Ellen Wong

01 Jan 1985 (39 years old) in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

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.

Known For

Credits

  • 2023 · Scott Pilgrim Takes Off as Knives Chau (voice)
  • 2023 · Beacon 23 as Iris
  • 2021 · Best Sellers as Rachel Spence
  • 2020 · The Christmas Setup as Madelyn McKay
  • 2020 · Film Fest as Amy
  • 2020 · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water Crisis as Self - Knives Chau
  • 2020 · Good Boy as Annie
  • 2019 · In the Life of Music as Hope
  • 2017 · GLOW as Jenny Chey
  • 2017 · The Circle as Renata
  • 2016 · The Void as Kim
  • 2015 · Dark Matter as Misaki Han-Shireikan
  • 2014 · The Baddest Part as Olivia
  • 2013 · The Carrie Diaries as Jill 'Mouse' Chen
  • 2012 · Silent Night as Brenda
  • 2011 · Silent Cargo as Daiyu
  • 2010 · The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World' as Self
  • 2010 · Scott Pilgrim vs. the World as Knives Chau
  • 2009 · Castle as Zhu Yin
  • 2006 · Runaway as Macy
  • 2004 · This Is Wonderland as Amy Li