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She's a hit as no-nonsense mom Jessica Huang on ABC’s “Fresh Off the Boat,” but the breakout star isn’t much like Jessica in real life! She doesn’t have an accent, and even has a cute furry friend instead of three rambunctious kids! Here are 10 things you didn’t know about 33-year-old beauty Constance ...
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1. Constance was born and raised in Richmond, Va.
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2. Her performing career started early! “I was a theater actress when I was 10,” she said.
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3. She almost went to Columbia University for graduate school in speech pathology — but her boyfriend dumped her so she fled New York! “It was really impulsive and dramatic,” she admitted.
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4. As a struggling actress, Constance had $30,000 in credit card debt and couldn’t make rent!
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5. “Fresh Off the Boat” is her first big network gig.
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6. ”I’m very competitive, especially when it comes to acting,” she says.
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7. Constance loves to read and wanted to be a writer when she was little.
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8. Born an Aries, Constance is 5-foot-4 and weighs 125 pounds.
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9. The actress met the real-life Jessica Huang, whose restaurateur son wrote a memoir that inspired the series — and even studied videos of her mannerisms and speech patterns!
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10. She has a pet bunny named Lida Rose.
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