Jennie Kwan is an American actress and singer. She played Samantha "Sam" Woo on California Dreams, and voiced Satoko Hojo in Higurashi When They Cry, Suki in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Chun-Li in Street Fighter 6.

Jennie Kwan
Other names
  • Minx Lee
  • Trinity Lee
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1984–present
SpouseMatthew Garrett
Websitejenniekwan.com

Career

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Kwan began acting at age 11 when she started performing with the touring company, "Kids of the Century". Her first television role was in 1991 as the voice of Audrey in Little Shop, a series based on the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors.[1]

She is best known as Samantha "Sam" Woo, a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong in the NBC sitcom California Dreams who first appeared in the show's second season. She joins the band as its singer and keyboardist.

Kwan competed on the twenty-fourth season of Worst Cooks in America, the show's seventh celebrity edition titled That's So '90s, which aired in April and May 2022.[2]

Personal life

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Kwan says she was often embarrassed in high school because despite being famous, she never had a boyfriend. She is married to Matthew Garrett, a local musician.[3]

Filmography

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Television

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Year Title Role Notes
1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Girl #1 Ep. Song of Myself
1993–1996 California Dreams Samantha 'Sam' Woo Main role
1997 Family Matters Kimberly Ep. Revenge of the Nerd
The Nanny Mai Ling Ep. Mommy and Mai
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Herself/Performer Ep. 2.29
2013 Anger Management Woman Ep. Charlie and His New Friend with Benefits
2016 New Girl Boat Woman Ep. Es Good
2021 The Rookie Anakela Ep. Poetic Justice

Film

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Year Title Role Notes
1993 Country Estates Cheerleader TV movie
1997 Trojan War Trish
2009 Let's Do It!: A California Dreams Reunion Herself Documentary short
2011 Play Time The Wife Short film
2012 Invasion of the Money Snatchers Velma Short film
2014 Promoted Lu Chang
2023 Suzume Mami English dub[4]

Animation

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Year Title Role Notes Source
1991 Little Shop Audrey Main role
2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Suki, Princess Yue Recurring role
2006 Eureka Seven Sakuya English dub
2007 Fate/stay night Ayako Mitsuzuri English dub; as Minx Lee
When They Cry Satoko Hojo English dub; as Minx Lee
Rozen Maiden Nori Sakurada English dub; as Minx Lee
2009 Random Cartoons Myang Myang, Bitgirl, Edu Ep. Dr. Dee and Bit Boy
2011 Durarara!! Miria Harvent English dub; Ep. 11
2013 Accel World Akira Himi/Aqua Current English dub; as Trinity Lee
2018 Goldie & Bear Tess the Giantess Voice role; Tess the Giantess
Beyblade Burst Turbo Chiharu Aoi English dub; Ep. 51
2020 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Inosuke's mother, Kakushi English dub
Scissor Seven Thirteen English dub
2021 Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Sonoko Suzuki English dub [5]
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf Young Luka [5]
High-Rise Invasion Mayuko Nise English dub [5]
2022–2023 Around the Sun Ace / Sabrina Audio drama [6]

Video games

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Year Title Role Source
2007 .hack//G.U. Vol. 3//Redemption Aina [7]
2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno Suki [5]
2009 Rune Factory Frontier Eunice [7]
2015 Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea Shallistera [7]
2017 .hack//G.U. Last Recode Aina [5]
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population
2021 Lost Judgment Sayaka Nishizono [5]
2021 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Kakushi [8]
2023 Street Fighter 6 Chun-Li [9]

References

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  1. ^ "Bio -". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  2. ^ Knolle, Sharon; Lash, Jolie (March 16, 2022). "Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: That's So 90s Cast". TheWrap. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. ^ Herrmann, Brenda (February 1, 1994). "Sure, Laugh Now...... But Jennie Kwan's Career Is". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Mateo, Alex (March 21, 2023). "Makoto Shinkai's Suzume Film Reveals English Dub Cast with Lead Nichole Sakura". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Jennie Kwan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. ^ Jennie Kwan, California Dreams, Avatar: The Last Air Bender, Around The Sun on The Jim Masters Show, retrieved 2023-03-10
  7. ^ a b c "Jennie Kwan Animation Reel on Vimeo". Vimeo. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  8. ^ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 27 November 2021. A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  9. ^ "CHUN-LI | STREET FIGHTER 6 | CAPCOM". streetfighter.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
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