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Annie Q. is an American actress, known professionally as Annie Q. Riegel as of 2022. She is best known for her portrayal of Christine in the HBO television series The Leftovers and Sophie Hicks in the Netflix comedy-drama Alex Strangelove.[1] She also appeared in the "School Spirit" episode of the Hulu anthology series Into the Dark.[2]

Annie Q. Riegel
Born	New York City, New York
Education	Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
Alma mater	New York University Stern School of Business
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2007 - present

Personal life and family

Annie Q. Riegel was born in Brooklyn, New York. She grew up between Beijing, China and New York City, New York, speaking both Mandarin Chinese and English with her family at home. Her acceptance into Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts began her interest in acting.[3] She went on to attend New York University Stern School of Business and Tisch School of the Arts for finance and film.[4]

Career

As a child, Annie Q. Riegel appeared in several commercials, short films and episodic television work. After graduating high school, she made her stage debut in 2012 playing the title role in Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang's Golden Child revival at the Signature Theatre.[5] In 2013, she was cast as a series regular in the HBO television series The Leftovers.[6] In 2014, she appeared in Marc Lawrence's romantic comedy The Rewrite.[7] In 2018, she co-starred in the Ben Stiller–produced Netflix film Alex Strangelove.[8] In 2019, she was announced as one of the cast members of Into the Dark's back-to-school installment, "School Spirit", which premiered on Hulu two months later.[9] She is the first Asian American lead in Blumhouse production history.[10][11] In January 2022, she was cast in a recurring role as Juliette Tan for Kung Fu (2021–present), a reboot of the 1972 series of the same name. [12] She is an AudioFile magazine Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. [13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	The Rewrite	Sara Liu
2015	Fan Girl	Rosemarie
2017	MDMA	Angie
2017	Ten	Kumiko
2017	Trouble	Elise
2018	Alex Strangelove	Sophie Hicks

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011-2012	Are We There Yet?	Kelly	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2014-2017	The Leftovers	Christine	Main role (6 episodes)
2016	Elementary	Wendy	Episode: Worth Several Cities
2017	Girls	Rachel DeTapley	Episode: Hostage Situation
2018	Blindspot	Riley	Episode: The Quantico Affair
2019	Into the Dark	Erica Yang	Episode: School Spirit
2022	Kung Fu	Juliette Tan	Recurring role (9 episodes)

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2022	Return to Monkey Island	Captain Lila	Voice role

Theatre

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2012	Golden Child	Eng Ahn	Signature

References

External links

• Annie Q. at IMDb

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