Jona Xiao

Known for ActingBorn 1989-05-18 (age 37)Changsha City, Hunan Province, China

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Timeline

The Pitt

Victorious

Bones

S.W.A.T.

APPyness

Gifted

Halt and Catch Fire

Raya and the Last Dragon

Rizzoli & Isles

The Flash

RESIDENT EVIL: Infinite Darkness

NCIS

2 Broke Girls

Eyes of Wakanda

Keeping Up with the Joneses

The Forgotten

Alice Upside Down

Doggone