Karrueche Tran Biography

Karrueche Tran began working as a personal shopper in the fashion industry from 2009 to 2012. Her work involved retail sales at the Nordstrom located at the Westfield Topanga Mall in Canoga Park, CA. She also worked as a freelance stylist in Hollywood, where she came into contact with the world of glamor and celebrities.

Her success in the fashion industry is attributed to her aesthetic sense and ability to anticipate trends. She has always been proactive and pioneering in her work to be original in whatever she has put her hand to.

From 2013 to 2016, Karrueche Tran appeared as Vivian Johnson in the Emmy award-winning web series The Bay.

She began her modeling career by initially participating in photo shoots for local brands to gain experience. She soon became the face of Lady Crooks, the women’s division under the street wear brand Crooks & Castles for their summer collection of 2013. She even opened her own clothing line called The Kill which became popular among celebrities.

In 2014, she appeared in volume one of celebrity photographer Mike Miller’s coffee table book Love West Coast Girls. She was also given the honor of hosting the BET Awards' red carpet event the same year. Her TV movie The Fright Nite Flies was released in 2015, and she featured in the Spring / Summer lookbook for French based athletic brand Le Coq Sportif.

Karrueche Tran has appeared on the covers of several magazines including Rolling Out, Flaunt Magazine, Bleu Magazine, and The Annex Magazine. She has also been featured in two stories on ELLE.com and signed a contract with Wilhelmina Models, LA in 2015.

Karrueche Tran always wanted to hit the big screen and she made her debut with her first feature film 3-Headed Shark Attack, which was released in the summer of 2015.

She also gained recognition as Vanessa in the fashion series by Style Haul called Vanity, which was sponsored by makeup brand Maybelline. Her latest series titled Claws is being aired by TNT.

Karrueche Tran is currently managed by Jacob York of Electric Republic and legally represented by attorney Patrick Blood.

Karrueche Tran won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Digital Daytime Drama Series for her work as producer in The Bay in 2016. She was again nominated for the same award in 2017. She also won the HollWeb Festival, Best Online Soap award for The Bay in 2016.

Karrueche Tran was born in Los Angeles, California on May 17, 1988. Her mother, Cindy Adamson, is a Vietnamese national while her father, DeVon Minters, is Jamaican. She has a brother named Raymond Adamson.

Karrueche Tran started attending high school at Fairfax High School and later switched to Birmingham High School, from where she graduated.

Karrueche Tran began dating R&B singer Chris Brown in 2010, and the couple went steady for a few years but their relationship broke after Chris Brown started dating Rihanna. The relationship went really sour with Karrueche accusing Brown of violence due to which there is a restraining order in effect to protect Tran and her family from Chris Brown, until the issue is settled.

She was also rumored to be dating rapper Quavo Marshall. From 2017 to 2021, she dated former football player Victor Cruz. Karrueche Tran has given back to society through charity and philanthropic endeavors that she attributes to her roots.