Born in Los Angeles, her family moved to Canada before she was 2; she has dual U
S
and Canadian citizenship
Tried acting right after college and got a part as Shannon Ng on the Canadian high-school drama series Edgemont
Appeared in the 2000 Jet Li action movie Romeo Must Die as a dancer
Speaks English and Korean, and a little French and Cantonese
Nominated for an AZN Asian Excellence Award in 2006 as Best Newcomer for her work on Battlestar Galactica
Cast in the 2010 CBS remake of Hawaii Five-0 as Det
Kono Kalakaua, a role played in the original series by male actor Zulu; Kono is now a surfer and police-academy grad, recruited to join McGarrett's team