Person
Ellen Wong
Acting · Born 1985-05-31 · Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Biography
Ellen Wong is a prominent Canadian actress best known for playing Knives Chau in the cult classic film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and its animated spin-off Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. She is of Cambodian and Chinese descent, she has built a versatile career across both film and television. She is easily recognized for her standout television roles, including the whip-smart and loyal best friend Jill "Mouse" Chen in The CW's The Carrie Diaries, and the pop-culture-obsessed wrestler Jenny Chey ("Fortune Cookie") in the hit Netflix series GLOW. An accomplished martial artist with training in WTF Taekwondo, she frequently performs her own intense fight choreography
Known for
Castle
Zhu Yin
Dark Matter
Misaki Han-Shireikan
This Is Wonderland
Amy Li
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
Trudy
GLOW
Jenny Chey
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Knives Chau
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
Knives Chau (voice)
Beacon 23
Iris
The Carrie Diaries
Jill 'Mouse' Chen
Runaway
Macy
Filmography
- 2026Mike & Nick & Nick & AliceTrudy
- 2023Scott Pilgrim Takes OffKnives Chau (voice)
- 2023Beacon 23Iris
- 2021Best SellersRachel Spence
- 2021Goodnight DarlingCo-Producer
- 2020The Christmas SetupMadelyn McKay
- 2020Film FestAmy
- 2020Scott Pilgrim vs. the World Water CrisisSelf - Knives Chau
- 2020Good BoyAnnie
- 2019In the Life of MusicHope
- 2017GLOWJenny Chey
- 2017The CircleRenata
- 2016The VoidKim
- 2015Dark MatterMisaki Han-Shireikan
- 2014The Baddest PartOlivia
- 2013The Carrie DiariesJill 'Mouse' Chen
- 2012Silent NightBrenda
- 2011Silent CargoDaiyu
- 2010The Making of 'Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'Self
- 2010Scott Pilgrim vs. the WorldKnives Chau
- 2009CastleZhu Yin
- 2006RunawayMacy
- 2004This Is WonderlandAmy Li
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