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Valerie Tian | |
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| Born | April 21, 1989 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2002–present |
Valerie Tian (born April 21, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Su-Chin in Juno .
Tian was born in 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of Chinese descent. Her mother was a teacher of Chinese literature and history. [1]
As a child, Tian wanted a job and so ended up working with a talent agency with the aim of being a model. [2]
Tian auditioned for Canadian director Mina Shum in the summer of 2001, while Shum was casting for Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity , and won the leading role of Mindy Ho. [3] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002, and was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and LA Asian American Film Festival in 2003.
In 2004, she played alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the action movie Wake of Death . She also had a cameo appearance in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants , and leading roles in the Wake of Death and the short film, Chika's Bird . She also appeared as an X kid in X2: X-Men United , and as an elf in Disney’s Santa Clause 2.
Tian was a series regular on the Warner Brothers' television series, Black Sash, and appeared in a cameo role in the ABC series The Days. She is currently a series regular on the CTV series, "Motive".
In 2020, Tian played the titular role in the horror film, The Curse of Willow Song . [3]
Tian has said that, "When I do have free time I try to find random, new things and I am obsessed with learning new things and meeting new people. I do martial arts and running. I like to sew and design. I definitely like to look up new music. I spend a lot of time doing that and I like to produce my own". [4]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity | Mindy Lum | |
| 2002 | The Santa Clause 2 | Elf | Uncredited |
| 2003 | X2: X-Men United | X-kid | Uncredited |
| 2004 | Chika's Bird | Chika | Short film |
| 2004 | Wake of Death | Kim | |
| 2005 | Bob the Butler | Sophie | |
| 2007 | Blue | Aya | Short film |
| 2007 | Juno | Su-Chin | |
| 2008 | Drillbit Taylor | Brooke Nguyen | |
| 2008 | Dim Sum Funeral | Emily | |
| 2009 | Jennifer's Body | Chastity | |
| 2010 | Triple Dog | Kayla | |
| 2010 | Charlie St. Cloud | Girl in Toy Store | |
| 2010 | Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief | Classmate | |
| 2011 | The Moth Diaries | Charley [5] | |
| 2012 | 21 Jump Street | Burns | |
| 2013 | A.C.O.D. | Kieko [6] | |
| 2013 | Words and Pictures | Emily [7] | |
| 2015 | Even Lambs Have Teeth | Mandy | |
| 2015 | Beyond Redemption | Dodo | |
| 2016 | Come and Find Me | Student | |
| 2017 | Dead Shack | Lisa | |
| 2017 | Moving Parts | Zhenzhen [8] | |
| 2020 | The Curse of Willow Song | Willow Song |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Black Sash | Claire Rodgers | Regular role |
| 2006 | Broken Trail | Ging Wa | TV miniseries |
| 2006 | Whistler | Kimmy Leung | "Lies and Whispers" |
| 2006 | Three Moons Over Milford | Martine | "Pilot" |
| 2007 | The L Word | Dierdre | "Lexington and Concord" |
| 2007 | Anna's Storm | Franny | TV film |
| 2007 | Bionic Woman | Aoki | "The Education of Jaime Sommers" |
| 2007 | Aliens in America | Nicole | "The Metamorphosis", "Homecoming" |
| 2010 | The Boy Who Cried Werewolf | Debbie | TV film |
| 2010 | Shattered | Liz | "In the Dark" |
| 2011–2012 | The Secret Life of the American Teenager | Wendy | Recurring role |
| 2012–2013 | Arrow | Morgan | "Damaged", "Trust But Verify", "The Huntress Returns" |
| 2014 | Motive | Officer Wendy Sung | Regular role |
| 2015 | Backstrom | Bethany | "Bogeyman" |
| 2015 | The Magicians | Healer Fay | TV series |
| 2016 | Supernatural | Ambriel | "The Devil in the Details" |
| 2019 | iZombie | Darcy Bennett | Recurring role (5 episodes) |
| 2019 | Hospital Show | Astrid | Web series |
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