Karrueche Tran

Karrueche Tran is an Emmy-winning actress and model best known for her role as Virginia on Claws. Tran was raised by her mother and grandmother in Los Angeles, California, and graduated from Birmingham High School in Van Nuys, California, in 2006.

Tran began her career in fashion, working as a personal shopper and later as a freelance stylist. She gained public attention in 2010 during her on-and-off relationship with Chris Brown. She later started modeling for local brands, created her own clothing line and appeared in several print campaigns before making her acting debut in short films and web series.

Her breakout role came in 2017 when she was cast as Virginia Loc on TNT’s Claws, a role she played for all four seasons until the show’s end in 2022. She also starred in The Bay, for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award in 2021 for Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Daytime Fiction Program. Her other acting credits include Bel-Air, Games People Play and The Chi.

Tran ended things with Brown in 2015. After their split, she briefly dated rapper Quavo before moving on with former NFL wide receiver Victor Cruz from 2017 to 2021. In 2025, she sparked dating rumors with football coach Deion Sanders.