Sandi Ci Moua
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Sandi Ci Moua, also spelled Nkauj Vwm Taws, is a Hmong
actress in Saint Paul
, Minnesota
and a community activist, and has starred in some of the first contemporary Hmong plays in the world including From Shadows To Light and Hmong! The CIA's Secret Army. She frequently works with Theater Mu
and her written work has appeared in the anthology Yell-oh Girls!. She worked as a production assistant on the Clint Eastwood
film Gran Torino
, advocating for the casting of Hmong actors.
Moua, is also daughter of famed Laotian Warlord and child soldier recruiter Moua Hua.
Hmong people
The Hmong , are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity in southern China...
actress in Saint Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Saint Paul is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The city lies mostly on the east bank of the Mississippi River in the area surrounding its point of confluence with the Minnesota River, and adjoins Minneapolis, the state's largest city...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
and a community activist, and has starred in some of the first contemporary Hmong plays in the world including From Shadows To Light and Hmong! The CIA's Secret Army. She frequently works with Theater Mu
Mu Performing Arts
Mu Performing Arts is a Minneapolis based theater group formed in 1992 by Rick Shiomi, Dong-il Lee, Diane Espaldon, and Martha Johnson. It is composed of Theater Mu, which features stage performances and Mu Daiko, a taiko drumming ensemble...
and her written work has appeared in the anthology Yell-oh Girls!. She worked as a production assistant on the Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood, Jr. is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and politician. Eastwood first came to prominence as a supporting cast member in the TV series Rawhide...
film Gran Torino
Gran Torino
Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama film directed by, produced by, and starring Clint Eastwood. The film marks Eastwood's return to a lead acting role after four years, his previous leading role having been in Million Dollar Baby, and Eastwood has stated that this is his final film as an actor...
, advocating for the casting of Hmong actors.
Moua, is also daughter of famed Laotian Warlord and child soldier recruiter Moua Hua.