Chase Sui Wonders

Wonders was born in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, to a father of Chinese descent and a mother of European descent.^[2] She is a niece of American fashion designer Anna Sui.^[3] She attended Cranbrook Schools outside Detroit^[4] and graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude, majoring in film studies and production, and writing for the college humor publication The Harvard Lampoon.^[5]

Wonders started her film career as the protagonist, co-director, and lead screenwriter in the 2009 film A Trivial Exclusion.^[6] She also directed and wrote a feature-length film Last Migration in 2015. In 2019, she starred as Makayla in the psychological horror film Daniel Isn't Real.^[7] Wonders starred in a small role in 2020 comedy-drama film On the Rocks, directed by Sofia Coppola.^[8] In 2021, Wonders joined the main cast of HBO Max's dramedy television series Generation as Riley, an independent and self-possessed mature high school student.^[9] In 2022, Wonders teamed up with Vogue China magazine to write and direct a short film titled Wake starring herself and Charles Melton.^[10]

In May 2021, Wonders joined the cast of the satirical slasher film Bodies Bodies Bodies, directed by Halina Reijn.^[11] The film premiered at the 2022 South by Southwest,^[12] on March 14, and began a wide release theater run on August 5, 2022. In October 2021, she was cast in Neil LaBute's Out of the Blue, alongside Diane Kruger and Hank Azaria.^[13] In January 2022, she was announced as the lead character of Apple TV+'s City on Fire, series based on the book of the same name.^[14] In 2025, she starred in Apple TV+ comedy The Studio in a main role, playing Quinn Hackett, a young creative executive at a fictional Hollywood film studio.^[15] For her performance, she received nominations for Best Supporting Actress at the 2nd Gotham TV Awards and 5th Astra TV Awards.^[16][17] On 31 July 2025, Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free's multidisciplinary creative communications company PGLang announced Project 3, their newest branch and creative agency. The announcement was released along with a short film titled The Agency, starring Wonders and Lionel Boyce, directed by Jack Begert, who co-wrote it alongside Free.^[18][19] In 2025, Wonders was cast as Shirley in the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot.^[20]

As a model, she appeared in a fashion collaboration campaign between her aunt, Anna Sui and Batsheva Hay in 2021.^[21]