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Ellen Wong

Ellen Wong was born in Ontario, Canada. The first film she watched in a movie theatre was "Titanic". Her favourite actress is Kate Winslet. Her first role was on the award winning television series "This is Wonderland". She is best known for her role as Knives Chau in "Scott Pilgrim VS The World", starring alongside Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman. She auditioned against many hopefuls through an international talent search to fill the role of Knives Chau. Edgar Wright wanted to work with Ellen as she was able to showcase herself as a unique actress, with the ability to also take on intense fight choreography. During training for "Scott Pilgrim VS The World", the on-set trainer nicknamed Ellen, The Ellen-nator. She trains in WTF Taekwondo. Her favourite action stars are Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Yanin Vismitananda aka "Jeeja" Yanin, Jet Li.


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Born:
Dec 18, 1985 In Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Movie/TV Credits:
15
First Appeared:
In the movie Hunters in the Dark
Latest Project:
Series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off 2023-11-17
Known For
Poster of GLOW
Poster of The Void
Poster of The Carrie Diaries
Poster of Silent Night
Filmography
Movie Hunters in the Dark 2025
Series Scott Pilgrim Takes Off Knives Chau (voice) 2023-11-17
Movie Best Sellers Rachel Spence 2021-09-09
Movie Good Boy Annie 2020-06-12
Movie Film Fest Amy 2020-10-22
Movie The Christmas Setup Madelyn McKay 2020-12-12
Movie The Circle Renata 2017-04-27
Series GLOW Jenny Chey 2017-06-23
Movie The Void Kim 2016-09-22
Series Dark Matter Misaki Han-Shireikan 2015-06-12
Series The Carrie Diaries Jill 'Mouse' Chen 2013-01-14
Movie Silent Night Brenda 2012-11-30
Movie Silent Cargo Daiyu 2011-06-11
Movie The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' Self 2010-11-09
Movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Knives Chau 2010-08-12