Jennie Kwan

Jennie Kwan
Kwan in 2024
Other names
  • Minx Lee
  • Trinity Lee
OccupationsActress, singer
Years active1984–present
Websitejenniekwan.com

Jennie Kwan is an American actress and singer. She played Samantha "Sam" Woo on California Dreams, and voiced Satoko Hojo in Higurashi When They Cry, Suki in Avatar: The Last Airbender, and Chun-Li in Street Fighter 6.

Career

Kwan began acting at age 11 when she started performing with the touring company, "Kids of the Century". Her first television role was in 1991 as the voice of Audrey in Little Shop, a series based on the 1986 film Little Shop of Horrors.[1]

She is best known as Samantha "Sam" Woo, a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong in the NBC sitcom California Dreams who first appeared in the show's second season. She joins the band as its singer and keyboardist.

Kwan competed on the twenty-fourth season of Worst Cooks in America, the show's seventh celebrity edition titled That's So '90s, which aired in April and May 2022.[2]

Personal life

Kwan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She is of Filipino, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese descent.[3]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992Beverly Hills, 90210Girl #1Ep. Song of Myself
1993–1996California DreamsSamantha 'Sam' WooMain role
1997Family MattersKimberlyEp. Revenge of the Nerd
The NannyMai LingEp. Mommy and Mai
2010Late Night with Jimmy FallonHerself/PerformerEp. 2.29
2013Anger ManagementWomanEp. Charlie and His New Friend with Benefits
2016New GirlBoat WomanEp. Es Good
2021The RookieAnakelaEp. Sabotage

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993Country EstatesCheerleaderTV movie
1997Trojan WarTrish
2009Let's Do It!: A California Dreams ReunionHerselfDocumentary short
2011Play TimeThe WifeShort film
2012Invasion of the Money SnatchersVelma
2014PromotedLu Chang
2023SuzumeMamiEnglish dub[4]

Animation

YearTitleRoleNotes Source
1991Little ShopAudreyMain role
2005–2008Avatar: The Last AirbenderSuki, Actress Princess YueRecurring role
2006Eureka SevenSakuyaEnglish dub
2007Fate/stay nightAyako MitsuzuriEnglish dub; as Minx Lee
When They CrySatoko Hojo
Rozen MaidenNori Sakurada
2009Random CartoonsMyang Myang, Bitgirl, EduEp. Dr. Dee and Bit Boy
2011Durarara!!Miria HarventEnglish dub; Ep. 11
2013Accel WorldAkira Himi/Aqua CurrentEnglish dub; as Trinity Lee
2018Goldie & BearTess the GiantessVoice role; Tess the Giantess
Beyblade Burst TurboChiharu AoiEnglish dub; Ep. 51
2020Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no YaibaInosuke's mother, KakushiEnglish dub
Scissor SevenThirteen
2021Detective Conan: The Fist of Blue SapphireSonoko Suzuki [5]
The Witcher: Nightmare of the WolfYoung Luka
High-Rise InvasionMayuko NiseEnglish dub
2022–2023 Around the SunAce / SabrinaAudio drama

Video games

YearTitleRole Source
2007.hack//G.U. Vol. 3//RedemptionAina [6]
2008Avatar: The Last Airbender – Into the InfernoSuki [5]
2009Rune Factory FrontierEunice [6]
2015Atelier Shallie: Alchemists of the Dusk SeaShallistera
2017.hack//G.U. Last RecodeAina [5]
2018Red Dead Redemption 2The Local Pedestrian Population
2021Lost JudgmentSayaka Nishizono [5]
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Hinokami ChroniclesKakushi [7]
2023Street Fighter 6Chun-Li [8]
2024Sand LandAdditional voices [9]
2025Fatal Fury: City of the WolvesChun-Li [10]

References

  1. ↑ "Bio -". Archived from the original on 2011-08-20. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
  2. ↑ Knolle, Sharon; Lash, Jolie (March 16, 2022). "Worst Cooks in America Celebrity Edition: That's So 90s Cast". TheWrap. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  3. ↑ "SURE, LAUGH NOW…… BUT JENNIE KWAN'S CAREER IS". Chicago Tribune. February 1, 1994. Retrieved June 23, 2026.
  4. ↑ Mateo, Alex (March 21, 2023). "Makoto Shinkai's Suzume Film Reveals English Dub Cast with Lead Nichole Sakura". Anime News Network. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Jennie Kwan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 21 May 2022.
  6. 1 2 "Jennie Kwan Animation Reel on Vimeo". Vimeo. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  7. ↑ "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Hinokami Chronicles (2021 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors (A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information). Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  8. ↑ "CHUN-LI | STREET FIGHTER 6 | CAPCOM". streetfighter.com. Retrieved August 17, 2024.
  9. ↑ "SAND LAND (2024 Video Game)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "CHUN-LI | FATAL FURY: City of the Wolves". snk-corp.co.jp. Retrieved November 1, 2025.
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