couple split up in early 2021. In mid-2025, Karrueche was rumored to be dating Deion Sanders.

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