Chloe Bennet

2014 PaleyFest - Marvel "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." - Arrivals

Bennet in 2014, photo by Prphotos.com

Birth Name: ChloƩ Wang

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 18, 1992

Ethnicity:
*father – Chinese
*mother – English, Scottish, Irish, Swiss-German, German

Chloe Bennet is an American actress, model, and singer. She has starred on the show Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., appeared in the film Valley Girl, and had voice roles in the films Tinker Bell and the Legend of the NeverBeast, Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors, Abominable, and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and on the series Abominable and the Invisible City.

She is the daughter of Stephanie, an internist, and Bennet Wang, an investment banker. Her father is of Chinese descent. Her mother has English, Scottish, Irish, Swiss-German, and German ancestry. At age fifteen, Chloe moved to China, where she was a singer under her birth name of ChloƩ Wang. She studied Mandarin while living in Beijing and Shanghai.

Some web sites have stated that Chloe’s mother is Jewish. This is not correct. Chloe’s mother was raised in a devout Christian household by missionary parents, and is not of Jewish heritage.

Chloe’s maternal grandfather is The Rev. Donald Wayne Crane (the son of The Rev. Clifford Cecil Crane and Emilie/Euilie Louise Barrett). The Rev. Clifford was the son of Edward Eggleston Crane and Florence Eliza McDermott. Emilie was the daughter of Henry B. Barrett and Martha Gaddy.

Chloe’s maternal grandmother is Beatrice Pendleton (the daughter of Kyle Montague Pendleton and Vera Cecillia Dingus). Beatrice was born in Kentucky. Kyle was the son of George Hiram Pendleton and Alice Serena Eads. Vera was the daughter of David Crockett Dingus and Bathsheba Webb.

Sources: Genealogy of Chloe Bennet (focusing on her mother’s side) – http://gw.geneanet.org

Chloe’s maternal great-grandfather, The Rev. Clifford Cecil Crane, on the 1920 U.S. Census – https://familysearch.org

Obituary of Chloe’s maternal great-grandfather, The Rev. Clifford Cecil Crane – http://m.lancasteronline.com

30 Responses

  1. Princess says:

    She looks like a female version of Ryan Reynolds.

  2. Your Mom says:

    She looks a little like Michelle Branch. Chloe looks only a quarter Asian instead of half. She actually looks Hispanic.

    • Freerk says:

      “Her father, Bennet Wang, is of Chinese descent.”

      “of Chinese descent” can say really different things. Perhaps her paternal great-grandfather is the only Chinese in her ancestry …

      Also Caucasian has a large range – her looks would be very different if that means mainly Swedish or Greek.

    • AW says:

      I was just about to post the same thing. She could even pass as Spanish or Portuguese, in my opinion.

  3. Check7t says:

    I see minor Asian influence, mostly white.

  4. WTF says:

    Wow, she looks predominately white. I wouldn’t have guessed she was half Asian. Maybe half Hispanic. She looks a little like Kylie Jenner.

  5. Nikki says:

    well say what part of europe she is from!!

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