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Yvonne Chapman (born October 7, 1988)[1] is a Canadian actress and model, known for her role as villain Zhilan Zhang in The CW's Kung Fu (2021–present).

Yvonne Chapman
Chapman at the 2022 WonderCon.
Born	October 7, 1988 (age 34)[1] Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Education	University of Calgary
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2015–present

Early life

Chapman was born and raised in Calgary to Chinese-Canadian parents.[2] She attended high school at Bishop McNally High School and St. Mary's High School, and completed her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of Calgary. She worked as a corporate development analyst before taking a leave of absence to pursue acting in Vancouver.[3]

Career

Chapman began acting in school plays at age 10, and began modelling in her late teens, working between Calgary and Hong Kong.[2] In 2019, Chapman starred in the reboot of CBC's Street Legal (2019).[3] The series was not continued for a second season.[4]

In November 2020, Chapman was cast in a recurring role for Kung Fu (2021–present), a reboot of the 1972 series of the same name.[5] She was upgraded to series regular status for the second season.[6] In December 2021, Chapman was cast in Netflix's live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender, playing the recurring role of Avatar Kyoshi.[7]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Second Chance	Tammy	1 episode
2017	The 100	Pei's Daughter	1 episode
2018	The Crossing	Kate	1 episode
2019	Street Legal	Mina Lee	Main role, 6 episodes
2020	Diggstown	Jay Mitchum	1 episode
2021–present	Kung Fu	Zhilan Zhang	Main role, 22 episodes (recurring season 1)
2021	Family Law	Danielle Lim	Recurring role, 7 episodes
2021	Hudson & Rex	Angel	1 episode
TBA	Avatar: The Last Airbender	Avatar Kyoshi	Recurring role, upcoming series

References

External links

• Yvonne Chapman at the Internet Movie Database

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