Tran Jeong is an American-born Vietnamese physician with a thriving practice as a family physician. Although she is a known face in the medical industry and among professionals in her profession, she is best known to the general public as the wife of actor and comedian Ken Jeong. Her husband is the hilarious man behind the characters – Leslie Chow from The Hangover films; and Ben Chang in the critically acclaimed comedy series, Community. Tran often accompanies her superstar husband to movie premieres, award shows, and other events. She’s the woman behind the talented actor, who inspires him to pursue his dreams, however disturbing they may be.
Although Tran isn’t the typical celebrity wife, she spends most of her time saving lives and building an unwavering career in her chosen field. She is a woman who has suffered many hardships, but Tran has above all managed to continue to stand up for the good of her family and with the help of her family.
Tran Jeong’s Bio (Age)
The licensed doctor was born and named Tran Ho on February 24, 1972 in the United States. Her parents are Vietnamese immigrants who raised her to the best of her abilities and provided her with the best possible education. She attended good schools from kindergarten through high school before heading to UCLA, where she studied medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine.
After graduating from school, Tran Jeong became a board member and began practicing as a family doctor. Over the past twenty years of her career, she has worked her way up and established herself in her chosen profession. She built two practices from scratch, located in Woodland Hills and Thousands Oaks, both located in California.
Tran is one of California’s leading physicians and his reputation only grows stronger every day. Her practices are going very well, as dozens of patients come through her with one disease or another for her to diagnose and treat. She also regularly performs surgery on cases that require it. The doctor is loved by his patients, young and old, because of his empathy and professionalism. Tran knows how to calm her fears and explain her medical issues in an easy to understand way.
Tran Jeong’s Family Life
When it comes to her personal life, Tran has a beautiful family of her own to go back to every day. She is married to talented comedian and actor – Ken Jeong, who rose to fame through his appearances in films like Burning Love, The Goods: Live Hard, Pineapple Express, Knocked Up, About Steve, Role Models, and The hangover series. Ken was a doctor when Tran met him in 2002 when they were both practicing at Kaiser Permanente based in Western California. He then turned his back on his medical career to pursue his dreams of becoming a comedian and actor.
Tran married Ken Jeong in September 2004, after they had been together for two years. In 2007, the happy couple welcomed two new members into their family – their twin daughters named Alexa and Zooey Jeong. Their marriage has been going on for over ten years and it’s been successful as Tran and her husband always put family first, despite their busy schedules.
Facts About Ken Jeong’s Wife
1. Tran has considerable net worth
Being a doctor in the United States pays off, and Tran Jeong is reaping the bountiful fruits of his labor through the success of his medical practices. It is estimated that she earns more than $250,000 a year in salaries and after 20 years of professional career, she has managed to amass a neat well. She also shares her actor husband’s net worth of $14 million.
2. She has been cancer free for many years
Shortly after she gave birth to her daughters, Tran was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer. It was a very horrible time in her life, as she feared leaving her children too young. She underwent a mastectomy, 16 rounds of chemotherapy and follow-up radiation therapy before being declared cancer-free in 2010. Although her oncologist feared the cancer would return after two years, Tran survived without the debilitating disease.
3. Ken played jokes in his movies to cheer him up.
Around the time Tran Jeong was diagnosed with cancer, Ken landed his role. Hungover and he wanted to turn it down because he wanted to be with his wife at every stage of her recovery, but Tran encouraged him to take it. Ken then added a number of Vietnamese jokes which they shared in his dialogues in the film to tell Tran that he loves her and she loved every moment of it.