Fans Are Learning Samantha Quan, Who AcceptedAnora’s Best Picture Oscar, Was ‘Upbeat’ Reporter inHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

Mar. 15, 2025

Samantha Quan in “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” and at the 97th Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025.Photo:Paramount Pictures; Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty

Paramount Pictures; Frank Micelotta/Disney via Getty

One recent Oscar winner appeared alongsideKate Hudsonin the classic romantic comedyHow to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

After the ceremony,Instagram user Lizzie Loganpointed out on Monday, March 3, that Quan was in the popular rom-com. She noted that Quan had a “pivotal” role as Lori, one of Andie Anderson’s (Hudson) co-workers and fellow writers at the fictional magazineComposure.

Logan provided a clip from the beginning of the film when Lori is pitching a few article ideas to their boss, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), alongside co-workers Andie, Michelle (Kathryn Hahn) and Jeannie (Annie Parisse).

“Well, the botox for beginners piece is done now," Lori says in the scene Logan shared. “It’s a little scary but mostly upbeat! Now I’m on ‘What your gyno won’t tell you,’ which is also pretty scary. But, you know, upbeat! I finished my research on deadly pedicures about the woman who contracted that fungus from the unsterilized tools. It’s a terrible story. Although, surprisingly, upbeat!”

Samantha Quan in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.Paramount Pictures

Paramount Pictures

Several Instagram users expressed their shock in the comment section. “Omg that is her? I love her character in how to lose 😭,” one user wrote.

“What an absolute icon,” another commented. “omg i knew i recognized her but couldn’t think of where from!!!!!!,” added one user.

Another confessed: “Her role inHTLAGITDis one of my favorites. Some of my friends would end things with ‘upbeat’ when things would get a little serious.”

Samantha Quan on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.Daniele Venturelli/Getty

Daniele Venturelli/Getty

After acting in the rom-com, which also starredMatthew McConaughey, Quan starred in episodes ofCSI: NY,CSI: Miami,NCIS: Los Angeles,CastleandElementary.

Outside of acting, Quan has coproduced Baker’s featuresThe Florida Project,Red Rocket,and, more recently,Anora. She was also a producer on Baker’s short filmSnowbird.

In addition to Best Picture,Anorawon four other awardsduring the 2025 Oscars: Original Screenplay, Film Editing, Directing and Actress in a Leading Role toMikey Madison.

Anoracenters on the title character, a young sex worker (Madison) from Brooklyn who finds herself in a whirlwind love story when she meets Vanya (Mark Eydelshteyn), the son of a Russian oligarch, while on the job. The two fall in love and elope in Las Vegas. But Ani’s fairytale gets interrupted when the news of their marriage reaches Russia, prompting his parents to set out for New York and get the marriage annulled.

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Anorawill begin streaming on Hulu on Monday, March 17.

source: people.com