Jennie Kwan is an American television, film, and voice actress. She played Samantha "Sam" Woo on ''

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'', Satoko Hojo in '' Higurashi When They Cry'', and voiced Suki, a character on ''

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''.

Career

Kwan began acting at age 11 when she started performing with the touring company, "Kids of the Century". Her first television role was in 1991 as the voice of Audrey in ''

Little Shop ''Little Shop'' is a 1991 animated fantasy comedy television series that aired on Saturday morning cartoon, Saturday mornings on the Fox Kids, Fox Kids TV network, about a teenager and a giant talking plant. ''Little Shop'' was based on the 1960 ...

'', a series based on the 1986 film '' Little Shop of Horrors''. She is best known as Samantha "Sam" Woo, a foreign exchange student from Hong Kong in the

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sitcom ''

'' who first appeared in the show's second season. She joins the band as its keyboardist. She competes on the twenty-fourth season of ''

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'', the show's seventh celebrity edition titled ''Thats So 90s'', airing in April and May 2022.

Personal life

Kwan says she was often embarrassed in high school because despite being famous, she never had a boyfriend. She is married to Andrew Verona since 2012 and was married to Matthew Garrett, a local musician.

Filmography

Television

Film

Animation

Video games

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwan, Jennie Living people American television actresses American video game actresses American voice actresses 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people)