Jona Xiao Movies, TV Shows, and Filmography

Jona Xiao

Jona Xiao

Acting

Biography

Jona Xiao (born May 18, 1989) is an American actress born in China. Xiao was born in Changsha, China, and moved to New York as an infant, before ultimately settling in St. Louis, Missouri, with her family, starting acting in middle school. Growing up, she was called racial slurs and decided to be an actress to break against stereotypes. Xiao founded Career ACTivate, which specialises in helping actors jumpstart and progress their careers. Xiao was cast in Spider-Man: Homecoming in a role that she denies was initially written for an Asian-American actress. Marisa Tomei, who plays Aunt May in the film, lobbied for Xiao to be cast. Her role ended up getting cut in the final film. In 2021, Xiao lent her voice to a younger Namaari in Raya and the Last Dragon. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jona Xiao, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography Movies

Acting

Keeping Up with the Joneses movie poster
MOVIE

Keeping Up with the Joneses

6.1(2.1K)
Keeping Up with the Joneses
Stacey Chung
Gifted movie poster
MOVIE

Gifted

8.0(5.9K)
Gifted
Lijuan
Alice Upside Down movie poster
MOVIE

Alice Upside Down

5.7(0.1K)
Alice Upside Down
Loretta
Doggone movie poster
MOVIE

Doggone

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Doggone
Jamie Bishop
Timeline movie poster
MOVIE

Timeline

10.0(0.0K)
Timeline
Diner
APPyness movie poster
MOVIE

APPyness

8.0(0.0K)
APPyness
Tiffany
Raya and the Last Dragon movie poster
MOVIE

Raya and the Last Dragon

7.8(7.3K)
Raya and the Last Dragon
Young Namaari (voice)

Gallery

Jona Xiao portrait