Jennie Kwan

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Jennie Kwan
Born
Jennifer Trinidad Fernando

(1973-09-09) September 9, 1973 (age 50)
OccupationActress/Singer
Years active1991 – present
Known forKim in the original production of Miss Saigon. Playing Samantha Woo on California Dreams (TV)

Jennie Trinidad Fernando Kwan (born September 9, 1973) is a American actress and singer.[1][2] She played "Kim" in the original American tour of the musical Miss Saigon, [1] and "Christmas Eve" in the original national tour of Avenue Q.[3] She has made a number of television shows, and is now known for being the voice of popular anime and video game characters.

Early life[change | change source]

Kwan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her birth name was Jennie Trinidad Fernando.[4] She identifies as American, and also Filipino, Spanish, German, Italian and Chinese.[2] She is the daughter of a medical lab technician.[1]

Career[change | change source]

Kwan started singing professionally when she was 11.[1] She was in a band called "Kids of the Century."[1]

Miss Saigon opened in London in 1989, where it played for ten years. Miss Saigon opened on Broadway in 1991. The play was a "megahit," meaning it was very popular. It made over $10 million dollars by the time it opened in Chicago, Illinois a year later.[1] After a worldwide search, Kwan was asked to play Kim.[1] She was still in high school.[1]

She acted in commercials and on television shows like Beverly Hills, 90210.[1] She also had modeling jobs.[1] She acted in a miniseries called Wild Palms.[1] In California Dreams, Kwan plays Samantha Woo, a foreign-exchange student that is very boy crazy.[2] Recent live-action appearances were on New Girl and Entourage.[4] Jennie Kwan has also appeared in many other movies, TV shows, and plays.[3][4]

She has become a well-known voice actor.[3][4] She played "Suki" in the Avatar: The Last Airbender television show and video game.[3][4] She voiced "Satoko Houjou" for the 2007 TV show When They Cry.[3][4] Kwan also voiced "Mayuko Nise" for the 2021 television show, High-Rise Invasion.[3][4] She was also in Raya and the last dragon, and Onward![3][4]

Accomplishments[change | change source]

Jennie Kwan has starred in multiple shows that helped her get fame, including Kwan has also been in plays including Miss Saigon, where she plays Kim, a bar girl from Vietnam. Kwan has also voiced many anime and cartoons! Kwan can sing too, and wants to sing more in her future.

Filmography[change | change source]

Music[change | change source]

In 2001, Jennie left acting for a while to join the girl group Nobody's Angel.[5] However, with its popularity quickly declining, the group split up just one year later.

References[change | change source]

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "'MISS SAIGON' STARS GET VIETNAM WAR LESSON." THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, 3 STAR ed., sec. ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT, 27 Sept. 1992, p. F4. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current. Accessed 10 Dec. 2021.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Herrmann, Brenda (1994-02-01). "Sure, Laugh Now...... But Jennie Kwan's Career Is Way More Than Cutesy Comedy". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2017-04-14. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 "Jennie Kwan (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 "Jennie Kwan". IMDb. Retrieved 2022-02-14.
  5. "Nobody's Angel". Archived 2022-02-14 at the Wayback Machine Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2021-12-10.

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