Jona Xiao

Jona Xiao (born May 18, 1989) is a Chinese-American actress.

Jona Xiao
肖乔娜
Born
Qiaona Xiao

(1989-05-18) May 18, 1989
Changsha, Hunan, China
OccupationActress
Years active2005-present
Jona Xiao
Traditional Chinese肖喬娜
Simplified Chinese肖乔娜

Early life

Xiao was born in Changsha, China, but grew up in St. Louis, Missouri, where she started acting in middle school. Growing up, she was called 'chink' and 'yellow' and decided to be an actress to break against stereotypes.[1] Xiao founded Career ACTivate, which specializes in helping new actors jumpstart and progress their careers.[2]

Career

Xiao was cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming in a role that she denies was initially written for an Asian actress. Marisa Tomei, who plays Aunt May in the film, lobbied for Xiao to be cast.[3] Her role ended up getting cut in the final film.[4]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2009 The Forgotten Female Med Student
2012 FemVamp.Com Jin
Victorious Nina
Crackhorse Presents Rebecca
Paul Goetz's Last Ditch Effort Lori
2013 Kroll Show 2 episodes
Bones Miriam Young
The Young and the Restless Angie
Trophy Wife Graduate 3
2014 Horror Show Various
Days of Our Lives Joelle
Saving Face Soo Jin Park
Rizzoli & Isles Young Mother
2016 Halt and Catch Fire Julie Yang 4 episodes
2017 Being Mary Jane Natalie Wu 6 episodes
2019 Fête Linseed

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Alice Upside Down Loretta
2010 The Mandarin Orange Boy Lian
2015 Tag Arden
2016 Keeping Up with the Joneses Stacey Chung
2017 Gifted Lijuan
Mercy Kathy Short film
2018 Flavors of Youth Lulu
(voice)		 English dub

References
  1. Yong, Haren (November 2, 2013). "Exclusive Interview with Rising Starlet Jona Xiao". Gornoblonde. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  2. Smith, Deborah (March 19, 2015). ""Create Yourself." Spotlight Interview with Jona Xiao by Deborah Smith". Ms. in the Biz. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
  3. Pham, Jason (April 12, 2017). "A Long Way From 'Rappingstiltskin': Jona Xiao Talks 'Spider-Man,' Diversity and Teaching Mandarin to Jon Hamm". NBC News. Retrieved June 23, 2017.
  4. Alexander, Julia (June 27, 2017). "Spider-Man: Homecoming actress teases important, secret role in film (update)". Polygon. Retrieved August 16, 2017.
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