diff --git a/stylesheets/_modules.scss b/stylesheets/_modules.scss
index 75f87afbcf..8b5c30faaa 100644
--- a/stylesheets/_modules.scss
+++ b/stylesheets/_modules.scss
@@ -2100,7 +2100,10 @@ $timer-icons: '55', '50', '45', '40', '35', '30', '25', '20', '15', '10', '05',
 .module-about {
   &__container {
     margin-bottom: 8px;
+    margin-left: auto;
+    margin-right: auto;
     max-width: 248px;
+    text-align: center;
   }
 
   &__text {
@@ -2113,6 +2116,13 @@ $timer-icons: '55', '50', '45', '40', '35', '30', '25', '20', '15', '10', '05',
     }
     max-width: 400px;
 
+    -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
+    -webkit-line-clamp: 2;
+    display: -webkit-box;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-align: left;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+
     img.emoji {
       height: 1em;
       margin-right: 3px;
@@ -2740,6 +2750,11 @@ $timer-icons: '55', '50', '45', '40', '35', '30', '25', '20', '15', '10', '05',
   flex-direction: row;
 
   flex-grow: 1;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+}
+
+.module-contact-list-item__left {
+  flex: 1;
 }
 
 .module-contact-list-item__text__name {
@@ -2780,7 +2795,6 @@ $timer-icons: '55', '50', '45', '40', '35', '30', '25', '20', '15', '10', '05',
 }
 
 .module-contact-list-item__admin {
-  flex-grow: 1;
   text-align: right;
   height: 100%;
 
@@ -2897,6 +2911,10 @@ $timer-icons: '55', '50', '45', '40', '35', '30', '25', '20', '15', '10', '05',
   max-width: 100%;
 }
 
+.module-conversation-header__title-clickable {
+  cursor: pointer;
+}
+
 .module-conversation-header__note-to-self {
   @include dark-theme {
     color: $color-gray-02;
diff --git a/ts/Crypto.ts b/ts/Crypto.ts
index 9c0e203c9e..db689a7c16 100644
--- a/ts/Crypto.ts
+++ b/ts/Crypto.ts
@@ -773,3 +773,17 @@ export function splitUuids(arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer): Array<string | null> {
   }
   return uuids;
 }
+
+export function trimForDisplay(arrayBuffer: ArrayBuffer): ArrayBuffer {
+  const padded = new Uint8Array(arrayBuffer);
+
+  let paddingEnd = 0;
+  for (paddingEnd; paddingEnd < padded.length; paddingEnd += 1) {
+    if (padded[paddingEnd] === 0x00) {
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+  return window.dcodeIO.ByteBuffer.wrap(padded)
+    .slice(0, paddingEnd)
+    .toArrayBuffer();
+}
diff --git a/ts/components/ContactListItem.stories.tsx b/ts/components/ContactListItem.stories.tsx
index fb88015a2d..e3f106aa82 100644
--- a/ts/components/ContactListItem.stories.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/ContactListItem.stories.tsx
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ storiesOf('Components/ContactListItem', module)
         name="Someone 🔥 Somewhere"
         phoneNumber="(202) 555-0011"
         profileName="🔥Flames🔥"
-        about="👍 Free to chat"
+        about="👍 This is my really long status message that I have in order to test line breaking"
         avatarPath={gifUrl}
         onClick={onClick}
       />
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.stories.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.stories.tsx
index dca64fe929..157cf713e6 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.stories.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.stories.tsx
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ const commonProps = {
 
   onShowSafetyNumber: action('onShowSafetyNumber'),
   onShowAllMedia: action('onShowAllMedia'),
+  onShowContactModal: action('onShowContactModal'),
   onShowGroupMembers: action('onShowGroupMembers'),
   onGoBack: action('onGoBack'),
 
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.tsx
index f7f4bef199..070bedd03f 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.tsx
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ export type PropsDataType = {
 export type PropsActionsType = {
   onSetMuteNotifications: (seconds: number) => void;
   onSetDisappearingMessages: (seconds: number) => void;
+  onShowContactModal: (contactId: string) => void;
   onDeleteMessages: () => void;
   onResetSession: () => void;
   onSearchInConversation: () => void;
@@ -468,6 +469,42 @@ export class ConversationHeader extends React.Component<PropsType> {
     );
   }
 
+  private renderHeader(): JSX.Element {
+    const { id, isMe, onShowContactModal, type } = this.props;
+
+    if (type === 'group' || isMe) {
+      return (
+        <div className="module-conversation-header__title-flex">
+          {this.renderAvatar()}
+          {this.renderTitle()}
+        </div>
+      );
+    }
+
+    const onContactClick = () => onShowContactModal(id);
+    const onKeyDown = (e: React.KeyboardEvent): void => {
+      if (e.key === 'Enter' || e.key === ' ') {
+        e.stopPropagation();
+        e.preventDefault();
+
+        onShowContactModal(id);
+      }
+    };
+
+    return (
+      <div
+        className="module-conversation-header__title-flex module-conversation-header__title-clickable"
+        onClick={onContactClick}
+        onKeyDown={onKeyDown}
+        role="button"
+        tabIndex={0}
+      >
+        {this.renderAvatar()}
+        {this.renderTitle()}
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
+
   public render(): JSX.Element {
     const { id } = this.props;
     const triggerId = `conversation-${id}`;
@@ -476,10 +513,7 @@ export class ConversationHeader extends React.Component<PropsType> {
       <div className="module-conversation-header">
         {this.renderBackButton()}
         <div className="module-conversation-header__title-container">
-          <div className="module-conversation-header__title-flex">
-            {this.renderAvatar()}
-            {this.renderTitle()}
-          </div>
+          {this.renderHeader()}
         </div>
         {this.renderExpirationLength()}
         {this.renderOutgoingCallButtons()}
diff --git a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHero.tsx b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHero.tsx
index f2bda07e53..a4e3b446f0 100644
--- a/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHero.tsx
+++ b/ts/components/conversation/ConversationHero.tsx
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ export const ConversationHero = ({
           />
         )}
       </h1>
-      {about && (
+      {about && !isMe && (
         <div className="module-about__container">
           <About text={about} />
         </div>
diff --git a/ts/models/conversations.ts b/ts/models/conversations.ts
index 3f06beecc9..d18911037c 100644
--- a/ts/models/conversations.ts
+++ b/ts/models/conversations.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import {
   fromEncodedBinaryToArrayBuffer,
   getRandomBytes,
   stringFromBytes,
+  trimForDisplay,
   verifyAccessKey,
 } from '../Crypto';
 import { GroupChangeClass } from '../textsecure.d';
@@ -3768,26 +3769,26 @@ export class ConversationModel extends window.Backbone.Model<
       }
 
       if (profile.about) {
-        const key = this.get('profileKey');
+        const key = c.get('profileKey');
         if (key) {
           const keyBuffer = base64ToArrayBuffer(key);
           const decrypted = await window.textsecure.crypto.decryptProfile(
             base64ToArrayBuffer(profile.about),
             keyBuffer
           );
-          this.set('about', stringFromBytes(decrypted));
+          c.set('about', stringFromBytes(trimForDisplay(decrypted)));
         }
       }
 
       if (profile.aboutEmoji) {
-        const key = this.get('profileKey');
+        const key = c.get('profileKey');
         if (key) {
           const keyBuffer = base64ToArrayBuffer(key);
           const decrypted = await window.textsecure.crypto.decryptProfile(
             base64ToArrayBuffer(profile.aboutEmoji),
             keyBuffer
           );
-          this.set('aboutEmoji', stringFromBytes(decrypted));
+          c.set('aboutEmoji', stringFromBytes(trimForDisplay(decrypted)));
         }
       }
 
diff --git a/ts/state/smart/ConversationHeader.tsx b/ts/state/smart/ConversationHeader.tsx
index 6cf642238f..2eaf3067e3 100644
--- a/ts/state/smart/ConversationHeader.tsx
+++ b/ts/state/smart/ConversationHeader.tsx
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export type OwnProps = {
   onSetMuteNotifications: (seconds: number) => void;
   onSetPin: (value: boolean) => void;
   onShowAllMedia: () => void;
+  onShowContactModal: (contactId: string) => void;
   onShowGroupMembers: () => void;
 
   onArchive: () => void;
diff --git a/ts/util/lint/exceptions.json b/ts/util/lint/exceptions.json
index b072463d35..e4fb2588a2 100644
--- a/ts/util/lint/exceptions.json
+++ b/ts/util/lint/exceptions.json
@@ -14770,7 +14770,7 @@
     "rule": "React-createRef",
     "path": "ts/components/conversation/ConversationHeader.tsx",
     "line": "    this.menuTriggerRef = React.createRef();",
-    "lineNumber": 101,
+    "lineNumber": 102,
     "reasonCategory": "usageTrusted",
     "updated": "2020-05-20T20:10:43.540Z",
     "reasonDetail": "Used to reference popup menu"
diff --git a/ts/views/conversation_view.ts b/ts/views/conversation_view.ts
index e6cdf668ca..cfe642a6d3 100644
--- a/ts/views/conversation_view.ts
+++ b/ts/views/conversation_view.ts
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ Whisper.ConversationView = Whisper.View.extend({
         {
           id: this.model.id,
 
+          onShowContactModal: this.showContactModal.bind(this),
           onSetDisappearingMessages: (seconds: number) =>
             this.setDisappearingMessages(seconds),
           onDeleteMessages: () => this.destroyMessages(),