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.

Filmography

All 19Movies 7TV 12

Eyes of Wakanda

Jorani / Iron Fist (voice)

The Pitt

OB Nurse Sam Garvin

RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness

Shen May (voice)

Raya and the Last Dragon

Young Namaari (voice)

APPyness

Tiffany

S.W.A.T.

Grace

Gifted

Lijuan

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Stacey Chung

The Flash

Carrie Bates / Rainbow Raider

Halt and Catch Fire

Julie Yang

2 Broke Girls

Hipster #3

Rizzoli & Isles

Young Mother

Victorious

Nina

The Forgotten

Female Med Student

Alice Upside Down

Loretta

Timeline

Diner

Bones

Miriam Young

NCIS

Dr. Mei Li

Doggone

Jamie Bishop