--- name: "Ellen Wong" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ellen-wong" fi1m_id: "ellen-wong" imdb_id: "nm2771798" tmdb_id: 88902 wikidata_id: "Q388843" roles: ["Actor"] born: "31 May 1985" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 80 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T23:49:14.791863+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ellen Wong ## Identity Ellen Wong - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ellen-wong - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ellen-wong - **IMDb ID:** nm2771798 - **TMDB ID:** 88902 - **Wikidata ID:** Q388843 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Wong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q388843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2771798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88902 Actor. Born 31 May 1985 in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 31 May 1985, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada - **Active:** 2010–2017 - **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Wong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q388843, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2771798/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88902 ## Fi1m on Ellen Wong > Ellen Wong's Knives Chau gives *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* much of its emotional pull. We value that directness and her physical skill; the sidekick casting that followed has not always given her enough to do. In *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Ellen Wong's Knives Chau is direct while the film around her is busy being knowing. Her openness gives Edgar Wright's action comedy someone worth caring about beyond the next joke or fight. We felt for Knives because Wong made her feelings matter even when Scott's difficulties took priority. She does not need to compete with the film's pace to hold our attention. Wong has the physical skill to belong in Wright's fast-moving comedy, too: her taekwondo training helped her land that breakthrough part. The fights become repetitive, but her physical work is an asset. The larger frustration is Michael Bacall and Wright's screenplay, which gives the women too little room. Mary Elizabeth Winstead's reserved Ramona Flowers and Wong's more open Knives both suggest lives we would rather have followed further. The parts that followed often made her the bubbly sidekick or the nerdy friend. In *The Carrie Diaries* (2013–2014), she played Jill 'Mouse' Chen, Carrie's best friend, as a series regular. Those parts can use an actor's warmth without asking much else of them. We would be wary of treating that casting as the limit of what Wong can do; Knives already gives us reason to want more. *GLOW* (2017–2019) gave her a more specific task as Jenny Chey. The character's wrestling persona trades in Asian stereotypes, while her life outside the ring lets the programme examine them. Wong brought her Cambodian-Chinese heritage into the character's backstory. That offers something more substantial to work with than the requirement to be an agreeable friend. She returned to Knives as a voice performer in *Scott Pilgrim Takes Off* (2023), this time with an expanded character arc. The appeal of more room for Knives is easy to understand from the earlier film. Wong had already made a stronger emotional impression than the central romance could manage. Start with Wright's film for the directness of that performance, and allow for the time it spends on people we found less interesting. ## Biography Ellen Wong is a Canadian actress. She was born in Scarborough, Ontario, in 1985 and studied radio and television arts at Ryerson University. She began acting in community theatre while at secondary school and worked in television production from the age of 14. She holds a black belt in taekwondo. Wong is known for playing Knives Chau in the film *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010) and its animated series *Scott Pilgrim Takes Off* (2023). Other credits include Jill 'Mouse' Chen in *The Carrie Diaries* (2013–2014) and Jenny Chey in *GLOW* (2017–2019). She has also appeared in *The Void* (2016), *The Circle* (2017) and *Silent Night* (2012). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *GLOW* (2017), Fi1m 78, as Jenny Chey — [page](https://film.one/tv/glow.md) - *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), Fi1m 81, as Knives Chau — [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md) ## Complete filmography (21) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice* (2026), as Trudy - *Scott Pilgrim Takes Off* (2023), series, as Knives Chau (voice) - *Beacon 23* (2023), series, as Iris - *Best Sellers* (2021), as Rachel Spence - *Goodnight Darling* (2021), Co-Producer - *The Christmas Setup* (2020), as Madelyn McKay - *Film Fest* (2020), as Amy - *Good Boy* (2020), as Annie - *In the Life of Music* (2019), as Hope - *GLOW* (2017), series, as Jenny Chey — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/glow.md) - *The Circle* (2017), as Renata - *The Void* (2016), as Kim - *Dark Matter* (2015), series, as Misaki Han-Shireikan - *The Baddest Part* (2014), as Olivia · Writer, Executive Producer - *The Carrie Diaries* (2013), series, as Jill 'Mouse' Chen - *Silent Night* (2012), as Brenda - *Silent Cargo* (2011), as Daiyu - *Scott Pilgrim vs. the World* (2010), as Knives Chau — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world.md) - *Castle* (2009), series, as Zhu Yin — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/castle.md) - *Runaway* (2006), series, as Macy - *This Is Wonderland* (2004), series, as Amy Li ## Gallery - ![Ellen Wong at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/119733/gallery-70efd7a99326.jpg) Ellen Wong at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Ellen_Wong_%2853981826967%29.jpg/1280px-Ellen_Wong_%2853981826967%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ellen Wong at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/119733/gallery-d04554cf88d1.jpg) Ellen Wong at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. — rwoan, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Ellen_Wong_2010_Comic-Con.jpg/1280px-Ellen_Wong_2010_Comic-Con.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ellen Wong at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International.](https://film.one/media/person/119733/gallery-fe16b01d1926.jpg) Ellen Wong at the 2010 San Diego Comic-Con International. — Ellen_Wong_2010_Comic-Con.jpg: rwoan derivative work: TriiipleThreat (talk), CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Ellen_Wong_2010_Comic-Con_Cropped.jpg/1280px-Ellen_Wong_2010_Comic-Con_Cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ellen Wong at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024](https://film.one/media/person/119733/gallery-4f50231ad85a.jpg) Ellen Wong at GalaxyCon Raleigh in 2024 — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Ellen_Wong_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2024.jpg/1280px-Ellen_Wong_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2024.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ellen Wong](https://film.one/media/person/119733/gallery-b8c6825da5e1.jpg) Ellen Wong — Image via TMDB - ![Ellen Wong](https://film.one/media/person/119733/gallery-cd96006cd642.jpg) Ellen Wong — Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Ellen_Wong_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Ellen_Wong_Photo_Op_GalaxyCon_Raleigh_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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