Jenny Raven

Acting

🎂 1990-11-02

enny Raven is a Hong Kong-born and raised actress and multiple Canadian Screen Award Nominee. She is known for her work on Kims Convenience as Gwen, Irina Wong in the American film Flatliners and Sasha Dixon in the television series Designated Survivor. Another notable performance was as Jasmine in "Arkangel", a Series 4 episode of the British television series Black Mirror. Jenny Raven was born on 2 November in Hong Kong to her Chinese mother and British father. She moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada after graduating from Island School in Hong Kong, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in criminology and psychology. n 2003, Raven made her screen debut in the Cantonese-language Hong Kong film Men Suddenly in Black. After moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and graduating, Raven landed a leading role as Margo Dubois in the Canadian children's comedy TV series Majority Rules! for 26 episodes from 2009 to 2011. Raven worked alongside Juno Temple and Rhys Ifans in the American independent comedy-drama film Len and Company, which had its North American premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Raven has made single-episode appearances in numerous TV shows such as Lost Girl (2010), The L.A. Complex (2012), Private Eyes (2016), Shadowhunters and Good Witch (2017). In 2017, Raven appeared as Irina Wong in Flatliners, a remake of the 1990 film of the same name. The same year, she appeared as Jasmine in "Arkangel", an episode of Black Mirror. Raven played a recurring role as Sasha Dixon in 10 episodes of the television series Designated Survivor from 2017 to 2018. In 2019, Raven starred as Caine in the post-apocalyptic horror film Riot Girls. In 2020, Raven landed a guest role in the award-winning comedy series Kim's Convenience as Gwen, potential love interest of Kimchee played by Andrew Phung. In 2021, Raven played a leading role as Emily in the Adam Reider directed Canadian horror film Woodland Grey. In 2022, Raven played a leading role in the romcom television movie Love at sky Gardens. Raven stars as a barista, and her coffee spilling antics, end up starting a romance.