Sophia Bui

The exotic, daughter of a Texan military engineer father, Timothy, and Thoan a real estate Developer. Her father is of Scottish, Native American, and Swedish ancestry; her mother is of a Vietnamese/French background. Sophia grew-up in the foothills of Pasadena, California Adjacent to the Rose Bowl. She began her study of the performing arts in her nascent childhood, with Ballet classes at age five at the Colburn School of Performing Arts in Downtown, Los Angeles. She continued her study of the performing arts until she graduated with honors from the University of California, Santa Barbara. She trained in classical theatre with Howard Fine, Anthony Meindl, and improvisation at UCLA. Initially, she began her career by appearing in a magazine editorials for Elle Magazine and Cosmopolitan. Subsequently, she parlayed her talent into 71 national television commercials, in campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as Apple iPhone and the Venetian Hotel, with two-time, Oscar-winning, director Alejandro Inarritu and Lux Shampoo starring Scarlett Johansson. Additionally, she enjoyed shooting a segment with Michael J. Fox for his former pilot with director Will Gluck. The footage is probably stashed in a secret vault at NBC Universal. She made her feature film debut with Home Again, a romantic comedy film, starring Reese Witherspoon; directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer. She has continued her film experience, working in her father's realm of military culture in the latest sequel of the iconic Top Gun, Maverick with Tom Cruise slated for worldwide release, Memorial Day weekend 2022. Also, in Will Smith's latest film and 20 years in the making is, "King Richard." Lastly, she had the pleasure of shooting her Very first, ten episode, Season One of the 1970's LA feminist television series for HBO Max , "Minx" as a Playboy playmate. Season One, is currently streaming on HBO MAX. Season Two was greenlit May 5, 2022. Has completed one semester as a Graduate student in the History Department at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Harrison Hale Wagner, the love of her life, passed away in a parking lot in North Hollywood on June 6, 2022. She resides a stone's throw from the ocean, in Venice Beach, California.