France Nuyen

She received a "Woman of the Year" award in 1989 for her psychological work. In 2003, she was part of newly-elected Toronto mayor David Miller's transition advisory team. In 1986, she earned a master's degree in Clinical Psychology and began a second career as a psychological counselor for abused women and children and women in prison. She was offered and was set to take the role of Penny Lane in Almost Famous, but she dropped out of the project. She then went on to appear in Television( aforementioned Star Trek ) and film including Battle for the Planet of the Apes (1973) and The Joy Luck Club (1993). She became a fan favourite at the Sundance Film Festival. She was about to portray Suzie Wong in the film production but was replaced by Nancy Kwan. After this incident she returned to acting and her role in the The Sweet Hereafter (1997) first brought her considerable attention in the United States.

She became a stage actress and portrayed Suzie Wong in theatrical production of The World of Suzie Wong in 1958 opposite William Shatner whom she later worked with again in an episode of Star Trek. Not wanting to be seen to be stealing the spotlight, by virtue of her profile, from other activists, she later scaled back on her political activism, but remains one of the most engaged young actors in North America. Born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France to a French mother and a Vietnamese father, she was raised in Marseille by a cousin. In 1995 when protesting against the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario government of Mike Harris, riot police knocked out some of her back teeth. France Nuyen (born July 31, 1939 as France Nguyen Vannga) is a Eurasian actress. She turned more of her energies to left-wing politics, becoming a prominent member of the New Democratic Party, where maverick Ontario legislator Peter Kormos was said to be her political mentor. Long outspoken, she quit the show when it was picked up by Disney's family channel for fear of Americanization.

She first became well-known at age fourteen as the star of the popular CBC television series Road to Avonlea. She has starred in a number of films including Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter. Sarah Polley (born January 8, 1979 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian actor and producer. Road to Avonlea.

Go (1999). Guinevere (1999). My Life Without Me (2003). Dawn of the Dead (2004).