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Jessica Henwick

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Jessica Henwick, whose full name is Jessica Yu Li Henwick, is an English actress and writer who had been seen working actively since the year 2010.

Quick Info
Full Name	Jessica Yu Li Henwick
Date of Birth	30 August 1992
Birth Place	Surrey, England, UK
Parent(s)	Mark Henwick and Pearlyn Goh Kun Shan.
Occupation	Actress, Writer
Height	5 feet 6.5 inches
Weight	56 kg
Zodiac	Virgo
Ethnicity	Mixed
Nationality	British
Net worth	US $600,000

Personal Life and Relationship

Jessica Henwick was born on 30 August 1992 in Surrey, England, the UK as a daughter of father, Mark Henwick, and mother, Pearlyn Goh Kun Shan. Her father is an author where her mother used to work in the retail business, and now she was retired from her work. Henwick has two brothers as siblings, where she was the middle child among their siblings.

There is gossip about Henwick and Johnny Yang was dating each other, but they had not confirmed their relationship.

Nationality and Physical Stats

Jessica Henwick Holds an English nationality and belongs to mixed ethnicity, where her mother is a Chinese Singaporean, and her father is Zambian English. She is currently 28 years old with a height of 5 feet 6.5 inches (169 am) and a 56 kg weight. She had got the body measurements of 32-27-35 inches and got black hair with light brown eyes. As she was born on 30 August, her zodiac sign is Virgo.

Education

In her early life, she joined and trained at Redroofs Theatre School and the National Youth Theatre.

Career

Television Career

Jessica Henwick started her career in a BBC children’s adventure series “Spirit Warriors” in 2010 as Bo, which is the series’ leading role. After that, she also appeared as Charlotte in a British comedy television series “The Thick of It” in 2012. Later, she was seen playing the role of Jane Jeong Trenka in a television series “Obsession: Dark Desires.” In the same year, she was cast as Amy Lang in a British television drama series “Silk,” which the BBC produced and created by Pete Moffat. After that, she also played the guest role as Chloe Ilson in a detective drama, “Lewis.”

Further, Jessica Henwick was seen playing a recurring role as Nymeria Sand, an American fantasy drama television series “Game of Thrones,” which was aired from 2015 to 2017. After that, she was cast as Bianca Mankyo in a British horror psychological thriller television series “Fortitude” in 2017, created and written by Simon Donald. Likewise, from the year 2017 to 2018, she had got the role of Colleen Wing in an American streaming television series “Iron Fist.” She was then seen in the same position in the television miniseries “The Defenders,” created by Douglas Petrie and Marco Ramirez in 2017.

Further, she was seen in the episode “Wig Out” of an American streaming television series “Luke Cage” in 2018. In 2020, she had also provided her voice over the character Alexia in an American adult animated television series “Blood of Zeus,” created by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides.

Henwick was also seen working in “North by Northamptonshire” from 2011 to 2012, which is a BBC Radio 4 comedy where she is in the role of Helen. Later, in 2013, she was also seen as Julie in “Monday to Friday,” and from 2014 to 2015, she was seen as Amy Lang “Silk: The Clerks Room,” a British television drama series.

Film Career

Jessica Henwick started her filmy career after being cast as Scotty in a short movie, ”Balsa Wood.” In the same year, she appeared as Rachel in the film “Dr. Liebenstein.” Likewise, she was seen playing the role of Paula Reid in the movie “Dragonfly” in 2015. In the same year, she was cast as Jessika Pava in an American epic space opera movie “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” which was produced, co-written and directed by J. J. Abrams.

In 2016, she was seen as Akira in the movie “The Head of the Forest,” a short film where she wrote the movie. In that year, she was also cast into a horror-thriller film “The Head Hunter,” written by Olivier Nilsson-Julien and Lindsay Shapero, where director Tom Keeling directed it. Further, she was seen playing Elena’s role in the movie “Rice on White,” and in the same year, she had been cast as Joanne in an American romantic drama film “Newness” where Drake Doremus directed it.

Later, in 2018, Jessica Henwick appeared as Muse in a short movie, “Yo! My Saint,” and in 2019, she was seen as Mara in another short film, “Baliko.” In 2020, she was seen in an American science fiction action horror movie “Underwater” as Emily Haversham, where William Eubank directed the film. In that year, she had also seen playing the role of Fiona in an American comedy-drama movie “On the Rock,” where it was written and directed by Sofia Coppola.

After that, she was seen in an American monster adventure movie, “Love and Monsters,” where she had played the role of Aimee, and Michael Matthews directed the film. She will also be seen in an upcoming American monster movie, “Godzilla vs. Kong.” She will be seen in another upcoming American science fiction movie, “The Matrix,” released in 2022.

Jessica Henwick had also provided her voice in a video game, “Dreamfall Chapters: The Longest Journey” as Enu Hanna Roth, where it is an episodic 3D adventure game.

Stage

In the year 2013, Jessica Henwick had been cast into Leo’s role in “Running on the Cracks,” from which she made her theatre debut where it was based on the book written by Julia Donaldson. Henwick’s role as Leo was outstanding, where she had received lots of positive reviews from everyone, which helps develop her career.

Writing

As a writer, Jessica Henwick had written short movies like “Balico” and “The Heart of the Forest,” where the movie “The Heart of the Forest” became able to won Best Original Script at Asians on Film Festival. She had also written an adult series, “Nancy Wu Done It,” wherein 2020, Amazon had picked up the series.