Jona Xiao

Jona Xiao

Birthday: 1989-05-18

Place of birth: Changsha City, Hunan Province, China

Also known as: Qiaona Xiao, 肖乔娜, Xiao Qiaona

imdb_id: nm2033115

Biography:

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.

Played in movies:

Timeline

Score: 10.0

Gifted

Score: 8.0

APPyness

Score: 8.0

Raya and the Last Dragon

Score: 7.8

Keeping Up with the Joneses

Score: 6.1

Alice Upside Down

Score: 5.7

Doggone

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

Victorious

Score: 8.2

Bones

Score: 8.2

S.W.A.T.

Score: 8.1

Halt and Catch Fire

Score: 7.9

Rizzoli & Isles

Score: 7.9

The Flash

Score: 7.8

RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness

Score: 7.6

NCIS

Score: 7.6

2 Broke Girls

Score: 7.2

The Forgotten

Score: 6.0

Eyes of Wakanda

Score: 5.9