Jessica Henwick

Henwick in 2015, photo by PrPhotos.com

Birth Name: Jessica Yu Li Henwick (玉李)

Place of Birth: Surrey North Western, Surrey, England, U.K.

Date of Birth: 30 August, 1992

Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – Chinese Singaporean

Jessica Henwick is a British actress, writer, and director. She is known for her roles in the films Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Newness, Underwater (2020), On the Rocks, Love and Monsters, The Matrix Resurrections, The Gray Man, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, The Royal Hotel, and Cuckoo (2024); on the series Spirit Warriors, Silk (2014), Game of Thrones, Iron Fist, The Defenders, Blood of Zeus, Moley, and Blade Runner: Black Lotus, the latter three in voice performance; and in the video games Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey and Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga.

Her father, Mark E. Henwick, is a Zambian-born, white English writer, who authored the Bite Back novels. Her mother, Pearlyn Goh Kun Shan, is Chinese Singaporean.

Earlier, Jessica considered moving to Singapore to pursue an acting career, because she felt “jaded” being judged by her ethnicity rather than her acting ability.

Sources: http://www.straitstimes.com
http://www.newstatesman.com