UK Actors of Asian (East & South East) Descent
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Gemma Chan (born 29 November 1982) is a British film, television, and theatre actress and former fashion model. She played Charlotte in season four of the Showtime and ITV2 series Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007); Ruth in Channel 4's Fresh Meat (2011); Mia Bennett in The Waters of Mars (2009), and Soo Lin in The Blind Banker (2010). She also appeared in the feature films Exam (2009) and Paramount Pictures' action-thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit (2014). Chan made a film for Amnesty International to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Chan was born at Guy's Hospital in London, England. Her father grew up in Hong Kong and was an engineer. Her mother, a pharmacist at Guy's Hospital, emigrated from pre-Cultural Revolution Communist China via Hong Kong with her parents (Chan's maternal grandparents) and younger sister, growing up in Greenock, Scotland. Chan was raised near Sevenoaks, Kent, and attended Newstead Wood School for Girls in Orpington, Bromley, London. She later went on to read law at Worcester College, Oxford.
Following graduation, Chan gained a training contract offer as a graduate at the law firm Slaughter and May, but instead pursued an acting career and studied at the Drama Centre London. Spotted at her showcase by British film producer Damian Jones, she signed to acting agent Nicki van Gelder. In 2006, Chan was one of the models in series one of Project Catwalk, the UK version of Project Runway. She has been photographed by Rankin for a campaign for Nivea Visage, having previously worked as a model in order to fund her studies and drama school training.
Chan played geologist Mia Bennett in The Waters of Mars (2009), starring David Tennant and Lindsay Duncan, which aired 15 November 2009 in the UK. She was cast as a series regular in Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007), the fourth and final series airing on ITV2 in the UK and Showtime in the US in 2011. She also appeared in Sherlock (2010), and the fourth series of The IT Crowd (2006) for Channel 4.
In 2012, Chan was a regular in series two of Sky Living's supernatural drama Bedlam (2011) and in True Love (2012), a five-part semi-improvised television series produced by Working Title for the BBC One. In 2013, she starred in new BBC One crime drama Shetland (2013), alongside Douglas Henshall and Steven Robertson, and guest starred in the BBC's Death in Paradise (2011). She was a cast-member of Channel 4 romantic drama, Dates (2013).
Chan played the synthetic Anita/Mia in the AMC/Channel 4 eight-part science-fiction drama Humans (2015). Filming commenced in autumn 2014 with a June 2015 premiere. The second series premiered on 30 October. For her portrayal, she was nominated for numerous awards. In July 2016, Chan provided the voice "Dewdrop" in BBC One's animated television series Watership Down (2018). She appeared in the World War II drama film Shanghai (2010) and the comedy-drama Submarine (2010). Chan starred in Jean-Paul Rappeneau's Families (2015).
She made her professional stage debut in the British Premiere of Bertolt Brecht's last play, Turandot, at the Hampstead Theatre, London, directed by Anthony Clark. In November 2012, she performed in The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie, a new play by Anders Lustgarten at the Finborough Theatre. In June 2013, she performed in the UK premiere of Yellow Face by American playwright David Henry Hwang at The Park Theatre, London, directed by Alex Sims. It was revived in 2014 at the Royal National Theatre with the original London cast returning. In November 2013, Chan performed in the world premiere of Our Ajax by Timberlake Wertenbaker at the Southwark Playhouse, London. Wertenbaker chose her to play the war goddess Athena after she saw her performance in Yellow Face.- Actress
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Jessica Yu Li Henwick is an English actress. She is best known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and Colleen Wing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making her debut in the Netflix television series Iron Fist. Her film debut was St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009). She was the first actress of East Asian descent to play the lead role in a British television series, the children's show Spirit Warriors.
Henwick was born and raised in Surrey, the daughter of Pearlyn Goh Kun Shan and Mark Henwick, author of the Bite Back series of novels. Her father, who was born in Zambia, is English, and her mother is Singaporean Chinese. She trained at Redroofs Theatre School and the National Youth Theatre. In June 2009, it was announced that Henwick had been cast in the lead role of Bo for the BBC show Spirit Warriors, making her the first actress of East Asian descent to play the lead role in a British television series. For the role, Henwick trained in wushu with martial arts choreographer Jude Poyer. The show was nominated for several awards, including the Broadcast Awards 2011. In early 2013, Henwick made her professional theatre debut in the international premiere of Running on the Cracks, based on the book by Julia Donaldson. Allan Radcliffe of The Times praised her "excellent" and "understated" performance, while the Guardian wrote, "with tremendous physical presence, Henwick captures the sense of adolescent righteousness, passion and confusion of a girl trying to create order in an unfair universe." Theatre critic Joyce McMillan wrote that Henwick was "outstanding as Leo".
Later that year she was cast as Jane Jeong Trenka in the drama Obsession: Dark Desires, which aired January 2014. The adaptation details Trenka's stalking in Minnesota, 1991, which she details in her book The Language of Blood. Henwick also joined the cast of Silk as new barrister pupil Amy. The series brought in an average of 5 million viewers per episode. She reprised her role for the spin-off radio series Silk: The Clerks' Room and later that year went on to play a young Oxford University student in Inspector Lewis. In 2015 Henwick joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Nymeria Sand, with Oscar-nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rosabell Laurenti Sellers playing her sisters. The process included six months of training to use a traditional bullwhip. She continued performing the role until Season 7.
Henwick played the X-wing pilot Jess Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The character's full name is established as Jessika "Testor" Pava in the spin-off novel The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure, which establishes her as an admirer of Luke Skywalker. Despite her limited screen time, the character of Pava has become a fan favorite. Since the release of the film, Pava has appeared as a supporting character in the comic book series Star Wars: Poe Dameron. In 2017, Henwick appeared in the second season of drama series Fortitude, as well as Colleen Wing in the Netflix television series Iron Fist. Although critical reception of Iron Fist was generally negative, Henwick's performance in the series was well received. She reprises the role for the series The Defenders. At the end of 2017, Henwick was listed as one of Variety's Top Breakout Stars of 2017. In 2020, she co-starred in the Fox feature film Underwater.- Katie Leung began her career when she was cast as Cho Chang in the Warner Brothers feature film Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, a role she subsequently reprised for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Part II). Alongside her acting career, Katie has trained at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She made her professional theatre debut in the role of Er-Hong in Sacha Wares' production of Wild Swans which premiered in Boston before transferring to the Young Vic Theatre London in April 2012. She subsequently performed at the National Theatre as the lead role of Sunny in Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's play The World of Extreme Happiness. Katie has recently appeared at the Royal Court Theatre as the lead role in Mia Chung's play You For Me For You and in Tony Kushner's play The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures at the Hampstead Theatre, directed by Michael Boyd. Most recently she led the cast of Snow in Midsummer at the Royal Shakespeare Company. In October 2014, Katie was announced as one of BAFTA's Breakthrough Brits, a scheme established in 2013 to recognise and support young emerging British talent. On television she has starred as one of the series leads in Run, Channel 4's acclaimed drama following the lives of four people in South London. Her further television credits include ITV1's Poirot and BBC's Father Brown. Katie also starred as the central lead role of Mei in One Child, written by Guy Hibbert and directed by John Alexander, which broadcast on BBC2 in February 2016. She was recently seen in Martin Campbell's feature The Foreigner, alongside Pierce Brosnan and Jackie Chan and is currently filming the new ITV series White Dragon (2018) as one of the lead characters, Lau Chen. In 2022, she gave birth to her son Wolf.
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British-Malaysian television host, actor and model Henry Ewan Golding was born in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, to Margaret Likan and Clive Golding. His father is English and his mother is Malaysian. His mother is from the Iban people, an Indigenous group in Sarawak, and Henry completed the bejalai, an Iban rite of passage, in the jungles of Borneo.
Henry spent his early years in Terengganu. His family moved from Malaysia to Surrey, England when he was eight. When he was twenty one, he moved back to Malaysia, living in Kuala Lumpur, pursuing acting work, and becoming known as a host of travel shows.
Henry made his feature film debut in the smash hit Crazy Rich Asians (2018), playing Nick Young, a Singaporean multi-millionaire who must carefully navigate his relationship with an American, Rachel Chu (Constance Wu). Later that year, he starred opposite Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick in the thriller A Simple Favor (2018). Since his 2018 success, he has starred opposite Emilia Clarke in the romantic comedy Last Christmas (2019) and played a more villainous role in the comedy-thriller The Gentlemen (2019). He will also star as the title character in the action film Snake Eyes (2021).
Henry married Liv Lo, an Italian-Taiwanese TV presenter and yoga instructor, in August 2016.- Actress
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Haruka Abe is an Anglo-Japanese actress based in London, United Kingdom.
Born in Tokyo, Haruka spent her childhood split between New York, London and Tokyo, moving between the three cities with her family. Aged 8 she decided to try acting and at age 9 she played Bilbo Baggins in her school play adaptation of The Hobbit, an experience that confirmed to her that acting was the path she wanted to follow.
Her family moved back to Tokyo when she was 11 years old, and while in middle and high school, she enrolled in a children's drama school called Gekidan Himawari in Ebisu, Shibuya, Tokyo.
She was later accepted into Aoyama University, however at aged 18 she decided instead to return to London to pursue her acting career, attending Rose Brudord drama school where she would graduate with a 1st class Bachelor of Arts degree.- Actress
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Alice Hewkin was born on 10 September 1999 in London, UK. She is an actress, known for The Brothers Sun (2024), Sex Education (2019) and Rye Lane (2023).- Actress
Jessica Sula (born 3 May 1994) is a British actress known for playing the character Grace Blood in the third generation of the British television series Skins and for her role in the M. Night Shyamalan-directed horror film Split (2016).
Sula was born in Swansea to Trinidadian mother Shurla Blades, who has Afro-Hispanic and Chinese ancestry, and to Steven Sula, a father of German and Estonian heritage. She grew up in Gorseinon, where she completed her A-levels in Spanish, French and Drama at Gorseinon College.
Sula made her television debut in 2011, portraying Grace Blood in the fifth and sixth series of the E4 teen drama Skins. Afterwards, she gained a supporting role in comedy drama Love and Marriage which was broadcast on ITV in 2013. In 2015, Sula was cast as the lead character, Maddie Graham, in the Freeform drama Recovery Road, alongside Skins co-star Sebastian de Souza. Her first big screen leading role is in Honeytrap, the story of 15-year-old girl who sets up the murder of a boy who is in love with her. In 2017 she filmed the indie feature Big Fork, in which she played the main character, Emily.
Sula had a recurring role in the 2017 limited series Godless. That same year, it was announced that she would be a series regular for the third season of the series Scream, expected to air in 2019.
Sula plays the guitar and practices karate.- Kae Alexander was born on 31 August 1985 in Kobe, Japan. She is an actress, known for Game of Thrones (2011), Fleabag (2016) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019).
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George Young was born in London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Falling for Christmas (2022), Malignant (2021) and Containment (2016). He has been married to Janet Hsieh since 26 January 2015. They have two children.- Actress
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Sonoya Mizuno's a Japanese-born English actress, model & ballet dancer. She was born on July 1, 1986 in Tokyo, Japan. She graduated from the Royal Ballet School.
She has starred in Ex Machina (2014), Annihilation (2018) & Devs (2020). She had minor roles in La La Land (2016), Beauty and the Beast (2017) & Crazy Rich Asians (2018). She also starred in Maniac (2018) & is set to appear in House of the Dragon (2022).- Actress
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Jennifer Lim was born in 1980 in London, England, UK. She is an actress and producer, known for A Monster Calls (2016), Hostel (2005) and Rogue Trader (1999).- Actor
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Benedict Wong is a British actor. He is known for his roles as Kublai Khan in Netflix's Marco Polo (2014-2016), Bruce Ng in The Martian (2015), and Wong in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Doctor Strange (2016). Wong was born on 3 July 1971 in Eccles, Greater Manchester, the son of Hong Kong immigrant parents who had traveled through Ireland before settling in England. He was brought up in Eccles, and attended Salford City College (then called De La Salle Sixth Form College) in the surrounding area of Salford. He then took a two-year performing arts course at Salford City College.- Actress
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Crystal Yu is known for Doctor Who (2005), Casualty (1986) and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019).- Actor
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Naoko was born in Nagoya, Japan and moved to New York with her parents when she was four before returning to Japan, then relocating to London when she was 12. She began to take singing lessons, and at 17 she was cast in the lead role of Kim in the West End musical "Miss Saigon" opposite John Barrowman, with whom she would later appear in the TV science-fiction series "Torchwood." She has appeared on television as Julia Sawalha's studious friend Sarah in "Absolutely Fabulous", the hospital reception in "Casualty", and Yoko Ono in "Lennon Naked." In 2006 she returned to the London musical stage to play Christmas Eve in "Avenue Q," and in 2015 she was part of the huge ensemble cast in the big-screen "Everest" as ill-fated mountaineer Yasuko Namba.- Actress
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Born in Liverpool, one of eight children. David's father was a Chinese seaman from the Canton area of southern China, and his mother was from Liverpool. He trained at E15 Acting School, London in 1973 and since then worked in Film, Television, Theatre, Radio and other voice work both in the UK and internationally. David still visits and works there regularly, but lives with his wife in North Oxfordshire, UK.- Actor
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- Jing Lusi was born in Shanghai and moved to England with her parents at the age of five. After graduating law from University College London, Lusi went on to become one of the most prominent Asian actresses in the UK. She has appeared across TV (Lucky Man (2016), Scott & Bailey (2011)), film (Survivor (2015), Crazy Rich Asians (2018)) and theatre, as well as presenting a number of documentaries for UK and Chinese broadcasters.
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Max Giorgio Choa Minghella is an English-born actor and filmmaker. He was born in Hampstead, London, England, the son of choreographer Carolyn Choa and the late Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella. He is the half-brother of Hannah Minghella, who has also worked in film.
Minghella is a former member of the National Youth Theatre. He attended Columbia University (2005-2009).
Minghella's acting credits include 'The Internship', 'The Ides of March' and 'The Social Network' (Minghella was nominated for a SAG award for his ensemble work). Minghella also starred alongside Blake Lively in cult favorite 'Elvis & Anabelle'.
In 2013, Minghella executive produced 'The Two Faces of January' for Working Title.
In 2014, Minghella directed the music video for Christopher Owens' 'Nothing More Than Everything To Me'.
Miramax's 'The 9th Life of Louis Drax' was Minghella's screen writing debut, and his first film as director was 'Teen Spirit' from 2018.
Minghella dated actress Kate Mara from 2010-2014.
His father was British (though of Italian descent) and his mother was born in Hong Kong (of over half Chinese, and smaller amounts of Indian Jewish, Parsi Indian, English, Irish, and Swedish, ancestry).- Chike is a British actor of East Asian extraction. Born in 1974 in Stockport, UK, he was brought up in South Manchester where he attended Parrswood High School. After a break from studying A-Levels he trained at The Arden School of Theatre, graduating in 2000. Chike is conversant in 9 languages.
- Colin Ryan was born on 23 June 1986. He is an actor, known for Doctor Who (2005), Final Fantasy XIV: Heavensward (2015) and Leonardo (2011).
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Christina Chong is an international television and film actress who stars in the CBS series "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds" as series regular 'La'an Noonien-Singh,' alongside Anson Mount and Rebecca Romijn. The series expanded on the iconic franchise, with six new crew members on the USS Enterprise, alongside its familiar trio of lead characters. The series returns for its second season in June and has already been picked up for a third season. Alongside acting, Christina is now following her musical passion with a debut EP titled "Twin Flames" releasing in August.
For Christina, the focus on equality and diversity in the Star Trek franchise leads back to her own personal journey in Hollywood. Christina is the proud daughter of a Chinese father who immigrated to the UK from Hong Kong and English mother. Her tireless work ethic stems from watching her father working low wage jobs in restaurants, often jobs only immigrants would be willing to take on, and her mother staying at home raising six children. She credits her ability to succeed in the arts to her mother, when despite living in government housing and raising her family on welfare, always managed to support Christina's dreams.
She began in the performing arts at three years old with dance and attended Italia Conti (the UK equivalent to world famous Juilliard) for high school. It was there she cultivated her musical theater and acting skills staring as 'Anita' in West Side Story in her graduation show, before moving to Germany to star in the European premier of the musical Aida, written by Elton John and Tim Rice. To further her career, she moved to New York to study at The Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute. Soon after, she returned to London to pursue her acting career full time.
Her career has seen no bounds to what she can achieve. On the television side she can be seen in hit series such as Netflix's "Black Mirror," BBC America's "Doctor Who," Fox's "24: Live Another Day," "Halo: Nightfall" with Mike Colter, British crime drama "Line of Duty," and ITV's "Grace."
On the film side, she stars in Blockbuster hits such as Universal Pictures' "Johnny English Reborn," Warner Bros.' "Tom & Jerry: The Movie," which was nominated for 'The Family Movie of 2021' award at the People's Choice Awards, "Christmas Eve" with Cheryl Hines and Patrick Stewart, award winning independent feature "W.E." with Oscar Isaac, and "Legacy" with Idris Elba.
Christina's lifelong passion to release original music has emerged in the form of her debut EP titled Twin Flames (August 2023). Comprised of four original songs: "Twin Flames," "No Blame," "Can't Show Love," and "I Get to Choose," listeners are taken on a journey of passion, pain, healing, and self-love during and after a "twin flame" relationship; from meeting to breaking-up to the understanding of what happened, and ultimately finding happiness alone. For the production, Christina worked with Jake Gosling (Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, Shania Twain), NUUXS (Major Lazer, Diplo), and Matt Brettle (Cat Burns, Ardee) through record label Goldun Egg.
Christina has spent the last decade and half, rediscovering who she is in Hollywood both personally and professionally, working with life coach Michael James. She hopes to share her story of dealing with rejection, personal development, and overcoming adversity with the world. Aside from being in front of the camera, she is writing and producing, drawing from personal experiences to create content that gives hope and inspires.- Actor
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Will Sharpe was born on 22 September 1986 in Camden, London, England, UK. He is an actor and writer, known for Flowers (2016), Landscapers (2021) and The Electrical Life of Louis Wain (2021).- Actress
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Sophie Wu was born on 23 December 1983 in the UK. She is an actress and writer, known for Kick-Ass 2 (2013), Kick-Ass (2010) and Wild Child (2008).- Actress
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- Eleanor Matsuura (born c. 1983) is an English actress, who is best known for her roles as Hannah Santo in Spooks: The Greater Good, Bev in Utopia and as PC Donna Prager in Cuffs.
Matsuura was born in Tokyo and raised in Hertfordshire, England. She was trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and graduated in 2004. She is trained in Modern and Period dance.
Matsuura worked on stage at the Royal Court Theatre, Old Vic Theatre and several West End theatres. She has also appeared in several British TV dramas, including EastEnders, Thorne, Extras, Holby City, Lead Balloon, Doctor Who and Hustle, and British films. She appears as Isobel in Bull at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.
Matsuura features in the fourth series of the hit BBC One drama series Sherlock, playing the role of Detective Inspector Hopkins. She has done voice acting for video games such as Mass Effect: Andromeda and Dreamfall Chapters. She currently portrays Yumiko on the hit TV Show The Walking Dead based on the comic book of the same name.
Matsuura is of half-Japanese and half-British descent, and has a basic skill in Japanese. She is an animal rights supporter and works closely with the Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.
Matsuura is married to the Canadian actor Trevor White, the couple resides in London. - Actress
Elaine was born in London, England. She attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School and performed in West End stage productions, including South Pacific and The King & I, Royal Variety Shows, film, television, radio and commercials. After leaving to attend a regular academic school, she continued taking her LAMDA (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art) Exams, and carried on working in productions mainly for the BBC. She went on to study Law and graduated from Exeter University.
Later Elaine played the lead role of Liat in Sir Trevor Nunn's production of South Pacific at the National Theatre in London, and sang 'Happy Talk' as a duet with the character of Bloody Mary which features on the musical soundtrack recorded at Abbey Road Studios. After returning to acting full time, she completed the last part of her law training part time.
She has appeared in commercials for Olay, Mercedes, Coors Light, Camaro Chevrolet, Clairol and Gillette.- Daphne Cheung is known for Ali G Indahouse (2002), Friday Night Dinner (2011) and Red Eye (2024). She has been married to David Coatsworth since 1 September 1993. They have one child.
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East Asian actress based in London. Yuyu was born in Taipei, Taiwan. She trained in ballet and Chinese martial arts dance professionally for 14 years before she moved to the UK in 2006. She obtained MA: Performance at University of Chichester in 2009 and has been working as professional performing artist since then.- Tom Wu was born on 15 May 1972 in Hong Kong, China. He is an actor, known for Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes (2015), The Gentlemen (2019) and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).
- You-Ri Yamanaka is known for Servants' Quarters (2016), The Wheel of Time (2021) and After the World Ended (2015).
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Peter Peralta was born in London, England, UK. He is known for Gangsters Gamblers Geezers (2016), Sons of God: The Deal (2014) and Sons of God: The Seventh Trumpet (2013).- Actress
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Elizabeth Tan is a British actress best known for her series regular roles in award-winning TV series Top Boy, Emily in Paris, The Singapore Grip, The Syndicate and Dr Who. Her transformative character work in Film, Television and Theatre has seen Tan demonstrate incredible versatility in her portrayals, earning her many glowing reviews from critics. Having started training in martial arts from the age of 5 years old, Tan has also inhabited a number of compelling characters in action/martial arts films and has a particular interest in the Wing Chun, Wu Shu and Thai Kickboxing schools.- Chloe Wong is known for Hank Zipzer (2014).
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Meg is an East Asian actress born in Seattle, raised in Japan, South Africa and now based in the UK. She speaks both English and Japanese fluently. She studied at Wasoeda University in Japan before moving to the UK to obtain MA at Royal Holloway, University of London, and trained at Arts Educational Drama School. Her Film & TV Credit include most recently, Good Omens (BBC/Amazon), and in the past, Teacup Travels (BBC), Iris (Fox Iris Prduction), Fog Bound (Intermedia Films), The Day of the Kamikaze (Channel 4), The Girl in a Bubble (title role -Actual Film), All That Remains (Major Oak Entertainment). She is also known for her voice as Dr Ling in Chuggington and the Japanese wife in Mr Bean the Animation. For radio plays she played the lead in A Pale View of the Hills (Radio 4) and Fewer Not Less (Radio 4). She is a qualified yoga teacher, wild water swimmer and a rock climber.- Actress
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Vera Chok is a writer, actress, singer, artist and lover of language.
Of Chinese descent, Chok was born in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, where she grew up attending the missionary school of Asaunta until moving to the United Kingdom as a teenager and completing her secondary education in Abbots Bromley School in Staffordshire, England. Later she continued her education at Queens College, Oxford where she got her MA in Archaeology & Anthropology.
Pursuing her creative side, Chok studied acting at both the Poor School in London and Ecole Philippe Gaulier in Paris. Her desire to learn continues and in October 2013 she started an MA in Writing at the University of East London.
Chok's acting roles have included performances in theatre, television, radio and film; from independent spirited performances, large established television dramas, one-woman shows and performances in award-winning shows such as Lucy Kirkwood's play "Chimerica" at the Almeida and Harold Pinter theatres during 2013. In 2010 Chok founded saltpeter, an independent theatre company and has served as producer and co-produced on several successful shows with the company.
Away from acting Chok's other creative works include music and writing. She is the lead singer of the band FRIENDS OF FRIENDS (FOF), who released their first single "Your Sappy Song" in March 2014. In 2011 she setup and ran The Brautigan Book Club, an international creative society that uses the work of American Beat writer Richard Brautigan as the starting point for expressive and artistic exploration. Chok's writing consists of pieces which are based in poetry but not restricted by that definition and has been published by Ether Press, Brautigan Free Press and The Rising.- Actor
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David K.S. Tse is known for Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022), Devs (2020) and Chimerica (2019).- Elizabeth Chan is known for Black Mirror (2011), Silent Witness (1996) and Last Tango in Halifax (2012).
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Jamie Cho is an actor from London. He attended the University of Southampton earning a degree in Sports Science and Psychology, after which he returned to London to study acting. He soon began to work in Film, TV and Commercials. He is best known for work on Batman Begins (2005), Harrigan (2013) and Frikjent (2015) (Acquitted).- Actor
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Siu Hun Li is known for Perfect Sense (2011), The Angels' Share (2012) and Johnny English Reborn (2011).- Pik-Sen Lim was born to Chinese parents in Penang, Malaysia. She came to London at the age of sixteen to learn drama. Her big break came in 1964 when she appeared in the long-running hospital drama series Emergency-Ward 10 (1957) where she was cast as the first Chinese nurse on British television. One of the series writers was Don Houghton, who also originated Take the High Road (1980), who became her husband until his death in 1991. Their daughter, Sara Houghton, is also an actress and they appeared on stage together in 2005 as mother and daughter in the play 'Three Thousand Troubled Threads.' Pik-Sen's best known television role is probably as the vehement Chinese communist in the comedy series Mind Your Language (1977). She also appeared in Doctor Who (1963) in an episode written by her husband and in the 2000s says she is being recognized all over again for her role in the TV sketch show Little Britain (2003)
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- Jonathan Raggett was born on 3 November 1992 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Lady (2011), Trafficker (2015) and Wolfblood (2012).
- Jason Wong was born on 24 March 1986 in London, England, UK. He is an actor and producer, known for Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (2023), Guy Ritchie's the Covenant (2023) and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).
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Lucy Sheen, stage name. Originally known as Chau Lai-Tuen until the finalisation of her transracial adoption was legally granted in the early 60s. Lucy born on the British Crown colony of Hong Kong and also abandoned there shortly after her birth. She was adopted by a white growing up in the heartland of conservative England, next to the cucumber sandwiches, church spires and cricket on the village green. Lucy trained at The Rose Bruford School of Speech & Drama graduating in 1984. Her first professional film role was the lead in British feature film Ping Pong (1986). She is best known for Secrets & Lies, Business as Usual, The Good Neighbour, Nighty Night series 2, Call Then Midwife, Casualty, Shadow & Bone and The Witcher. As well as many stage appearances. Lucy is a published writer, poet and playwright. 2019 she began directing professionally mainly stage works. She has also been the casting director on two award winning short films. Lucy's own work takes its inspiration from her personal background. concerning identity, perception. "Duality, the schism in thought and emotion when you are conflicted, when your heritage and culture is split. The loss of your roots the displacement from one culture to another. Lucy is also a founding member of the advocacy group Beats.org- Actress
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- Windson Liong is a UK-based actor/singer/voiceover artist who has worked all around the world. Born and raised in Singapore to Chinese parents, Windson is bilingual in English and Mandarin Chinese. He is an alumnus of Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore) and The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London, UK).
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Kevin Shen is known for Close (2019), Unlocked (2017) and A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby (2019).- Gabby Wong(she/her) is a Hong Kong born, UK based actor and writer, best known for her role as series regular Yuk Je in 1899 and Wona Goban in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin and English. While studying Politics at university, Gabby became heavily involved in the student theatre and decided to train as an actor at Italia Conti in London. She made her professional debut at Shakespeare's Globe. A regular company member at Royal Shakespeare Company, Gabby has also worked at the National Theatre, West End, Royal Court, Stratford East, Almeida, Sheffield Crucible, Glasgow Citizens, Manchester International Festival and more; she has appeared in several TV series as well as lending her voice to BBC radio dramas, games and audio books.
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- Studied at RADA.
Loves snowboarding & scuba-diving.
Took a year out and went traveling on her own to India, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia & New Zealand.
Dislocated her elbow in a snowboarding accident but went onto do a mini-winter season in Morzine, France to get over her injury. - Actor
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Jeffrey Ho was trained and graduated from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) in London, the world-leading vocational training for actors. For his debut feature film, Jeffrey plays the role of Taka in Queen, the multi award winning movie, 22 wins and 21 nominations. He recently won 5 awards for Best Actor in a short film Beaver Boys.- Sam Ong is known for Carnage (2017).
- Chris Lew Kum Hoi is known for War Machine (2017), Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) and Jayson Bend: Queen and Country (2015).
- Dan is British South East Asian actor born and raised in London. Throughout his career, he has built an impressive filmography that spans across genres and platforms.
He has been involved in several award-winning productions: working on the BAFTA award-winning Best British Film I Daniel Blake, the BAFTA children's award winner Horrible Histories, and the Best International Film Luther: The Fallen Sun. - Actor
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A transformative actor working across theatre, film and television Orion is a versatile performer able to create characters and inhabit them with verisimilitude. Lauded for his performance as King Lu in First Cow and loved for his performance as the Dad Jin in Turning Red. Besides his screen credits on IMDB he has worked at prestigious theatres like the National Theatre of Scotland, Abbey Theatre (National Theatre of Ireland), Royal Court, American Repertory Theatre and the West End. He was directed by Trevor Nunn as Mosca, a co-lead part in Volpone by Ben Jonson at the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Orion Lee worked in the finance industry as a fund manager before retraining as an actor at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA).- Actress
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Linda works as a Development Coordinator at Objective Fiction. She started as an actress and short film producer, having studied at Ecole Philippe Gaulier and graduating with a Distinction in MA Producing at the MetFilm School London. Passionate about the environment, climate change, and diversity, Linda focuses on projects with a positive messaging and impact.- Actor
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David Cheung is a British actor and stunt performer currently appearing in Barbie The Movie as the first Asian casted Beach Ken stuntman. He is also known as West2 in the first three episodes of Star War's Andor.
David Cheung has performed alongside Johnny Depp, Paul Bettany, Rowan Atkinson as well as Taylor Lautner, he was the face of Gillette Asia Blue Commercial for 3 years running and has appeared in campaigns such as Lexus, Renault and Jaguar.
David Cheung is a member of the British Stunt Register and was a student at the prestigious Identity School Of Acting known for producing stars such as John Boyega.- Director
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Hong Khaou was born on 22 October 1975 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He is a director and writer, known for Lilting (2014), Monsoon (2019) and Spring (2011).- Jo Yang is an English actress who was born in China and raised in West London from the age of 8. While attending the William Morris school in Acton Jo showed an aptitude for the arts and was placed at a performing arts school to study acting and dancing. Jo later attended St Mary's university to study Psychology before dropping out to follow her heart and study at the prestigious Beijing film academy where she graduated after 4 years. During the course of her education Jo worked consistently and appears in the English/Chinese film 'Time Translated' as well as the popular Chinese theatre show 'Secret love in Peach Blossom'. After graduation Jo accepted a role of in the Chinese TV show 'Leaving Love'. Jo is promoting her first full English film 'X plus Y' in which she plays 'Zhang Mei' the love interest of the main character 'Nathan' played by Asa Butterfield. X plus Y is due for release in March 2015.
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Alan Wai was born on 26 June 1983 in Dublin, Ireland. He is an actor, known for Into the Badlands (2015), Soho Jimbo (2016) and Missile from the East (2021).- Actor
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Bruce Chong is known for Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021), The Gentlemen (2019) and Now You See Me 2 (2016).- Actor
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Chris Chung is a British director and writer with a focus on comedy led projects. His first short film 'Handuken' was a finalist in the Virgin Media Shorts and premiered in the BFI IMAX and was shown in cinemas and Tivo nationwide. The short garnered several international awards and was longlisted for a BIFA.
Following this, Chris and his team produced TV pilot 'Wok' which became a two-time Debbies Test Card finalist at the prestigious Edinburgh TV festival. When the pilot debuted online it was heralded by Justin Lin's YOMYOMF as 'UK's answer to 'Fresh off the boat''. Chris was then selected as one of six directors for the Directors UK: Challenge Alexa, where he wrote, directed and choreographed his martial arts action-comedy proof of concept 'Soho Jimbo' in just two days. The proof of concept went on to be selected for the Oscar and BAFTA qualifying festivals Raindance and Bermuda.- Zak Shukor was born in London Hammersmith in 1970. He is a British based actor.
Shukor's parents moved to England when his father was hired as a director to the BBC.
He is known for his work on Mr Holmes (2015), Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2018), Sex Education (2019), Warrior (2020), Save Me (2020) and Voyagers (2021). - Christina Tam is known for Automata (2014), Transformers: The Last Knight (2017) and The Limehouse Golem (2016).
- Jonathan Chan is known for Wakefield (2021), Old School (2014) and The Ronnie Johns Half Hour (2005).
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Jon Xue Zhang was born on 4 March 1988. He is an actor and producer, known for The Brothers Sun (2024), Eternals (2021) and Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (2019).- Actress
Van is based in London originally from Vietnam. Born on 26 December 1985. She has a real passion for acting and was given a key role in 'Mumbai Massacre' for National Geographic Documentary. Her character was Dara Huang an American who was unfortunately caught up in the Mumbai Terrorist Attacks back in November 2008. There after she has played a 'house maid' in feature film 'The Wedding Video' directed by Nigel Cole. In feature film '47 Ronin' starring Keanu Reeves she doubled for princess Mika. Most recently she traveled to Vietnam to shoot a scene for feature film 'Balas & Bolinhos - The last chapter'
Van is also a model, so she is very confident in front of the camera.- Actress
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Pui Fan Lee was born on 14 July 1971 in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK. She is an actress and writer, known for The Nevers (2021) and Landscapers (2021).- Actress
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Lourdes Faberes was born in Manila, Philippines. She is an actress and producer, known for The Sandman (2022), Boiling Point (2021) and Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre (2023).- Carl Ng was born in Hong Kong in 1976. He is half Chinese and half British. His father is comedy legend of the 80s and 90s, Richard Ng. Carl earned a BBA at Westminster University in the UK where he also studied drama at the Tony Grecos Acting Studio.
Later he moved to Thailand where he earned a living as a scuba instructor. He then returned to Hong Kong where he was approached to do some modeling. With his chiseled good looks and witty charm, his career as a model took off, setting the stage for his break into the movie business. So far he has been seen in minor roles opting to audition for parts instead of riding on his famous father's name. - Bip Ling is known for Adam Green's Aladdin (2016), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) and Carnage (2017).
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Fiesta Mei Ling is known for United 93 (2006), Vera Drake (2004) and Stand Up, Virgin Soldiers (1977). She has been married to John A. Coleman since 1983. She was previously married to John Forgeham.- Actress
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Born in 1987, Koji grew up in Epsom, Surrey. His father is Japanese and mother is English.
Studied film and theatre before travelling to Thailand and Japan, where he started work, taking on small acting jobs, working as a stunt man, editor and various odd jobs to pay the bills
Moved back to England and trained at the Actors Temple, London.
Acted in TV and Theatre in the UK whilst making his own films on the side before landing the lead role of Ah-Sahm in Cinemax's 'Warrior'.- Actor
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Mark Takeshi Ota is known for The Impact (2022), Little English (2022) and The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles (2021).- Actress
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- Alisa Anantvoranich is known for Jade Dragon (2017).
- Keiko Miyazaki is known for Jade Dragon (2017).
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Natalie Jackson Mendoza was born in Hong Kong of a Filipino/Spanish Jazz musician father and German/English mother. She had a bohemian upbringing with her six artist siblings living all over the world in Asia, Australia, England and NYC. She was raised as a child in Hong Kong and Australia. She studied Classical Acting at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School UK and Playhouse West LA. Natalie has enjoyed playing many lead roles in theater and had the honor to open the National Theatre's brand new Dorfman Theatre in London with the show Here Lies Love written by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim, directed by Alex Timbers, Natalie was cast as the lead role of Imelda Marcos and has received 5-star reviews for her interpretation of the role. Other theater credits include, Arms of Fire by Duncan Sheik and Steven Adler. She was selected from over 3000 women by Bono and Edge to play the original Arachne in Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark on Broadway. Cameron Macintosh originally discovered Natalie and had her star in Les Miserables and Miss Saigon Australia. Other credits include 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee MTC, Ghost, Lord of the Rings, Cats, and many more. After studying classical acting she moved on to do many plays including Romeo and Juliet, Coup D'Etat, 5 Kinds of Silence, Macbeth and many more. She has always worked in film and television from a young age and landed a 3-picture deal with Miramax at 19. She most recently appeared as one of the leads in Americana directed by Philip Noyce by ABC America and the British classic Midsomer Murders as Sasha Fleetwood. She is still best known for Descent 1 & 2 and her lead role of Jackie Clunes in BBC's drama Hotel Babylon. Natalie has moved on to writing and developing for her own film production company as well as recording an album she will be releasing later next year. She had a record deal with Virgin Records as a teenager in a Punk pop band. She won Best Film, Best Writer and Best Director for the 72 hr Film Festival held in LA in 2011. Natalie is also directing her first feature slated for release next year.- Christopher Goh was born in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Secret Invasion (2023), The Romanoffs (2018) and Hunter Killer (2018).
- Eugenia is a, British East Asian actor of Singaporean-Chinese heritage based in London, UK. Warm-hearted, grounded and endearingly quirky in comedic roles, she is equally at home playing driven, passionate and protective authority figures and often plays caring, maternal and professional types. Known for 'Raging Grace' (2023), 'Anonymous' (2021), 'Surgeons' (2021) and 'The Show Must Go Online' (2020-2021).
- Julie Yammanee is known for Lazarus (2018), A Christmas Story Christmas (2022) and Sleepover Club (2003).