Jennie Kwan

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Jennie Kwan
Other names
  • Minx Lee
  • Trinity Lee
Occupation(s)Actress, singer
Years active1984–present
SpouseMatthew Garrett
Website jenniekwan.com

Jennie Kwan is an American actress and singer. She played Samantha "Sam" Woo on California Dreams , and voiced Satoko Hojo in Higurashi When They Cry , Suki in Avatar: The Last Airbender , and Chun-Li in Street Fighter 6 .

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Career

Kwan began acting at age 11 when she started performing with the touring company, "Kids of the Century". Her first television role was in 1991 as the voice of Audrey in Little Shop , a series based on the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors . [1]

She is best known as Samantha "Sam" Woo, a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong in the NBC sitcom California Dreams who first appeared in the show's second season. She joins the band as its singer and keyboardist.

Kwan competed on the twenty-fourth season of Worst Cooks in America , the show's seventh celebrity edition titled That's So '90s, which aired in April and May 2022. [2]

Personal life

Kwan says she was often embarrassed in high school because despite being famous, she never had a boyfriend. She is married to Matthew Garrett, a local musician. [3]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Beverly Hills, 90210 Girl #1Ep. Song of Myself
1993–1996 California Dreams Samantha 'Sam' WooMain role
1997 Family Matters KimberlyEp. Revenge of the Nerd
The Nanny Mai LingEp. Mommy and Mai
2010 Late Night with Jimmy Fallon Herself/PerformerEp. 2.29
2013 Anger Management WomanEp. Charlie and His New Friend with Benefits
2016 New Girl Boat WomanEp. Es Good
2021 The Rookie AnakelaEp. Poetic Justice

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Country EstatesCheerleaderTV movie
1997 Trojan War Trish
2009Let's Do It!: A California Dreams ReunionHerselfDocumentary short
2011Play TimeThe WifeShort film
2012Invasion of the Money SnatchersVelma
2014 Promoted Lu Chang
2023 Suzume MamiEnglish dub [4]

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotesSource
1991 Little Shop AudreyMain role
2005–2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender Suki, Princess YueRecurring role
2006 Eureka Seven SakuyaEnglish dub
2007 Fate/stay night Ayako MitsuzuriEnglish dub; as Minx Lee
When They Cry Satoko Hojo
Rozen Maiden Nori Sakurada
2009 Random Cartoons Myang Myang, Bitgirl, EduEp. Dr. Dee and Bit Boy
2011 Durarara!! Miria HarventEnglish dub; Ep. 11
2013 Accel World Akira Himi/Aqua CurrentEnglish dub; as Trinity Lee
2018 Goldie & Bear Tess the GiantessVoice role; Tess the Giantess
Beyblade Burst Turbo Chiharu AoiEnglish dub; Ep. 51
2020 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Inosuke's mother, KakushiEnglish dub
Scissor Seven Thirteen
2021 Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue Sapphire Sonoko Suzuki [5]
The Witcher: Nightmare of the Wolf Young Luka
High-Rise Invasion Mayuko NiseEnglish dub
2022–2023 Around the Sun Ace / Sabrina Audio drama

Video games

YearTitleRoleSource
2007 .hack//G.U. Vol. 3//Redemption Aina [6]
2008 Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the Inferno Suki [5]
2009 Rune Factory Frontier Eunice [6]
2015 Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk Sea Shallistera
2017 .hack//G.U. Last Recode Aina [5]
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 The Local Pedestrian Population
2021 Lost Judgment Sayaka Nishizono [5]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami Chronicles Kakushi [7]
2023 Street Fighter 6 Chun-Li [8]
2024 Sand Land Additional voices [9]

References

  1. "Bio -". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  2. Knolle, Sharon; Lash, Jolie (March 16, 2022). "Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: That's So 90s Cast". TheWrap. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. Herrmann, Brenda (February 1, 1994). "Sure, Laugh Now...... But Jennie Kwan's Career Is". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on April 14, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2022.
  4. Mateo, Alex (March 21, 2023). "Makoto Shinkai's Suzume Film Reveals English Dub Cast with Lead Nichole Sakura". Anime News Network . Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Jennie Kwan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Jennie Kwan Animation Reel on Vimeo". Vimeo. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  7. "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. "CHUN-LI | STREET FIGHTER 6 | CAPCOM". streetfighter.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  9. "SAND LAND (2024 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 14 January 2025.