Sophia Bui

Sophia Bui

The exotic, biracial daughter of an American military engineer father, Timothy, who is originally born on a military base in Texas. Her mother is a real estate mogul based in Los Angeles, California. 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 form 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 soon parlayed her talent into 70 national television commercials, in campaigns for Fortune 500 companies such as her most recent for 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 delayed release in 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. Get ready for more sexy, whimsical, and vintage FUN. Has completed one semester as a Graduate student in the History Department at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. Learned to long-board surf in Hawaii, at Diamond Head. She resides in Venice Beach, California.

Movies

Home Again
  • Sep 07, 2017
  • English
Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.