Biography
Jessica Henwick is an English actress, writer and director. She began her career in 2010 and was the first actress of East Asian descent to play a lead role in a major British television series, Spirit Warriors.
She is known for her roles as Nymeria Sand in Game of Thrones (2015–2017), Jessika Pava in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015), Colleen Wing in Marvel's Iron Fist (2017–2018) and The Defenders (2017), Bugs in The Matrix Resurrections (2021), Peg in Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) and Liv in The Royal Hotel (2023). She played Ruth in How to Make a Killing (2026) and Cynthia in Vladimir (2026).
Henwick wrote, directed and starred in the short film Bus Girl (2022), which received a BAFTA nomination for Best British Short Film.
