Samantha Winn, born Samantha Cho, is a Canadian actress and martial artist. She is known for her roles in the Canadian television series Mortal Kombat: Legacy (2011) and the American films Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021) and Army of the Dead (2021).
Wiki/Biography
Samantha Win Tjhia was born in Barrie, Ontario, Canada on Friday, March 29, 1991 (2021, 30 years old). Her zodiac sign is Aries.
Samantha Winn as a child
At the age of four, she began to learn martial arts because her mother was a black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. At the age of twelve, she began to learn martial arts. She studied with Allen Tang. Speaking of her coach, she said,
My martial arts coach, Alan Tang, is one of the nicest people in the world. He has a big heart and is very giving… He is my role model.”
She studied at Sunny Tang Martial Arts Center in Toronto and was a member of Team Ryouko Martial Arts Performance Team in Newmarket. She attended Richmond Hill High School in Canada. As a teenager, she studied acting at the Toronto Film and Television Acting Academy. After participating in several martial arts competitions, she began working as a stuntwoman for Hollywood and moved to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, she received acting training with many excellent acting teachers.
appearance
Height (approximate): 5′ 5″
Eye Color: Brown
Hair color: dark brown
Family and Race
She is of Chinese and Indonesian descent.
Parents and siblings
Her parents are Charles and Leslie Chabot Tjhia.
Samantha Win’s parents
She has two older brothers, one of whom is named Andrew Tjhia.
Samantha Wing with her ex-husband, parents and brother
Relationship with husband
In 2011, she married Allen Cho (martial artist and actor) and divorced in 2019.
Allen Joe
As of 2021, she is dating Shahaub Roudbari who is also an actor.
Samantha Win and her boyfriend
Profession
She began her career as a child model at around the age of twelve, appearing in several print ads for Sears.
Samantha Win in Sears Company ad
She has also starred in several toy commercials. In 2004, she also starred in a commercial for the music group KIDZ BOP.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psRH4iv2j2Y
Martial Arts
She was a member of the Canadian National Wushu Team from 2004 to 2008. In 2007, she won the bronze medal in Southern Stick at the World Wushu Championships in Beijing.
Samantha wins the martial arts competition
During the 2008 Summer Olympics, she competed in the 2008 Beijing Wushu Games.
Stunts (TV)
In 2009, she made her debut as a stunt double in the Canadian TV series Aaron Stone. She then doubled for American actress Daniella Monet in the American TV series Super Ninja (2011). She then doubled for American TV series including Carly Chaikin in Suburgatory (2013), Skyler Samuels in Bloodline (2013) and Ming Na Wen in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-15).
Stunts (in movies)
In 2010, she made her stunt debut in the American, British, Canadian and Japanese co-production Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. She subsequently doubled for many American actresses in American films. She doubled for Jena Malone in Sucker Punch (2011), Kristen Stewart in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012), Antje Traue (Germany) in Man of Steel (2013) and Eva Green (France) in 300: Rise of an Empire (2014).
Acting (TV)
In 2011, she made her acting debut in the role of “Kitana” in the Canadian television series Mortal Kombat: Legacy.
Samantha Winn in Mortal Kombat: Legacy
She worked in the series till 2015. In 2015, she made her acting debut in the American TV series Agent X as “Juju”.
Samantha Win, Agent X (2015)
She then appeared in the American TV series Seven Bucks Digital Studios (2017), Lethal Weapon (2019), and Arrow (2019).
Actor (movie)
In 2013, she made her screen debut in the American-British film Man of Steel, playing the role of “Car-vex”.
Samantha Win, Man of Steel (2013)
She then starred in the US-UK co-production Wonder Woman (2017), Justice League (2017), and Zack Snyder’s Justice League (2021). In 2021, she played the leading role of “Chambers” in the American film Army of the Dead.
Samantha Win in Army of the Dead (2021)
She has appeared in several American short films including Jia (2015), Snow Iron (2017), Silent Night (2020), Disobedience (2020), The Promise (2020), The Stone Circle (2020), and Unwelcome (2021).
Performance (Drama)
After moving to Los Angeles, she joined a theater company in Los Angeles and made her stage debut in 2018 playing the role of “Katherine” in Thursday Night Theater Company’s production of Arthur Miller’s “A View from the Bridge”.
Samantha Win, A View from the Bridge (2018)
other works
In 2020, she made her debut as a producer with the American short film Silent Night.
She has produced the American short films Disobedience (2020), Commitment (2020), and Unwelcome (2021). In 2020, she made her debut as a screenwriter with the short film Commitment.
She served as assistant editor and screenwriter on the American short film Unwelcome (2021).
Favorite Things
- Actors: Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen
Facts/Trivia
- She is known as Sam on various media platforms.
- In 2020, she won the FantaSci Short Film Festival Best Ensemble Jury Award for her short film Stone Circle (2020).
- In her spare time, she enjoys making candles.
Samantha Wing talks about candle making in an Instagram post
- She loves animals very much and has a pet dog named Lucy.
Samantha Win and her pets
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