Jadyn Wong

Jadyn Wong
Wong at the 33rd LAAPFF in 2017
Born	Jadyn Wong Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2006–present

Jadyn Wong is a Canadian actress, best known for playing mechanical prodigy Happy Quinn on the CBS show Scorpion.[1][2]

Early life and education

Wong was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, to immigrants from Hong Kong.[3] She completed her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of British Columbia.[4][3] She has a black belt in karate and is also a classical pianist.[3]

Career

Wong made her professional acting debut in the miniseries Broken Trail (2006) with Robert Duvall.[5] She was handpicked for the role by Duvall after hundreds of actresses were auditioned across North America.

She also appeared in Space Buddies (2009) as a Chinese reporter, as April Jung in the short film The Letters (2010), as a Money Channel Interviewer in Cosmopolis (2012), as Diondra in Debug (2014), and as Molly in the TV movie Client Seduction (2014). In 2016, she played Altagracia in You're Killing Me Susana.[5]

From 2014 to 2018, Wong starred in the CBS television series Scorpion as Happy Quinn.[6][7] In 2018, she joined the cast of Needle in a Timestack, a science fiction film written and directed by John Ridley.[8]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2009	Space Buddies	Chinese Reporter
2010	The Letters	April Jung	Short film
2012	Cosmopolis	Money Channel Interviewer
2014	Debug	Diondra
2016	You're Killing Me Susana	Altagracia
2021	Needle in a Timestack	Zoe Mikkelsen
2023	Weak Layers	Lucy Lin

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Broken Trail	Ghee Moon (#1)	Mini-series
2010	Caprica	Game master	2 episodes
2011	Rookie Blue	Mary Vu	Episode: "Brotherhood"
	Being Erica	Rachel	6 episodes
	Stay with Me	Li	Unaired CTV pilot
2014	Lost Girl	Dao Ming	Episode: "Destiny's Child"
	Working the Engels	Shirl	Episode: "Pilot"
	Spun Out	Esther Wing	Episode: "Carpoolers"
	Client Seduction	Molly	TV film
2014–2018	Scorpion	Happy Quinn[9][10]	Main cast (93 episodes)

References

1. Bill Keveney (23 November 2014). "'Scorpion' actors like to play it smart". USA TODAY. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
2. Robert Lloyd (22 September 2014). "Review: Brainy nerds put IQs to use on 'Scorpion'; adventures ensue". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
3. Eric Volmers (22 September 2014). "Medicine Hat actress Jadyn Wong plays genius problem solver, and kicks some butt, in CBS action series Scorpion". Calgary Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
4. Wong, Tony, "Scorpion's Jadyn Wong tickled to play Happy : Alberta actress talks about her role on hit CBS show and Happy's potential romance with Toby", Toronto Star, January 29, 2015
5. Aiden Mason (27 September 2017). "Five Things You Didn't Know About Jadyn Wong". Tvovermind.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
6. Tallerico, Brian (18 September 2014). "Fall 2014 TV: "Forever," "Gotham" and "Scorpion"". Roger & Ebert.com. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014.
7. "Fall Television Shows With Asian American Actors". Audrey Magazine. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014.
8. Amanda N'Duka (22 June 2018). "'Scorpion' Actress Jadyn Wong Joins 'Needle In A Timestack'; Raymond J. Barry Cast In 'Made In Chinatown'". Deadline. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
9. Hinckley, David. "'Scorpion,' TV review ". New York Daily News
10. Goodman, Tim. "Scorpion': TV Review". Hollywood Reporter.

External links

• Jadyn Wong on Facebook
• Jadyn Wong at IMDb
• Jadyn Wong at Rotten Tomatoes