---
name: "Samantha Quan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/samantha-quan"
fi1m_id: "samantha-quan"
imdb_id: "nm1013476"
tmdb_id: 168846
wikidata_id: "Q131914680"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 September 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T19:46:31.229682+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Samantha Quan

## Identity

Samantha Quan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/samantha-quan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** samantha-quan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1013476
- **TMDB ID:** 168846
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131914680
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Quan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131914680, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168846

Producer. Born 2 September 1975 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 September 1975, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- **Active:** 2017–present
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as producer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 88 (1), 2020s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha_Quan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131914680, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1013476/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/168846

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Anora*](https://film.one/film/anora.md) (84)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Samantha Quan is a Canadian film producer and actress. Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, she trained as an actress at NYU and appeared in films including *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003) and television series such as *Elementary* and *NCIS: Los Angeles*.

She has produced several features directed by her husband Sean Baker, including associate producer on *The Florida Project* (2017) and producer on *Red Rocket* (2021) and *Anora* (2024). *Anora* won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2025, which Quan shared with Baker and Alex Coco; she also received a Producers Guild of America Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Film for the same project.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theglobeandmail.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Anora* (2024), Fi1m 84, Additional Casting, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/anora.md)
- *The Florida Project* (2017), Fi1m 88, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-florida-project.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sandiwara* (2026), Producer
- *Anora* (2024), Producer, Additional Casting — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/anora.md)
- *Sometimes I Think About Dying* (2024), Thanks
- *Champ* (2022), as Other
- *Red Rocket* (2021), Key Makeup Artist, Producer
- *Writing Around the Christmas Tree* (2021), as Gigi
- *Home Before Dark* (2020), series, as Winne Witherspoon
- *Colours* (2019), Executive Producer
- *Good Grief* (2017), as Darcie
- *The Florida Project* (2017), Associate Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-florida-project.md)
- *Sake-Bomb* (2013), as Tamiko
- *Elementary* (2012), series, as Lin Wen
- *Blue* (2012), series, as Dana
- *4 Wedding Planners* (2011), as Tina
- *Suburgatory* (2011), series, as Candi — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/suburgatory.md)
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, as Diane Vincent
- *Castle* (2009), series, as Kathleen Park — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md)
- *Inside the Box* (2009), as Grace
- *The Mentalist* (2008), series, as Megan Parker — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mentalist.md)
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Kimmy
- *Bones* (2005), series, as Misty Clemmons — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *The Closer* (2005), series, as Officer Susanna Walsh
- *Grey's Anatomy* (2005), series, as Shelly Boden — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/greys-anatomy.md)
- *Medium* (2005), series, as Deborah
- *House* (2004), series, as Nicole — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/house-2004.md)
- *NCIS* (2003), series, as Amy Lyndon — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/ncis.md)
- *The O.C.* (2003), series, as Assistant
- *How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days* (2003), as Lori
- *CSI: Miami* (2002), series, as Jane Bartlett
- *Monk* (2002), series, as Female Control Officer
- *The Education of Max Bickford* (2001), series, as Kelly
- *The District* (2000), series, as Abby Latham
- *Ti Amo!*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Alex Coco and Samantha Quan at the 2024 New York Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/10598/gallery-c489861cafbc.jpg) Alex Coco and Samantha Quan at the 2024 New York Film Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/Alex_Coco_and_Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Alex_Coco_and_Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alex Coco and Samantha Quan at the 2024 New York Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/10598/gallery-985c56d31274.jpg) Alex Coco and Samantha Quan at the 2024 New York Film Festival — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Alex_Coco_and_Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Alex_Coco_and_Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Samantha Quan](https://film.one/media/person/10598/gallery-8b21326e8e51.jpg) Samantha Quan — Bryan Berlin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_New_York_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sean Baker and Samantha Quan attend the premiere of "Anora" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/10598/gallery-1416d594d098.jpg) Sean Baker and Samantha Quan attend the premiere of "Anora" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Sean_Baker_and_Samantha_Quan.jpg/1280px-Sean_Baker_and_Samantha_Quan.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Samantha Quan](https://film.one/media/person/10598/gallery-4e9650f892c4.jpg) Samantha Quan — Image via TMDB
- ![Sean Baker and Samantha Quan attend the premiere of "Anora" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/10598/gallery-03e1c06a3a39.jpg) Sean Baker and Samantha Quan attend the premiere of "Anora" during the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival — Frank Sun, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Sean_Baker_and_Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg/1280px-Sean_Baker_and_Samantha_Quan_at_the_2024_Toronto_International_Film_Festival.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2025: Best Picture (nominated), for *Anora*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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