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Jessica Yu-Li Henwick (born 30 August 1992) is an English actress and writer. She is known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in the HBO series Game of Thrones (2015–2017), X-wing pilot Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), the character Colleen Wing in Iron Fist (2017–2018) and her role as Bugs in The Matrix Resurrections (2021).

Jessica Henwick
Henwick at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con
Born	Jessica Yu-Li Henwick (1992-08-30) 30 August 1992 (age 30) Surrey, England, UK
Occupation	Actress writer
Years active	2010–present

Early life

Henwick was born and raised in Surrey, England, the daughter of a Singaporean-Chinese mother of Teochew descent and an English father.[1][2][3] Her father, Mark, is an author and her mother is retired from the retail industry. She has an older and a younger brother.[3] She trained at Redroofs Theatre School and the National Youth Theatre.[4]

Career

In June 2009, it was announced that Henwick had been cast in the lead role of Bo for the BBC show Spirit Warriors,[5] making her the first actress of East Asian descent to play the lead role in a British television series.[6][7][8][9] For the role, Henwick trained in wushu with martial arts choreographer Jude Poyer.[10] The show was nominated for several awards, including the Broadcast Awards 2011.[11]

In early 2013, Henwick made her professional theatre debut in the international premiere of Running on the Cracks, based on the book by Julia Donaldson. Allan Radcliffe of The Times praised her "excellent" and "understated" performance, while the Guardian wrote, "with tremendous physical presence, Henwick captures the sense of adolescent righteousness, passion and confusion of a girl trying to create order in an unfair universe."[12] Theatre critic Joyce McMillan wrote that Henwick was "outstanding as Leo".[13]

Later that year she was cast as Jane Jeong Trenka in the drama Obsession: Dark Desires, which aired January 2014. The adaptation details Trenka's stalking in Minnesota, 1991, which she details in her book The Language of Blood.[14] Henwick also joined the cast of Silk as new barrister pupil Amy. The series brought in an average of 5 million viewers per episode.[15] She reprised her role for the spin-off radio series Silk: The Clerks' Room.[16]

In 2015 Henwick joined the cast of the HBO series Game of Thrones in Season 5 as Nymeria Sand. She continued performing the role until Season 7.[17]

Henwick played the X-wing pilot Jess Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens. The character's full name is established as Jessika "Testor" Pava in the spin-off novel The Weapon of a Jedi: A Luke Skywalker Adventure.[18][19] Despite her limited screen time, the character of Pava has become a fan favorite.[20] Pava later appeared as a supporting character in the comic book series Star Wars: Poe Dameron, which ran from 2016 to 2018, and reprised the role for the Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga game.

In 2017, Henwick appeared as Colleen Wing in the Netflix television series Iron Fist. Although critical reception of Iron Fist was generally negative, Henwick's performance in the series was well received.[21] She reprised the role for the series The Defenders, as well as the second season of Luke Cage.[22]

At the end of 2017, Henwick was listed as one of Variety's Top Breakout Stars.[23] In 2020, she co-starred in the Fox science fiction thriller Underwater,[24] and the films Love and Monsters and Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks.[25] That same year she was listed as one of The Hollywood Reporter's Rising Stars[26] and won the Brit to Watch award at the Newport Beach Film Festival.[27] In 2020, she was cast in The Gray Man.[28] In 2021, she was cast in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.[29]

In 2021, she starred in The Matrix Resurrections. IGN called Henwick the "best part of Resurrections",[30] while Deadline Hollywood said she was "what makes the movie worth watching".[31] She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by Gold House and CAPE.[32]

Writing

In 2020, it was announced Amazon had picked up Nancy Wu Done It, a young adult series that Henwick co-wrote.[33] She also has a miniseries in development with Emu Films.[34]

She has previously written and produced several short films including Baliko which premiered at the Gothenburg Film Festival in 2019,[35] and The Heart of the Forest which won Best Original Script at Asians on Film Festival[36] and the Award of Excellence at the Accolade Film Festival.[37] It was also nominated for Best Film at Copenhagen Film Festival.[38]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	St. Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold	Globe Girl	Uncredited
2014	Dr Liebenstein	Rachel
2015	Dragonfly	Paula Reid
	Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Jessika Pava
2016	The Head Hunter	Aiko Koo
2017	Newness	Joanne
	Rice on White	Elena
2018	Yo! My Saint	Muse	with Kenzo
2020	Underwater	Emily Haversham
	On the Rocks	Fiona Saunders
	Love and Monsters	Aimee
2021	The Matrix Resurrections	Bugs	Nominated for Best Supporting Actress by CAPE and Gold House.
2022	The Gray Man	Suzanne Brewer
	Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery	Peg
2023	Cuckoo		Post-production
	The Royal Hotel	Liv	In production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Spirit Warriors	Bo	Main role; 10 episodes
2012	The Thick of It	Charlotte	Episode: #4.1
2014	Obsession: Dark Desires	Jane Jeong Trenka	Episode: "Silent Scream"
	Silk	Amy Lang	Main role; 5 episodes
	Lewis	Chloe Ilson	Guest role; 2 episodes
	Balsa Wood	Scotty
2015–2017	Game of Thrones	Nymeria Sand	Recurring role; 8 episodes
2017	Fortitude	Bianca Mankyo	Episode: #2.1
2017–2018	Iron Fist	Colleen Wing	Main role; 23 episodes
2017	The Defenders		Main role; 6 episodes
2018	Luke Cage		Episode: "Wig Out"
2020–	Blood of Zeus[39]	Alexia	Voice
2021–	Moley[40]	Dotty	Main role; voice; also writer
2021–2022	Blade Runner: Black Lotus[41]	Elle	Main role; voice
2022	Twilight of the Gods	Sandraudiga	Post production

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015–2016	Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey	Enu Hanna Roth (voices)
2022	Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga	Jess Testor (voice)

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013	Running on the Cracks	Leo	National tour

Radio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2011–2012	North by Northamptonshire	Helen	BBC Radio Four Sony Radio Award Nomination
2013	Monday to Friday	Julie	BBC Radio Scotland
2014–2015	Silk: The Clerks Room	Amy Lang	Seasons 1 & 2
2020	Harrow Lake	Narrator
2020	The Long Way Home	Narrator
2021	Hold Still Vincent	Faye

Short film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	The Heart of the Forest	Akira	Also writer
2019	Baliko	Mara	Also writer
2022	Xiaomi's Bus Girl[42]	June	Also director; Post-production
TBA	Xiaomi's Sandwich Man

References

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 1 August 2015)
• Jessica Henwick at IMDb
• Liang, Lu-Hai (17 October 2013). "New Statesman". Newstatesman.com.
• Knox, Simone Knox. "Reflections on Actors: Minority Identity Actors in the Creative Industries of Contemporary Britain". Flowjournal.org.

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[de] Jessica Henwick

Jessica Henwick (* 30. August 1992 in Surrey, England) ist eine britische Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Jessica Henwick

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[es] Jessica Henwick

Jessica Yu Li Henwick (Surrey, Inglaterra, Reino Unido; 30 de agosto de 1992) es una actriz inglesa, más conocida por interpretar a Nymeria Arena en la serie de HBO Game of Thrones,[1] a Jessika Pava en Star Wars: Episodio VII - El despertar de la Fuerza, y a Colleen Wing en la serie original de Netflix Iron Fist.[2]

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[ru] Хенвик, Джессика

Дже́ссика Ю Ли Хе́нвик (англ. Jessica Yu Li Henwick; род. 30 августа 1992) — английская актриса сингапурского происхождения. Она первая восточно-азиатская актриса, которая играет главные роли в британских телесериалах[1][2][3].

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