Jessica Henwick born on 30 August 1992 in Surrey, England as Jessica Yu Li Henwick is the first East Asian actresses who has played lead role in British Tv Series. Jessica is famously known for her role as Nymeria Sand in HBO series Game of Thrones, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Colleen Wing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Netflix television series Iron Fist. Jessica Henwick is Virgo, 5 feet 6 inches tall, weighs 56 kg, have black hairs and brown eyes. Jessica Henwick net worth is $600000 USD.
Jessica Henwick started her acting career from Redroofs Theatre School and the National Youth Theater and in 2009 did her first commercial series with BBC, Spirit Warriors. Though the show lasted only one season and was canceled afterwords but Jessica had made history by becoming the first East Asian actress in lead role in BBC series.
Despite the shows poor rating the show the nominated for Broadcast Awards 2011 and many others. Which gave her the heads up for future theater debut in 2013 in international premiere of Running on the Cracks, based on the book by Julia Donaldson.
Her performance was widely liked by many critics and Allan Radcliffe of The Times wrote about her using words “excellent performance”, while The Guardian in an editorial wrote “with tremendous physical presence, Henwick captures the sense of adolescent righteousness, passion and confusion of a girl trying to create order in an unfair universe.”
Theater critic Joyce McMillan wrote that Henwick was “outstanding as Leo”. Later she was in the cast of Obsession: Dark Desires and Silk as new barrister pupil Amy. Silk was a big hit and according to production the show was watched by an average of 5 million viewers per episode.
Jessica was part of the spin-off and later joined the show, Inspector Lewis. But her biggest break was in 2015 when she was included in cast of HBO’s Game of Thrones season 5 as Nymeria Sand along-with Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes and Rosabell Laurenti.
Though her character in season 5 was not long but in next season her role was extended. Later she was part of Star Wars: The Force Awakens as pilot Jess Pava. In 2017 Jessica Henwick joined in the second seasons of, Fortitude, as well as Colleen Wing in the Netflix television series Iron Fist while she is also in the cast of Fox feature film Underwater.
Jessica Henwick Net Worth | Instagram | Body Measurements & Social Media
Birth date | 30 August 1992 |
Heritage/origin | Asian |
Nationality | British |
Residence | Surrey, United Kingdom |
Jessica Henwick net worth | $600000 USD |
Relationship status | Dating (Since 2011) |
Sexuality | Straight |
Zodiac | Virgo |
Measurements | 32-27-35 inches |
Has any kids? | No |
Height | 5 feet 6 inches |
Hair color | Black |
Eye color | Brown |
Weight | 56 kg |
Bra Size/ Breast Size | 32C |
Smoke | No |
Jessica Henwick instagram | None |
Jessica Henwick Twitter | @JHenwick |