Jadyn Wong is a Canadian-American actress, best known for playing mechanical prodigy Happy Quinn on the CBS show Scorpion.
Early life and education Wong was born in Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada, to immigrants from Hong Kong. She completed her Bachelor of Commerce at the University of British Columbia.Wong, Tony, "Scorpion's Jadyn Wong tickled to play Happy : Alberta actress talks about her role on hit CBS show and Happy's potential romance with Toby", Toronto Star, January 29, 2015 She has a black belt in karate and is also a classical pianist.
Career
Wong made her professional acting debut in the miniseries Broken Trail (2006) with Robert Duvall. She was handpicked for the role by Duvall after hundreds of actresses were auditioned across North America.
She also appeared in Space Buddies (2009) as a Chinese reporter, as April Jung in the short film The Letters (2010), as a Money Channel Interviewer in Cosmopolis (2012), as Diondra in Debug (2014), and as Molly in the TV movie Client Seduction (2014). In 2016, she played Altagracia in You're Killing Me Susana.
From 2014 to 2018, Wong starred in the CBS television series Scorpion as Happy Quinn. In 2018, she joined the cast of Needle in a Timestack, a science fiction film written and directed by John Ridley.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 2009 Space Buddies Chinese Reporter 2010 The Letters April Jung Short film 2012 Cosmopolis Money Channel Interviewer 2014 Debug Diondra2016You're Killing Me SusanaAltagracia 2021 Needle in a Timestack Zoe Mikkelsen2023Weak LayersLucy Lin
Television Year Title Role Notes 2006 Broken Trail Ghee Moon (#1) Mini-series 2010 Caprica Game master 2 episodes 2011 Rookie Blue Mary Vu Episode: "Brotherhood" Being Erica Rachel 6 episodes Stay with Me Li Unaired CTV pilot 2014 Lost Girl Dao Ming Episode: "Destiny's Child" Working the Engels Shirl Episode: "Pilot" Spun Out Esther Wing Episode: "Carpoolers" Client Seduction Molly TV film 2014–2018 Scorpion Happy QuinnHinckley, David. "'Scorpion,' TV review ". New York Daily NewsGoodman, Tim. "Scorpion': TV Review". Hollywood Reporter. Main cast (93 episodes)
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