Valerie Tian

Valerie Tian
Born	(1989-04-21) April 21, 1989 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
💼 Occupation	Actress
📆 Years active	2002–present

Valerie Tian (born April 21, 1989) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Su-Chin in Juno.

Early life

Tian was born in 1989 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is of Chinese descent. Her mother was a teacher of Chinese literature and history.

Career

Tian auditioned for Canadian director Mina Shum in the summer of 2001, while Shum was casting for Long Life, Happiness and Prosperity, and won the leading role of Mindy Ho. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2002, and was shown at the Sundance Film Festival and LA Asian American Film Festival in 2003.

In 2004, she played alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme in the action movie Wake of Death. She also had a cameo appearance in The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and leading roles in the Wake of Death and the short film, Chika's Bird. She also appeared as an X kid in X2: X-Men United, and as an elf in Disney’s Santa Clause 2.

Tian was a series regular on the Warner Brothers' television series, Black Sash, and appeared in a cameo role in the ABC series The Days. She is currently a series regular on the CTV series, "Motive".

Personal life

Tian has said that, "When I do have free time I try to find random, new things and I am obsessed with learning new things and meeting new people. I do martial arts and running. I like to sew and design. I definitely like to look up new music. I spend a lot of time doing that and I like to produce my own".

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2002	Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity	Mindy Lum
2002	The Santa Clause 2	Elf	Uncredited
2003	X2: X-Men United	X-kid	Uncredited
2004	Chika's Bird	Chika	Short film
2004	Wake of Death	Kim
2005	Bob the Butler	Sophie
2007	Blue	Aya	Short film
2007	Juno	Su-Chin
2008	Drillbit Taylor	Brooke Nguyen
2008	Dim Sum Funeral	Emily
2009	Jennifer's Body	Chastity
2010	Triple Dog	Kayla
2010	Charlie St. Cloud	Girl in Toy Store
2010	Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief	Classmate
2011	The Moth Diaries	Charley
2012	21 Jump Street	Burns
2013	A.C.O.D.	Kieko
2013	Words and Pictures	Emily
2015	Even Lambs Have Teeth	Mandy
2015	Beyond Redemption	Dodo
2016	Come and Find Me	Student
2017	Dead Shack	Lisa
2017	Moving Parts	Zhenzhen

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2003	Black Sash	Claire Rodgers	Regular role
2006	Broken Trail	Ging Wa	TV miniseries
2006	Whistler	Kimmy Leung	"Lies and Whispers"
2006	Three Moons Over Milford	Martine	"Pilot"
2007	The L Word	Dierdre	"Lexington and Concord"
2007	Anna's Storm	Franny	TV film
2007	Bionic Woman	Aoki	"The Education of Jaime Sommers"
2007	Aliens in America	Nicole	"The Metamorphosis", "Homecoming"
2010	The Boy Who Cried Werewolf	Debbie	TV film
2010	Shattered	Liz	"In the Dark"
2011–2012	The Secret Life of the American Teenager	Wendy	Recurring role
2012–2013	Arrow	Morgan	"Damaged", "Trust But Verify", "The Huntress Returns"
2014	Motive	Officer Wendy Sung	Regular role
2015	Backstrom	Bethany	"Bogeyman"
2015	The Magicians	Healer Fay	TV series
2016	Supernatural	Ambriel	"The Devil in the Details"
2019	iZombie	Darcy Bennett	Recurring role (5 episodes)
2019	Hospital Show	Astrid	Web series

External links

• Valerie Tian on IMDb

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