Stephanie Hsu - Biography

Who is Stephanie Hsu?

Stephanie Hsu is an actress by profession and American by nationality. She is well known for starring in The Path, MTV's Girl Code, Be More Chill, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and voiced Karen The Computer on SpongeBob The Musical on Broadway.

Stephanie Hsu – Age, Parents, Siblings, Education, Ethnicity

Stephanie Hsu’s birth took place on November 25, 1990, in Los Angeles, California, USA. She was born to Asian parents. Her grandmother had escaped a war in China and moved to Taiwan and her mother had been sent to study in high school in the United States for better education and the future.

young Stephanie Hsu with older brother (Image: Instagram)

Hsu grew up in Southern California, mostly raised by her mother. The identity and details of her father have not yet been publicized. She also has a sibling, an older brother.

Stephanie Hsu played basketball in high school, was a “social butterfly” and a class clown. Although she was reluctant about doing theatre, her friend Ryan Amador (now a musician) advised her to join the theatre, which she eventually did.

After completing her high school education, Stephanie Hsu went on to study at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, graduating with a degree in experimental theatre. She also attended Atlantic Theater Company and Experimental Theater Wing, where she was mentored by Liz Swados.

Stephanie Hsu – Boyfriend, Husband, Children, Divorce

She is currently in a relationship with boyfriend Britton Smith. According to Smith’s Instagram bio, he is a lead singer of Britton and The Sting, appeared as Jake Dillinger in Be More Chill, and a law lecturer at Columbia law school. They are yet to marry.

Stephanie Hsu, Britton Smit in 2019 (Image: Instagram)

Hsu is currently sans husband, children and as she has never married, divorce is out of context.

Stephanie Hsu – Net Worth, Salary

Her net worth and annual salary is under review and will be updated.

Stephanie Hsu – Career

After earning her degree, Stephanie Hsu worked in the theater production of War Lesbian, The Path. She has also worked in Joy on Hulu's cult drama The Path, MTV's Girl Code, among overs.

In August 2018 Stephanie Hsu made her Broadway debut in SpongeBob SquarePants as an evil supercomputer named Karen, which received Tony nomination. 

Stephanie Hsu as an evil supercomputer named Karen in SpongeBob SquarePants Musical (Image: broadwaydirect)

She also starred in Be More Chill as Christine Canigula and show which originated in the theaters of New Jersey transferred to Broadway in early 2019.

Moreover, Stephanie Hsu portrayed the role of Mei in season 3 of the comedy-drama TV series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2019). She has also had appearances in The Four-Faced Liar (2010), Femme (2018), Tiny Things (2014), Rogue Assistant (2014), Set It Up, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Karate Tortoise, Asking for It.

Stephanie Hsu as Mei  in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Image: IMDb)

As a comedian, Hsu is a former member of Story Pirates and the musical sketch group Political Subversities. 

Co-stars

On The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Stephanie Hsu starred with Bailey De Young, Alex Borstein, Leroy McClain, Joel Johnstone, Matilda Szydagis.

Stephanie Hsu – Awards, Nominations

She has been nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series and Tomy Awards (with fellow SpongeBob SquarePants The Musical cast).

Stephanie Hsu – Instagram, Twitter, Facebook

On social media handles including Instagram Stephanie Hsu has over 53.3k followers but is absent from Twitter and Facebook.