Jona Xiao
Jona Xiao (born May 18, 1989) is an American actress born in China. Xiao was born in Changsha, China, and moved to New York as an infant, before ultimately settling in St. Louis, Missouri, with her family, starting acting in middle school. Growing up, she was called racial slurs and decided to be an actress to break against stereotypes. Xiao founded Career ACTivate, which specialises in helping actors jumpstart and progress their careers. Xiao was cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming in a role that she denies was initially written for an Asian-American actress. Marisa Tomei, who plays Aunt May in the film, lobbied for Xiao to be cast. Her role ended up getting cut in the final film. In 2021, Xiao lent her voice to a younger Namaari in Raya and the Last Dragon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jona Xiao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Doggone
as Jamie Bishop
Eyes of Wakanda
as Jorani / Iron Fist (voice)
The Pitt
as OB Nurse Sam Garvin
RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness
as Shen May (voice)
APPyness
as Tiffany
S.W.A.T.
as Grace
Gifted
as Lijuan
Keeping Up with the Joneses
as Stacey Chung
The Flash
as Carrie Bates / Rainbow Raider
Halt and Catch Fire
as Julie Yang
2 Broke Girls
as Hipster #3
Rizzoli & Isles
as Young Mother
Victorious
as Nina
The Forgotten
as Female Med Student
Alice Upside Down
as Loretta
Timeline
as Diner
Bones
as Miriam Young
NCIS
as Mei Li