Jenny Raven is a Hong Kong-born and raised actress and multiple Canadian Screen Award Nominee. She is known for her work on Kim's Convenience as Gwen, Irina Wong in the American film Flatliners and Sasha Dixon in the television series Designated Survivor. Another notable performance was as Jasmine in "Arkangel", a Series 4 episode of the British television series Black Mirror.
Early life Jenny Raven was born on 2 November in Hong Kong to her Chinese mother and British father. She moved to Toronto, Ontario, Canada after graduating from Island School in Hong Kong, and graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Science in criminology and psychology.
Career In 2003, Raven made her screen debut in the Cantonese-language Hong Kong film Men Suddenly in Black. After moving to Toronto, Ontario, Canada and graduating, Raven landed a leading role as Margo Dubois in the Canadian children's comedy TV series Majority Rules! for 26 episodes from 2009 to 2011. Raven worked alongside Juno Temple and Rhys Ifans in the American independent comedy-drama film Len and Company, which had its North American premiere at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. Raven has made single-episode appearances in numerous TV shows such as Lost Girl (2010), The L.A. Complex (2012), Private Eyes (2016), Shadowhunters and Good Witch (2017).
In 2017, Raven appeared as Irina Wong in Flatliners, a remake of the 1990 film of the same name. The same year, she appeared as Jasmine in "Arkangel", an episode of Black Mirror. Raven played a recurring role as Sasha Dixon in 10 episodes of the television series Designated Survivor from 2017 to 2018.
In 2018, Raven played Veronica in 6 episodes of the comedy series Wholesome Foods I Love You... Is That OK?, which went on to win 'Best International Comedy' at the British Web Awards in 2020 and 'Best Ensemble' at the Seoul Web Fest in 2019.
In 2019, Raven starred as Caine in the post-apocalyptic horror film Riot Girls. In 2020, Raven landed a guest role in the award-winning comedy series Kim's Convenience as Gwen, potential love interest of Kimchee played by Andrew Phung.
In 2021, Raven played a leading role as Emily in the Adam Reider directed Canadian horror film Woodland Grey. In 2022, Raven played a leading role in the romcom television movie Love at Sky Gardens. Raven stars as a barista whose coffee-spilling mishaps start a romance.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes / 2003 Men Suddenly in Black Young JoJo 2009 Patient Hostage Short film 2009 Cigarettes Hurt Babies Denise Short film 2009 Puck Hogs Babyface Waitress #1 2011 Long Branch Lynn Short film 2013 Hardsell Steffy Short film 2013 Cold Kate Short film 2014 Sleepless Marla Short film 2015 Cold Deck Nadine 2015 Let's Rap Sam 2015 Len and Company Kelly 2017 Bree and Drew (Me & You) Bree Short film 2017 Flatliners Irina Wong 2017 Our Practice Madison Short film 2019 Lloyd loses everything Issy Short film 2019 Goliath Tiffany 2019 Riot Girls Caine 2020 Consent Agreement Jess Short film 2021 My Soul to Take Quinn Short film 2021 Woodland Grey Emily 2021 We're All in This Together Alyssa 2023 The Amityville Curse Lucy Davis
Television Year Title Role Notes / 2010 Lost Girl Libra Episode: "Oh Kappa, My Kappa" 2010 Rookie Blue Female Party Goer 2 Episode: "In Blue" 2011 I Kill Monsters Piper Pilot episode 2011 Warehouse 13 Amy Gillan Episode: "Insatiable" 2009–2011 Majority Rules! Margo Dubois 26 episodes 2012 The L.A. Complex Production Assistant Episode: "It's All About Who You Know" 2013 Cracked Mai Nguyen Episode: "Fallen" 2014 The Listener Raven Masters Episode: "Amuse Bouche" 2015 V Morgan is Dead Jenna 7 episodes 2016 Private Eyes Kristy Greene-Garvey Episode: "Family Jewels" 2016 The Girlfriend Experience Erin's Assistant 4 episodes 2017 Black Mirror Jasmine Episode: "Arkangel" 2017–2018 Designated Survivor Sasha 10 episodes 2017 Good Witch Theresa Episode: "Say It with Candy" 2017 Shadowhunters Leigh Episode: "Dust and Shadows" 2018 Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Dr. Yen Episode: "French Connection" 2018 Wholesome Foods I Love You... Is That OK? Veronica 6 episodes 2019–2021 Kim's Convenience Gwen 8 episodes 2021 Hudson & Rex Bonnie Squire Episode: "The Secret Life of Levi" 2022 Ruby and the Well Angela Episode: "I Wish I Could Stop Pretending" 2022 Love at Sky Gardens Dierdre Up TV TV movie 2024 My Dead Mom Layla TV series 2024 A '90s Christmas Nadine TV film (Hallmark) 2025 Wayward Carla (Abbie's mother) S1.Episode 1: "Tall Pines" 2025 Brilliant Minds Dr. Mia Clark S2.Episode 5: "Once Upon a Time in America" 2026 Worried Autumn Main cast 2026 The Couple Across the Street Main cast TV film 2026 Memory of a Killer Henderson S1.E6 & 7 - "Uncle Jacob" + "Dr. Parks"
Video games Year Title Role Notes / 2017 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege Ying (Special Duties Unit Operator) 2022 Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Extraction Ying (Special Duties Unit Operator)
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Work Result 2023Canadian Screen Awards Best Lead Performer, TV Movie Love at Sky Gardens 2025 Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series My Dead Mom
References
External links
Jenny Raven profile Jenny Raven - Designated Survivor, selected scenes by Vimeopro Jenny Raven Interview