Highdee Kuan

Personal context

Summary

Highdee Kuan is an American-born Dutch actor who grew up in the Netherlands and trained in professional ballet before pursuing acting. She is known for The Brothers Sun and Proximity, and has described acting as a way to tell stories and inhabit different characters. Kuan has said that growing up Chinese-Dutch, she felt underrepresented and sometimes like an outsider; seeing Asian cast members in Lost and Grey’s Anatomy helped her imagine an acting career. No public political or activist affiliations are on record.