Jessica Henwick

Jessica Henwick is an English actress, writer and director who started her career in 2010. Raised in Surrey, she trained with the National Youth Theatre and was cast as Bo in Spirit Warriors, a CBBC series, reportedly the first East Asian actress to lead a British television show. She became known for playing Nymeria Sand in Game of Thrones and Colleen Wing in Iron Fist, a part she also took to The Defenders and Luke Cage. Her films include Underwater (2020), Love and Monsters (2020), Sofia Coppola's On the Rocks (2020), The Matrix Resurrections (2021), The Gray Man (2022), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), The Royal Hotel (2023) and Cuckoo (2024). Her directorial debut, the short Bus Girl, was nominated for a BAFTA, and she received the Mary Pickford prize honoring female filmmakers. She also wrote for the animated series Moley and co-wrote Nancy Wu Done It.