Jenny Raven is a Hong Kong-born and raised actress and multiple Canadian Screen Award Nominee. She is known for her work on Kims Convenience as Gwen, Irina Wong in the American film ''

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'' and Sasha Dixon in the television series ''

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''. Another notable performance was as Jasmine in " Arkangel", a

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episode of the British television series ''

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''.

Early life

Jenny Raven was born on 2 November in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

to her Chinese mother and British father. She moved to

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, Canada after graduating from Island School in Hong Kong, and graduated from the

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with a Bachelor of Science in criminology and psychology.

Career

In 2003, Raven made her screen debut in the

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-language Hong Kong film '' Men Suddenly in Black''. After moving to

, Canada and graduating, Raven landed a leading role as Margo Dubois in the Canadian children's comedy TV series ''

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'' for 26 episodes from 2009 to 2011. Raven worked alongside

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and

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in the American independent comedy-drama film ''

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'', which had its North American premiere at the

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. Raven has made single-episode appearances in numerous TV shows such as ''

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'' (2010), ''

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'' (2012), '' Private Eyes'' (2016), ''

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'' and '' Good Witch'' (2017). In 2017, Raven appeared as Irina Wong in ''

'', a

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of the 1990 film of the same name. The same year, she appeared as Jasmine in "Arkangel", an episode of ''

''. Raven played a recurring role as Sasha Dixon in 10 episodes of the television series ''

'' from 2017 to 2018. In 2018, Raven played Veronica in 6 episodes of the comedy series ''Wholesome Foods I Love You... Is That OK?'', which went on to win 'Best International Comedy' at the British Web Awards in 2020 and 'Best Ensemble' at the Seoul Web Fest in 2019. In 2019, Raven starred as Caine in the post-apocalyptic horror film ''

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''. In 2020, Raven landed a guest role in the award-winning comedy series ''

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'' as Gwen, potential love interest of Kimchee played by

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. In 2021, Raven played a leading role as Emily in the Adam Reider directed Canadian horror film '' Woodland Grey''. In 2022, Raven played a leading role in the

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television movie ''Love at sky Gardens''. Raven stars as a

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, and her coffee spilling antics, end up starting a romance.

Filmography

Film

Television

Video games

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Jenny Raven profile

Jenny Raven - Designated Survivor, selected scenes by Vimeopro

Jenny Raven Interview
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