Anonymous Actress Who Sued Amazon for Revealing Her Age Identifies Herself
- Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:05am by
Madeleine Morgenstern
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Junie Hoang revealed herself Friday as the actress suing Amazon and IMDb for revealing her age. (Image source: IMDb)
SEATTLE (The Blaze/AP) — An actress who filed an anonymous lawsuit against Amazon.com and its Internet Movie Database for revealing her age identified herself in court filings Friday, after initially refusing to do so out of concern that it would negatively impact future work opportunities.
She is Huong Hoang of Texas, perhaps better known by her stage name, Junie Hoang. Her IMDb credits list recent roles as “Sandy” in “Gingerdead Man 3: Saturday Night Cleaver“ and as ”Ghetto Girl 3“ in ”Hoodrats 2: Hoodrat Warriors.”
Hoang filed a million-dollar claim against Amazon last fall, saying the company mined her IMDb account to learn her age, 40, and then posted it on her profile — causing her offers for roles to dry up.
The lawsuit caused a frenzy of online speculation over who the actress might be — as well as a bit of soul-searching about ageism in youth-obsessed Hollywood.
Women over 40 make up 24.3 percent of the U.S. population, but a casting analysis by the Screen Actors Guild showed actresses over 40 get just 12.5 percent of roles for television and film. Men of that age are also about a quarter of the population, but nearly equal their ranks in casting.
Last month a federal judge in Seattle ordered the lawsuit dismissed, saying the actress had no grounds to proceed with an anonymous complaint. Hoang refiled it under her real name.
She did not immediately return an email seeking comment, nor did her lawyer immediately return a voice message left after business hours.
A lawyer and a spokeswoman for Amazon also did not immediately return calls.
Hoang’s IMDb profile says she got her start in dance at 16, was the salutatorian of her high school class and earned a degree in biomedical science from Texas A&M University’s College of Veterinary Medicine. It lists her at 5-foot-2, 100 pounds, and suggests she can play characters ages 26-33.
According to IMDb, “Gingerdead Man 3” is a sequel to a 2005 Gary Busey movie in which “an evil yet adorable gingerbread man comes to life with the soul of a convicted killer.“ She also had a role in ”Gingerdead Man 2: Passion of the Crust.”
Her other credits include a part as a triage nurse in the TLC television series “I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant,“ and as the part of Janet in ”My Big Phat Hip Hop Family.”
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Comments (104)
mattmo79
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:37amYeah, that next really big offer for your “B” slasher movie was cancelled!
Report Post »Ready2Rumble
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 5:16pm“B” Movies? You are being very generous….her film credits read more like stuff shot with a JVC camcorder belonging to some geek’s mom & dad. Though she is a very pretty girl and, if she is 40, she looks pretty d*mn good to me…maybe she can work with Victoria Principle or Ernest Borgnine’s wife selling anti-aging products, should she grow tired of the making really bad movies whose total audience can be fit into the children‘s section of a McDonald’s.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 7:26pmWow she is very beautiful and especialy so for 40 years old. Poor Girl looking for fairness from Hollywood.
Report Post »theaveng
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 8:29pmHer career, even as a B-movie-actress, is still better than yours.
As for the “over 40” deal, it’s because advertisers only want to target the 18 to 35 crowd. They consider that their most-profitable market (and easily swayed by ads). Anyone over 35 doesn’t matter, and the same goes for actresses or actors. That’s why they try to keep their age secret
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Kaoscontrol
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 1:17amShe should have sued for having to act in a Gary Busey movie. That’s worse for a career than old age.
Report Post »frodis
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:30pmGet a life! Typical whiny baby.
Report Post »sandrunner
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:36amWhat? Are they crazy! She is HOT!!! just forty years of age. She is a keeper if they are in their right mind…OH? They are liberal left wingers. no wonder.
Report Post »MojoHand
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:41amJennifer Anniston is over 40 now and I don’t see her being blackilisted as too old. She‘s still smokin’.
Report Post »Cat
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:02pmAnyone seen Asia Carrera … recently?
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 1:54pm“… better known by her stage name, Junie Hoang…”
Report Post »Never heard of her at any age so what does 40 have to do with anything? Maybe if she playede age-apropos roles someone my age might know who she is.
Ari Ben TZion
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 3:30pm@sandrunner
She’s hot? You really should get out more often.
Come down to South Florida and I will show you a dozen Cuban girls that will make your head spin.
Report Post »GPS-Tech
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 5:50pmI’ve been to Florida quite a few times and havent seen one hot cuban woman. Most of them are short stocky and wide shouldered.
Report Post »fatjack
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 8:09pmAri Ben TZion
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 3:30pm
@sandrunner
Come down to South Florida and I will show you a dozen Cuban girls that will make your head spin
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Why come to Florida, being I’ve never see a ugly slim. The Florida invite would be a waste of time.
Report Post »TROONORTH
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 10:08am“Come down to South Florida and I will show you a dozen Cuban girls that will make your head spin.”
We are on our way! ( note to self; pack neck brace)
Report Post »MR_ANDERSON
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:28amWomen from Vietnam tend to hide their age better than any other Asian women from what I’ve found. Couple that with women usually being hired to fill roles of a sexual nature, or at least something pretty to look at on screen, and her lawsuit makes perfect sense.
I once had a barber who looked to be in her late twenties to early thirties, and she was actually over 50. She didn‘t start showing any signs of much aging until after her mid 50’s.
Report Post »hersey10
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:27amHas this been laughed out of court yet ?
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 2:00pmOh I am sure it won’t be.
Report Post »jasmer
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 2:17pmI’m waiting for the American Human Rights Commission to consider the case, ala Mark Steyn.
Report Post »Commerce Exchange
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:25amwhat a way to make a publicity stunt, happens once in a while and always funny.
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Sebastian Xavier
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:33pmwhat a way to spam your site, happens once in a while and always funny.
Report Post »frodis
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 11:34pmI’m suing next time someone reveals my age.I mean that‘s exactly what she’s saying. We can read her credit score and her bad debt but we have no right to know her age? What’s wrong with that picture? Hope she never works again. Hopefully Hollywood will just say “hey we don’t hire people who will sue over a meaningless things. What if someone brushes up against you by accident? Lawsuit. Can’t risk it.”
Report Post »ShyMan
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:22amShe’s 40?
Wow
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 4:11pmYeah, she looks great!
Report Post »My asian wife is 50 and people guess her at 40.
Stop_Your_Lying_Libs
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:21amI agree with her. I want to see a lot more movies featuring Huong Hoang.
Report Post »LostInTheSpin
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 6:27pmYou agree with someone filing frivolous lawsuits and getting taken seriously? if she was a somebody, I would boycott her sorry rear-end. If I was a judge, i would make her pay both sides legal fees and dismiss the case.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:19amWhen someone reveals that “she” is really a Huong he, then the lawsuits will really start flying.
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:16amWho is she suing for revealing that she is Asian?
Report Post »NOT A CRAZY
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:14amUhhhhhh…..by the title’s of those “movies” I am assuming that this term “actress” is being used VERY loosely.
Report Post »Collbuzz
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 12:42pmMy thoughts exactly.
Report Post »normbal
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:10amforty-somethings playing 20-somethings?
Is this why so many of the cast of TV’s program GLEE look post-menopausal?
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:09amWill you please leave Amazon the he** alone with your crazy law suits … Get a job and stop looking for free money on the backs of others…
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 2:01pmexactly my thoughts
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:08amNever heard of her but she’s pretty hot… don‘t think I’ll be watching Hoodrats though…
Report Post »felix
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:59amher roles had already dried up – thats why she sued – Huong who ???
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:55am.
Report Post »No wonder she changed her name to Junie. Huong Hoang sounds like something you’d need a to get a shot to cure…….
Macman1138
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 8:31pmOr a sound you’d make whilst coughing up a lung or other organ.
Report Post »NOBAMA201258
Posted on January 8, 2012 at 8:42amMy Huong huangs quite nicely,I might add
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:54amSounds like a legitimate lawsuit to me. Too bad film-makers can’t get nailed for age discrimination.
Report Post »dirtydog1776
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 4:44pmLast time I heard, you need something called evidence, which her case is lacking.
Report Post »Macman1138
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 8:35pmNonsense. You could probably do a Google search and find out her real name, birth date, how many children she has (if any), or if she’s been married.
Report Post »After this, she’s a sure cinch fora regular role on the Lifetime Movie Channel.
Wait and see.
CatB
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:51amShe is still “anonymous” === Who what .. never heard of her! This can only help …
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:44amI hope she will be living the part of ”Ghetto Girl 4“ .
Report Post »timej31
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:38amnever head of her…she should put in an application for the shipping and receiving clerk we have an opening for on the shipping dock.
Report Post »atrain
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:36amOnce again, this does not qualify as news.
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:46amIs that why it is clearly labeled “ENTERTAINMENT”?
Report Post »Bluenose177
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:36amtalk about your frivolous lawsuit but I suppose she needs the money until the profits starts rolling in from her GingerDead movies [sarcasm on]
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:31am40? Yuck!
Report Post »lel2007
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:57amYou’ll be 40 one day sweetie.
Report Post »drago
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 11:51am@Lel2007
Report Post »If he//she lives that long…….
utterlyamazing
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:25amI’m sorry.. Who?
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:13amI’d be a little more concerned about your resume rather than your age at this point.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:13am“Hoodrats 2” was a cinematic masterpiece on the level of Lawrence of Arabia! With a legacy like that, I can see why she was concerned. She might have never gotten the chance to be in the the classic “Hoodrat Warriors” if her true age had come out!
Report Post »gdbhusker
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 10:40amhahahahahahaha……I spit my tea out when reading your comment!!!!! LOL… thanks for the humor!!!!
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on January 7, 2012 at 1:07pmGonz:
Report Post »I certainly concur. I’ve been breathlessly awaiting “Hoodrats 3”.
Rofl….