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Facts of Alexa Jeong

Full NameAlexa Jeong
First NameAlexa
Last NameJeong
ProfessionCelebrity Kid
Father NameKen Jeong
Father ProfessionAmerican actor, comedian, producer, writer, television personality, and a licensed physician
Mother NameTran Jeong
Mother ProfessionPhysician
Gender IdentityFemale
SibilingsZooey Jeong

Alexa Jeong is born to parents Ken Jeong (father) and Tran ho (Mother).

All family members into one frame for Christmas. Her father Ken posted this picture and captioned it as,

'heart emoticon….'

Alexa Jeong with her family.
Alexa Jeong with her family. Source: Instagram

Parents

Her father, Ken Jeong, is a popular Korean - American actor, comedian, producer, writer, television personality, and licensed physician

He is best known for his comic timings. Ken is famous for his role in popular series called 'The Hangover Film Series.'  

He is also part of a much-appreciated movie worldwide, which is 'Crazy Rich Asians.'

Ken was born in Michigan to his South Korean Immigrants parents. He was brought up in North Carolina

His family was very serious about studies since their childhood. 

So, he was very attentive and also a medical student in Louisiana, where he engaged himself in the theatre

After getting a degree from Ochsner Medical center, Ken moved to Los Angeles and practiced medicine for several years as a physician at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Woodland Hills.

After that, he engaged himself at The Improv and Laugh Factory Clubs regularly. 

That's how he starts getting offers for television. 

He gave up his doctor profession in the year 2006 to become a full-time actor. 

His wife also supported him for his decision to quit the health profession.

Her mother, Tran ho, is also a doctor by profession.

Her dad posted this picture on the occasion of her mom's birthday and captioned it as,

'We had the BEST Birthday……'

Alexa Jeong's mom and dad.
Alexa Jeong's mom and dad. Source: Instagram

Parents Love Story 

Her mom Tran is Vietnamese-American and born & raised in the United States. Tran's family also has full of doctors

Ken and Tran both met each other while working at Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Woodland Hills as they were colleagues

That's how the couple got along and dated each other for two years before their marriage. 

The couple tied the knot with each other in September 2004

There is not much information about their wedding ceremony and other details regarding that.

Beautiful picture of her Mom (Tran) and Dad (Ken) all dressed up, and Ken captioned it as,

'Thank You always…'

Alexa Jeong's Mom, Tran ho and Dad, Ken Jeong.
Alexa Jeong's Mom, Tran ho and Dad, Ken Jeong. Source: Instagram

After their marriage in the year 2007, the couple was blessed with two beautiful twins daughters named Zooey Jeong and Alexa Jeong

The couple was so happy with the arrival of two beautiful angels in their life. 

Soon after the year of birth of their twin's Tran got diagnosed with breast cancer, and the news was so traumatizing and horrifying for their family. 

Tran went for almost sixteen Chemotherapy sessions and mastectomy

But by god's grace in the year 2010, she was cured fully with the help of radiation therapy

But during the entire sessions, he husband and family were her side all time and encouraged her to be happy and positive.

Currently, the family is living in Calabasas, California.

Ken Jo heartbroken over wife's cancer battle

When Tran was diagnosed with cancer, the doctor had said that she had only 23 percent of survival. At that time, Ken had left his doctor's job to pursue his career in comedy. 

He was devastated by the news as he had no job and recently had twins. It was the worst time of the comedian's life.

 While Tran's treatment was going on, Ken's role on the movie The Hangover as Leslie Chow got famous. Only the film's director Todd Philips and his co-actor Bradley Cooper were only aware of what was going on in Ken's life.

 His wife finally became cancer-free three years later, and there was no turning back on Ken's career as well.

Ellen asked Ken Jeong some medication regarding her sprained neck

Ellen asked Ken Jeong some medication regarding her sprained neck as he also used to be a doctor; he suggested her few and asked her what she does. 

Ellen mentioned that she was on steroids, muscle relaxers, and a shot of Toradol. After the shots, she takes two Advil and two Tylenol

Ken considered it useful as his wife, who was also a doctor, said that if one takes Advil and Tylenol together, it is effective as some narcotics. 

Talking about Emmy's, Ken stated that he enjoys going to Emmy like a cool date night with his wife. He has a twin daughter named Alexa Jeong and Zooey Jeong, twelve years old, as of 2019. 

Ellen wanted to know whether his daughters are fond of his acting and do they think him funny, to which Ken responded they don't. 

Ken shared his 50th birthday karaoke party at a Karaoke bar called the 'Brass Monkey' in downtown LA organized by his wife. 

He further added how they rented it for a night with lots of friends and family and enjoyed the party. Ellen then asked him about the second season of his show 'The Masked Singer' and the changes they can see this season.

Net Worth

YearNet worthAnnual Salary
2020$15 MillionNot known 

The net worth of Alexa Jeong is not available yet, but her father (Ken Jeong) is estimated to have a net worth of $15 Million

Although he was earning a decent amount of money while he was in the doctor profession because in the United States, doctors get nicely paid for their service, but he left that job for his acting career. 

Now his primary source of earning is a full-time actor

Her mother, Tran's average salary per annum must be somewhere around $246,291.

Trivia

  1. Her father (Ken Jeong) was nominated for the 2018 Screen Actors Guild Awards.
  2. Her father was born to parents Young Jeong and D.K. Jeong.
  3. She is thirteen years old.

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Updated On Fri Aug 12 2022 Published On Fri Jul 10 2020 By shaumya

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