Crazy Rich Asians Characters

Araminta is a fashion icon throughout Singapore and Asia, and her wedding to fiancée Colin Khoo is set to be the most important and talked-about social event of the season. She’s kind and generous to Rachel and even invites Rachel to her bachelorette weekend within hours of meeting her.

Felicity is Astrid’s mother; she and her husband Harry have two other sons. Felicity is fanatical about protecting her family’s privacy. It’s common knowledge that when Astrid was a child, Felicity paid off the press to never photograph or print photographs of Astrid.

Cecelia is Malcolm and Felicity’s middle child, between Eddie and Alistair. She’s technically a full-time parent to her young son, but in actuality she spends more time professionally riding and competing in equestrian events than parenting. She married an Australian man named Tony.

Constantine, Augustine, and Kalliste are Eddie and Fiona’s three children. Eddie seems to see his children mostly as props for his various photoshoots and public appearances, as he cares deeply about coordinating his family’s outfits. They are, for the most part, used to their father’s threats and rages.

Cassandra is one of Nick’s paternal aunts. She lives in England; however, this doesn’t stop her from being the biggest gossip among wealthy Singaporeans. This is where she got her nickname, “Radio One Asia.”

Dato’ Tai Toh Lui is Carol’s husband and Bernard’s father. He’s a billionaire financier who, in the 1980s, made his fortune “the dirty way” by bringing down a rival bank.

Lorena is one of Eleanor’s Bible study girlfriends. When she and the Bible study group learn that Nick plans to bring an unknown girl home for the Khoo wedding, Lorena offers to hire a private investigator in Shenzhen to look into Rachel.

Daisy is one of Eleanor’s Bible study girlfriends.

Nadine is one of Eleanor’s Bible study girlfriends and Francesca’s mother. She’s known for wearing a truly absurd amount of makeup, teasing her hair, and wearing expensive clothing and jewelry.

Neena is Peik Lin’s mother. She is what Rachel refers to as a “feeder,” or someone who loves feeding and caring for other people. She and her husband, Wye Mun, are happy to host Rachel after Rachel and Nick break up.

Jacqueline Ling is one of Eleanor’s least favorite people. However, Eleanor and Jacqueline strike a truce in the days before Araminta’s wedding as Jacqueline’s daughter, Mandy, was Nick’s childhood love—and the older women want Mandy to scare Rachel off so she can marry Nick.

Lionel is Colin’s cousin and one of Colin’s groomsmen. He’s down-to-earth and isn’t thrilled with what Bernard planned for Colin’s bachelor weekend—so he helps Nick devise and carry out a plan to sneak away to Australia for a real relaxing weekend.

Colin’s sister, Sophie is a pediatric surgeon who attends Araminta’s bachelorette weekend and is a bridesmaid in the wedding. She looks out for Rachel, as Astrid asked her to do so. Unlike the other girls, Sophie is down-to-earth and kind.

The Sultana is a guest at Colin and Araminta’s wedding and a friend of the Young family. She shocks Nick’s aunties by engaging with Kitty Pong (she watches and loves the soap opera Kitty acts in) and even giving Kitty a ring as an engagement gift.

Reginald Ormsby is the hotel manager of a London hotel who tries to turn away Alexandra, Felicity, Eleanor, and their children for racist reasons. When Harry Leong purchases the hotel not an hour later, Felicity fires Ormsby.

In the prologue, Lord Rupert owns a London hotel where Felicity, Alexandra, and Eleanor are scheduled to stay with their children. He sells the hotel to the Leongs.

Celine is the young woman in a New York tea shop who recognizes Nick and overhears him inviting Rachel to come to Singapore with him.

Nathalie, a Comtesse, is one of Astrid’s friends in Paris who invites Astrid to her annual Bal du Muguet.

Isabelle is Laurent’s husband and a friend of Astrid’s in Paris.

Marie is a racist woman who initially scorns and mocks Astrid before learning how wealthy Astrid and the Leongs are. She then tries to make pleasant small talk with Astrid.

Laurent is Isabelle’s husband.

Leo is Eddie’s childhood friend. As far as Eddie is concerned, Leo gets lots of things he doesn’t deserve, like a private plane and a closet with a computer in the mirror that remembers every outfit.

Victoria is one of Nick’s paternal aunts.

Cassian is Astrid and Michael’s three-year-old son.

Sylvia is one of Rachel and Nick’s colleagues at NYU. She set them up together two years before the events of the novel.

Mavis and Gordon are guests at one of the Leong family’s dinners, where they fawn over Astrid and are unwittingly rude to Michael.

Peik Wing is one of Peik Lin’s brothers.

P.T. is one of Peik Lin’s brothers.

Sheryl is Peik Lin’s sister-in-law.

Uncle Dickie is one of Nick and Oliver’s uncles. Oliver dislikes him.

Auntie Nancy is one of Nick and Oliver’s aunts. Oliver dislikes her.

Ling Cheh is the maid who raised Nick. She approves of Rachel.

Ah Chee is Charlie’s childhood maid. Though Charlie built houses for her and her family members in their Chinese village, Ah Chee continues to live with and work for Charlie—mostly, he believes, so she can boss around the other maids.

Russel Wing is a famous photographer who regularly photographs Eddie’s family for various Asian gossip magazines.

Mr. Wong is Lorena’s contact in Shenzhen with information about Rachel.

Patric owns a boutique where wealthy women from all over Asia shop for the latest runway fashions. He sees dressing women as an art form. Peik Lin takes Rachel there to buy clothes for the wedding weekend.

Zvi is Mandy’s older boyfriend.

Tracy Kuan is a pop singer who’s beloved throughout Asia. She performs at Colin and Araminta’s wedding, where guests wonder what, exactly, the elderly woman has done to look so young.

Mr. Lui is the top private investigator Charlie hires to look into Michael’s infidelity.

Jasmine is Michael’s cousin; she lives in Hong Kong with her young son. She also poses as the woman he’s having an affair with, though in actuality, Michael is just helping her out while her husband works abroad.