Acting
Katlyn Wong
Hong Kong
Katlyn Wong is a New Zealand–Chinese actor whose work spans film, television, and theatre. She trained at the New Zealand Drama School: Toi Whakaari, where she began developing the emotional range and clarity that have become hallmarks of her screen performances. Her television work includes roles such as Cherry in the SBS Australia and Kindling Pictures mini-series Safe Home; Ning in Chrysanthemum; Madame Chung in Time Bandits; Robin in Good Grief; Emily in The Pact; Jiang Lee in The Gulf; Dr. Jackie Lee in The Brokenwood Mysteries; Sheema in The Shannara Chronicles; and Joyce in Westside. On film, she has appeared in Take 3, My Wedding and Other Secrets (directed by Roseanne Liang), and Mystic. Her performance as Xiao Hu Diep in Wait earned her a Best Actor Festival Award.
Acting credits
NRIngeniously unfolding three tales in unison, Take 3 follows a trio of young asian-Kiwi actors on one horrifying day of auditions.
Take 3
2008
NRWhen her daughter mysteriously vanishes in a garden centre, an anguished gardener develops an unhealthy relationship with a chrysanthemum plant.
Chrysanthemum
2025
4.4A journey through a cultural minefield, navigating the divide between the traditional values of immigrant parents and the contemporary aspirations of their children in a new land.
My Wedding and Other Secrets
2011
NRAfter the murder of her uncle, activist Maori photographer Emma returns to New Zealand to claim her inheritance. There she has visions of a monster called Broken Beak, and as more family members die, she is compelled to vengeful action.
The Burning of Broken Beak
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NRA seven year old girl watches her migrant mother break down after being abandoned by her husband, and brings her back from the brink of leaving her own children.
Wait
2016