Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/10/junie_hoang_sues_imdb_over_age_gripe/
Bit-part actress slings sueball at IMDb over age gripe
Work dried up, 40-year-old Junie Hoang claims
Posted in Media, 10th January 2012 08:02 GMT
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An actress who claims work dried up after her age was revealed on movie compendium website IMDb [1] is suing the Amazon-owned company.
The identity of the minor TV star had remained anonymous until a lawsuit was filed last Friday revealing Huong Hoang from Texas was slinging a sueball at the site.
The actress, whose stage name is Junie Hoang, has appeared in 90 different productions - mainly for the small screen. Her credits include roles in unforgettable blockbusters Ungirlfriendable, Discretion and The Communicator.
According to the Associated Press [2], Vietnam-born Hoang, 40, filed a million-dollar claim against Amazon last autumn. In that complaint, she alleged that Amazon had probed her IMDb account to discover her age, which was consequently posted on the site [3].
The lawsuit was dismissed by a federal judge in Seattle, who said that such a complaint could not be filed anonymously. She had previously attempted to sue Amazon using the name 'Jane Doe', which the company rejected as being a "bogus" claim. ®