Draft:Nina Poon

  • Comment: Subject would not meet WP:NACTOR so WP:GNG would apply in my opinion. I am only seeing mentions but nothing that amounts to WP:SIGCOV. I am not declining at the moment in case another reviewer disagrees with my assessment, but would recommend pointing out the WP:THREE on the talk page. In the meantime, I have added the official website and IMDb links. CNMall41 (talk) 17:41, 2 September 2025 (UTC)

Nina Poon
Nina Poon at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival
Born1975 (age 49–50)
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
EducationInternational Fine Arts College
OccupationPhotographer · Model · Actress · Makeup artist · Illustrator
Years active1995–present
WebsiteOfficial website

Nina Poon (born 1975) is an American transgender photographer, model, actress, makeup artist and illustrator.[1]

Biography

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Nina Poon was born in Vietnam to parents of Chinese descent. When she was four years old, her family moved to the United States. They initially moved to Cincinnati, Ohio but seven months later they settled in Orlando, Florida.

In 1995 she started living and working in New York City as a makeup artist.[2] As well as working in makeup she also worked in illustration.[3] She is also a professional photographer.[4]

In 2010, she starred in the show TRANSform Me alongside Laverne Cox and Jamie Clayton.[5][6] The series saw the three stylists giving makeovers to women.[7] It was described as a successor to "Queer Eye for the Straight Guy".[8] The show was considered significant for trans representation.[9][10][11]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2011 Style Exposed Herself In an episode
2010 TRANSform Me Herself In seven episodes

Films

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Year Title Role Notes
2009 Fighting Questionable Asian

References

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  1. ^ "EXCLUSIVE: Behind-The-Scenes With & Other Stories' Transgender Cast". www.out.com. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  2. ^ Pike, Naomi (2015-08-24). "The Gaze & Other Stories". British Vogue. Retrieved 2025-06-03.
  3. ^ Dress & Vanity Fair - Issues 577-578 - Page 267. Vanity Fair Publishing Company. 2008.
  4. ^ Gherovici, Patricia (2010). Please Select Your Gender: From the Invention of Hysteria to the Democratizing of Transgenderism. doi:10.4324/9780203872222. ISBN 978-1-135-27694-2. Archived from the original on 2024-08-28. Retrieved 2025-09-03.
  5. ^ Staley, Erin (2016-07-15). Laverne Cox. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. ISBN 978-1-5081-7159-1.
  6. ^ "TRANSform Me". VH1. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved April 12, 2012.
  7. ^ Zisin, Nevo (2021-03-01). The Pronoun Lowdown: Demystifying and celebrating gender diversity. Thames & Hudson Australia. ISBN 978-1-923049-21-5.
  8. ^ Colangelo, B. J. (2022-10-10). "How Jamie Clayton Transformed Herself For The New Hellraiser". SlashFilm. Archived from the original on 2024-03-05. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  9. ^ Lovelock, Michael (2017-11-02). "Call me Caitlyn: making and making over the 'authentic' transgender body in Anglo-American popular culture". Journal of Gender Studies. 26 (6): 675–687. doi:10.1080/09589236.2016.1155978. ISSN 0958-9236. Archived from the original on 2023-02-11. Retrieved 2025-09-02.
  10. ^ Goldberg, Abbie E.; Beemyn, Genny (2021-03-15). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-5443-9384-1.
  11. ^ Leonard, David J.; Robbins, Stephanie Troutman (2021-01-26). Race in American Television: Voices and Visions That Shaped a Nation [2 volumes]. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN 978-1-4408-4306-8.
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