Mayko Nguyen is a Canadian actress. She has appeared in ReGenesis, Rookie Blue, Killjoys, Titans and Hudson & Rex.
Biography
Mayko Nguyen was born in Vancouver on Canada’s west coast and grew up there with her Vietnamese Canadian family. She decided to pursue acting after performing in a production of William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream while in Grade 11 at secondary school. She currently lives in Toronto.
Nguyen has had lead and recurring roles on a variety of television series, including Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, Cracked and Slasher. Among Nguyen's most notable television roles are Mayko Tran on ReGenesis, Sue Tran on Rookie Blue and Delle Seyah Kendry on Killjoys. Currently she stars in the Citytv show Hudson & Rex, a serial police drama where she plays a police forensicist.
Nguyen's film work includes Going the Distance, The Last New Year, and Below Her Mouth.
Nguyen is also a stage actress, and performed in The Unending during the 2016 Toronto Fringe Festival; and David French's two hander play Salt-Water Moon, in the spring of 2016. Salt-Water Moon went on to be named "Best Toronto Theatre Production of the Decade" by NOW magazine.
Nguyen's voice work includes the video games Far Cry New Dawn and Far Cry 5. She also voices Ms. Furi in Spin Master's animated Netflix series Unicorn Academy.
In 2008, Nguyen was nominated at the ACTRA awards for "Outstanding Female Performance" for her role as Mayko Tran in ReGenesis, and nominated for "Best Lead in a Drama Series" at the Canadian Screen Awards consecutively in 2023 and 2024, for her role as Sarah in Hudson & Rex.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Going the Distance | Jill | Feature film |
| Tilt | Cathy Kwan | Guest role (season 1) | |
| 2004 - 2008 | ReGenesis | Mayko Tran | Main role (seasons 1 - 4) |
| 2005 | Lie with Me | Kika | Feature film |
| 2006 | Why I Wore Lipstick to My Mastectomy | Donna | Television film |
| 11 Cameras | Sarah | Main role (season 1) | |
| 2006 - 2008 | Rent-a-Goalie | Stuart | Main role (seasons 1 - 3) |
| 2008 | Princess | Sophie Baxter | Television film |
| 2009 | Being Erica | Antigone Kim Morris | Guest role (seasons 1 & 3) |
| The Listener | Jennifer | Guest role (season 1) | |
| 2010 | This Movie Is Broken | Publicist | Feature film |
| Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures | Ming | Miniseries | |
| 2011 | Rookie Blue | Sue Tran | Recurring role (seasons 1 - 3) |
| Against the Wall | Mackie Phan | Main role (season 1) | |
| Republic of Doyle | Dr. Annie Price | Guest role (season 2) | |
| 2012 | Continuum | Dr. Melissa Dobeck | Guest role (season 1 Episode 4 "Matter of time") |
| The Firm | Olivia Danville | Guest role (season 1) | |
| 2013 | Cracked | Detective Liz Liette | Main role (seasons 1 - 2) |
| Borealis | Hoshi | Television film | |
| 2014 | Working the Engels | Emily | Guest role (season 1) |
| 2015 | Defiance | Volubela | Guest role (season 3) |
| 2015 - 2019 | Killjoys | Delle Seyah Kendry | Recurring (seasons 1 - 5) |
| 2016 | Slasher | Alison Sutherland | Recurring (season 1) |
| Below Her Mouth | Joslyn | Feature film | |
| A Family Man | Teacher | Feature film | |
| Private Eyes | Vanessa | Guest role (season 1) | |
| 2017 | Buckout Road | Stephanie Hancock | Feature film |
| But I'm Chris Jericho! | Michelle Fainremy | Recurring role (season 2) | |
| Save Me | Bella | Guest role (season 1) | |
| 2018 | Anon | Detective Dyer | Feature film |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Newscaster | Feature film | |
| 2019 | Titans | Adeline Kane | Guest role (season 2) |
| 2019 - present | Hudson & Rex | Sarah Truong | Main role |
| 2021 | The Righteous | Mary Hutton | |
| 2026 | The Voices of Our Mother | Elaine | |
| TBA!? | Begin Again † | Denise | Upcoming series (filming) |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Gemini Awards | Best Performance by an Actress in a Featured Supporting Role in a Dramatic Series | ReGenesis | Nominated |
| 2008 | ACTRA award | Outstanding Female Performance | ReGenesis | Nominated |
| 2023 | CSA Awards | Best Lead Performer in a Drama Series | Hudson & Rex | Nominated |
| 2024 | CSA Awards | Best Lead Performer in a Drama Series | Hudson & Rex | Nominated |
