Jennifer Cheon Garcia is a Canadian actress known for her appearances in ''
The Wheel of Time
''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to ...
'' and ''
Van Helsing
Professor Abraham Van Helsing () is a fictional character from the 1897 gothic horror novel ''Dracula'' written by Bram Stoker. Van Helsing is a Dutch polymath doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the P ...
'' TV series. She is of Indigenous Mexican and Korean heritage,
and is a New Zealand resident. In 2016, Garcia won a
Leo award
The Leo Awards are the awards program for the British Columbia film and television industry. Held each May or June in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, the Leo Awards were founded by the Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Foundation of British C ...
for Best Actress for her part in the web series ''The Drive''. She has also guest-starred in ''
Batwoman
Batwoman is a name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics, depicted as female counterparts and allies of Batman similarly to Batgirl. The original version of the character, Kathy Kane (eventually given t ...
'' and ''
Supergirl
Supergirl is the name of several fictional superheroines appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The original, current, and most well known Supergirl is Supergirl (Kara Zor-El), Kara Zor-El, the cousin of superhero Superman. Th ...
''.
Besides her television work, Garcia is a Taekwondo, Muay Thai, Jiu Jitsu, and Capoeira practitioner.
She is married to director and screenwriter
Jesse Warn
Jesse Warn is an American television director, film director, and screenwriter. He is well known for his work on the Starz drama ''Spartacus (TV series), Spartacus'' and for The CW's ''The Originals (TV series), The Originals'', ''Arrow (TV seri ...
, with whom she worked on ''Supergirl''.
Filmography
Television
References
External links
*
*
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Jennifer
Living people
Canadian people of Mexican descent
Canadian people of Korean descent
Canadian taekwondo practitioners
Canadian television actresses
Actresses from British Columbia