Grace Lynn Kung | |
Birth Date: | 25 March 1987 |
Birth Place: | Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
Occupation: | Actress |
Years Active: | 2001–present |
Grace Lynn Kung (born March 25, 1987) is a Canadian actress. She received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for the spy series InSecurity as Jojo Kwan.[1]
Kung holds two certificates of distinction from Trinity College London in the United Kingdom, where she also studied naturopathic medicine. She has appeared in Fahrenheit 451, , Miss Sloane, and Designated Survivor.
Screen credits include The Expanse, The Strain, Being Erica, Away From Her, Slings & Arrows, Odd Squad, House Party,[2] and . On stage, she has performed The Vagina Monologues in Oranjestad, Aruba, as Janet in the award-winning play Kim's Convenience, Izzy in Seminar by Theresa Rebeck, Zoe/The Girl in La Ronde, Yuko in Yukonstyle at Canadian Stage Company, collaborating with Judith Thompson on her new works and playing writer-historian Iris Chang in the international debut of A Nanking Winter by Marjorie Chan at Nightwood Theatre, a theatre specialising in forging creative alliances among female artists.
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2001 | Lost and Delirious | Lauren | Credited as Grace Kung | |
2002 | Sasha | |||
2006 | Injustice | Erica Lam | ||
2006 | Away from Her | Nurse Betty | ||
2007 | Blue State | Esther Yang | ||
2007 | P2 | Kim Phu (Woman in Elevator) | ||
2008 | One Week | n/a | ||
2013 | Bank$tas | Diane | ||
2015 | Portrait of a Serial Monogamist | Eve | ||
2016 | data-sort-value="Death (and Life) of Carl Naardlinger, The" | The Death (and Life) of Carl Naardlinger | Pam Naardlinger | Nominated ACTRA Award for Outstanding performance - Female[3] |
2016 | Miss Sloane | Lauren | ||
2016 | Dissecting Gwen | Gwen | Short film | |
2016 | Birdland | Claire | ||
2017 | Expiry Date | Madison Von Boheme | ||
2017 | Cult of Chucky | Claire | ||
2017 | data-sort-value="Carmilla Movie, The" | The Carmilla Movie | Charlotte Brontë | |
2018 | Fahrenheit 451 | Chairman Mao | ||
2019 | Lie Exposed | Betsy | ||
2023 | Invitation to a Murder | Lu | ||
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2003 | Open House | Lavender Blue | Television film, CBS | |
2005 | April | Television film | ||
Slings & Arrows | Emily Lu | 5 episodes | ||
2006 | G-Spot | Belinda | Episode: Lucky | |
Night of Terror | Donna | Television film | ||
House Party | Allison | Television film[4] | ||
2007 | Billable Hours | The Bad Ass | Episode: Cancer, Baby! | |
Friendly Nurse | Television film | |||
2008 | data-sort-value="Border, The" | The Border | Lab Tech | Episode: Enemy Contact |
House Party | Allison | 6 episodes | ||
2009 | Retail | Jill | Television film | |
2009 – 2010 | Being Erica | Meeri Kung | 9 episodes[5] | |
2011 – 2012 | InSecurity | JoJo Kwan | Regular role[6] Nominated Gemini Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Continuing Leading Comedic Role (2011)[7] | |
2012 | data-sort-value="Listener, The" | The Listener | Lucy Estevez | Episode: Crossed |
2013 | Mother Up! | Suzi Chu | 2 episodes | |
data-sort-value="Doozers, The" | The Doozers | The Doozer Reuser (voice) | Episode: Doozers Re-Users | |
Police Officer | Episodes: Karma Police (Parts 1 & 2) | |||
2014 | Remedy | Dr. Livia Fung | Episode: The Living Things | |
data-sort-value="Lottery, The" | The Lottery | Sara Bell | Episode: Rules of the Game | |
Touring T.O. | Samantha | 8 episodes | ||
2015 | Hard Rock Medical | Heather | 4 episodes | |
data-sort-value="Strain, The" | The Strain | Grace Wu | Episode: Intruders | |
Heartland | Vanessa | Episode: Fearless | ||
2015 - 2016 | Odd Squad | Evil Teddy | 2 episodes | |
2016 | 12 Monkeys | Stacy | Episode: Bodies of Water | |
2017 | Mary Kills People | Annie Chun | Series regular | |
data-sort-value="Expanse, The" | The Expanse | Doris | Episode: Pyre | |
Designated Survivor | Congresswoman Mae Yoshida | 2 episodes | ||
Psycho | Episode: Context Is for Kings | |||
2017–2021 | Frankie Drake Mysteries | Wendy Quon | Recurring | |
2019 | data-sort-value="InBetween, The" | The InBetween | Amy Shu | Recurring |
data-sort-value="Stranded, The" | The Stranded | Professor Lin | Thai TV series | |
2020 | Transplant | Vivian Barnes | ||
Japan Sinks: 2020 | Mari Mutō (voice) | Netflix ONA; English dub | ||
Hey Lady! | Molly | |||
2021–2023 | Sort Of | Bessy | CBC; HBO Max | |
2023 | Wong & Winchester | Marissa Wong | ||
TBA | Plan B |
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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2013 | data-sort-value="Doozers, The" | The Doozers | Doozer Reuser | |
2014 | Far Cry 4 | Kirat, Female Rebel Soldiers | ||
2018 | For Honor | Ying (Female Tiandi) | Marching Fire | |
2020 | Fallout 76: Wastelanders | Agent Mochou, Libby Wen, Chinese Soldiers | DLC[8] |