Angela Zhou

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Angela Zhou
Born
Guangdong, China
Education
Occupation(s)Actress, Writer
Years active2014—
Television Hell on wheels
Death and Other Details

Angela Zhou is a Chinese-born actress and writer from New Zealand.

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Early life

Zhou was born in Guangdong province [1] and speaks Mandarin and Cantonese. She grew up in New Zealand after her family moved there when she was four years old. Her involvement in youth theatre included performing at the Globe Theatre in London with the Young Shakespeare Company in a production of As You Like It . In 2010, Zhou was awarded a Robertson Scholarship, which allowed her to study film at Duke University, graduating in 2014. [2] [3] [1]

Career

Zhou appeared in series five of the AMC series Hell on Wheels , as well as Freeform's Stitchers . [4] She played Grace Parker and her alter ego Pestilence in The CW's Supergirl . [5] She also appeared in CBS rebooted series MacGyver , and NCIS: Los Angeles . [6] She appeared in the Emerald Fennell film Promising Young Woman in 2020. [7]

She had a main role in the 2024 Hulu murder mystery series Death and Other Details . [8] [9] She was also part of the writers room on the series after impressing show creators Mike Weiss and Heidi Cole McAdam with her script Empress, about China’s first and only female emperor, Wu Zetian, which was submitted for in the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting. [10]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014The Jeff ShowSue
2015 Hell on Wheels Fong/MeiSeason 5
2016-2017 Stitchers Coco Soo
2018 Supergirl Dr Grace Parker/Pestilence
2020 Promising Young Woman Todd
2020 MacGyver Jennifer
2021 NCIS: Los Angeles Lauren
2024 Death and Other Details TeddyAlso writer

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