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Mayko Nguyen

Mayko Tran

Mayko Nguyen grew up in Vancouver where she pursued her love for acting at Eric Humber Secondary. There she performed in many of her school's theatrical productions; she played "Addaperle" in The Wiz, "Starveling" in A Midsummer Night's Dream, the lead role in Family Portrait and "Dora Tomb" in Tomb with a View.

Mayko continued to develop her passion for acting at the University of British Columbia in the production Over the Moon and The Bacchae. While attending UBC Mayko started to study with Gemini award-winning actor Jeff Seymour, who cast her as an "Actor" in An Evening of Scenes he was directing. She continues to take Scene Study classes with Jeff in Toronto.

Her list of film and television credits include, the PAX TV Sci-Fi Mysterious Ways, the Simon Fraser University film Sophisticated Boom Boom and Vancouver Film School's Great Expectation, and a role in the Lifetime series, Wild Card starring Joely Fischer. Mayko also landed the starring role in the Much Music movie Going the Distance.

To maintain a balanced life, when Mayko is not performing she practices yoga, fitness, and Capoeira a Brazilian form of martial arts performed outside. A quick study, Mayko reprises her role as "Mayko Tran" the fiery bioinformatics researcher at NorBAC.

Mayko's family remains in Vancouver , but she now calls Toronto home.

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