Jessalyn Wanlim
| Jessalyn Wanlim | |
|---|---|
| Born |
September 3, 1982 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Occupation | Actress, model |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
Jessalyn Wanlim (born September 3, 1982) is a Canadian actress and model. She is known for her role as Evie Cho on the science fiction television series Orphan Black, as well as Jenny Matthews on the sitcom Workin' Moms. She is also known for her recurring role in Scoundrels as Patty Hong within 5 episodes. Wanlim plays as a comedian in many stage roles.[1]
Life and career
Wanlim was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her mother is a Canadian of Filipino descent. Jessalyn’s father is also Canadian, of Chinese Indonesian descent. She currently resides in Los Angeles, CA.
Wanlim started singing in music school, then become a stage actress in her high school's art course. She began acting and landed the recurring role of Rachael, the nanny to Kendall and Zach,[2] in the television series All My Children, appearing in nearly fifty episodes of the series from 2006 to 2009. During her time on All My Children, Wanlim also appeared as Pauletta Cho in 3 episodes of Gossip Girl.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Je préfère qu'on reste amis | Uncredited | |
| 2005 | The Assassin | Singer | |
| 2008 | My Sassy Girl | Woman of No Consequence #6 | |
| 2008 | The New Twenty | Amy | |
| 2009 | Loving Leah | Sales Clerk | TV film |
| 2011 | Five | Summer | TV film |
| 2011 | A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song | Angela | Direct-to-video |
| 2012 | Frenemies | Cherie St. Claire | TV film |
| 2012 | Alex Cross | Paramita Megawati | Movie |
| 2014 | In My Dreams | Sharla | TV film |
| Year | Title | Role | Episodes | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-2009 | All My Children | Rachael | 9980,9900,9858,9845,9814,9806,9775,9759,9743,9740 9723,9704,9682,9663,9662,9649,9644,9632,9627,9623 9622,9580,9572,9571,9569,9560,9542,9541,9539,9537 9516,9515,9511,9505,9499,9480,9467,9429,9422,9420 9411,9404[3] |
Drama |
| 2007, 2009 | Gossip Girl | Pauletta Cho | "Victor/Victrola" (2007) "You've Got Yale!" (2009) "Carrnal Knowledge" (2009) |
Drama, Romance |
| 2008 | Do Not Disturb | Penny | "Do Not Disturb" | Sitcom |
| 2008 | The Border | Chow Li Zhen | "Physical Assets" | Crime, Drama |
| 2009 | Life on Mars | Sweet Jane | "Let All the Children Boogie" | Drama, Mystery |
| 2009 | Psych | Polexia Li | "Let's Get Hairy" | Comedy |
| 2009 | CSI: NY | Portia Pryce | "It Happened to Me" | Drama |
| 2009 | Bones | Dierdre Ryan | "The Gamer in the Grease" | Drama |
| 2010 | Fake It Til You Make It | Reina Chu | "Talk to My Agent" | Comedy |
| 2010 | Scoundrels | Patty Hong | Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf That's the Way the Money Goes Birds of a Feather Flock Together Yes, Sir, Yes, Sir, Three Bags Full Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary |
Comedy, Drama |
| 2011 | The Chicago Code | Penny Ling | "Greylord & Gambat" | Action, Drama |
| 2011 | Melissa & Joey | Lindsay Gates | "Don't Train on My Parade" | |
| 2011 | The Closer | Sindy Showers | "Forgive Us Our Trespasses" | |
| 2013 | NCIS: Los Angeles | Daisy | "Red: Part One" | |
| 2013 | Modern Family | Fiona | "The Late Show" | Comedy |
| 2014 | Bad Teacher | Margo | Comedy | |
| 2014 | Instant Mom | Nikki | "48 Hours" | |
| 2015 - 2016 | Lab Rats: Bionic Island | Giselle Vickers | Episodes: "Bionic Action Hero" & "The Vanishing" | |
| 2016 | Orphan Black | Evie Cho | "The Collapse of Nature" "From Instinct to Rational Control" "Human Raw Material" "The Scandal of Altruism" "The Antisocialism of Sex" "The Redesign of Natural Objects" "The Mitigation of Competition" "From Dancing Mice to Psychopaths" |
Science Fiction Drama Suspense |
| 2017 | Workin' Moms | Jenny Mathews | ||
| 2017 | Colony | Angelica | Episode: "Company Man" | Drama, Science Fiction |
References
- ↑ IMDb (2008) Jessalyn Wanlim Actress Profile
- ↑ "The familiar faces of All My Children | The familiar faces of All My Children News | Soaps.com". Retrieved 14 July 2017.
- ↑ Tv.com (2006) Jessalyn Wanlim Credits
