Christina Chong

Christina Chong (born September 18, 1983) is a British actress and singer. She has appeared in several notable roles in film and television, including Monroe, Line of Duty, Halo: Nightfall, Black Mirror, Doctor Who, and 24: Live Another Day. She plays La'An Noonien-Singh in the Paramount+ original series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022–present).

Early life

Chong was born in Enfield, the daughter of a Chinese father and an English mother. She was first raised with her five siblings in Broxbourne. Later, after her parents separated, her mother moved her and her siblings to Longridge, her mother's hometown. Chong started dancing at the age of four and attended the Sutcliffe School of Dance in Longridge. At 14, she studied at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts in London. After graduation, in 2003 she earned a role in Elton John's musical Aida being performed at the Colosseum Theatre in Essen. An injury cut short her career in musical theatre, so she turned to acting, training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York City for 18 months. When Chong returned to London, she initially had trouble finding work, acting only in a few small supporting roles and commercials. To support herself, she gave acting lessons at schools and held a part-ownership of her father's Chinese restaurant in Harpenden.

Career

In 2011, Chong made her breakthrough with supporting roles in the movies W.E. and Johnny English Reborn and TV appearances in the Doctor Who episode "A Good Man Goes to War", and as a regular cast member in the medical series Monroe. In the next three years, she had regular and guest roles in a number of different British and American TV series.

In 2014, Chong was cast in a minor role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, but was not seen in the final cut of the film. In 2015, she had a recurring role in the second season of the SyFy series Dominion as Zoe Holloway, a member of Vega’s Archangel Corps, who becomes the leader of the rebellion of the city's lower classes.

Since 2023, Chong is a main cast member of the Paramount+ streaming series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds as La'An Noonien-Singh, a descendant of the character Khan Noonien Singh.

Filmography

Film

Television

External links

• at IMDb
• (Red Carpet TV, 8 mins)