Jessica Henwick
Biography
Jessica Yu-Li Henwick is a British actress, writer, and director born on August 30, 1992, in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. She began her career in 2010. Henwick is known for her acting roles in various television shows and films, including Game of Thrones, Iron Fist, Love and Monsters, The Defenders, Silk, The Matrix Resurrections, The Gray Man, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and The Royal Hotel. Her directorial debut, Bus Girl, received a BAFTA nomination. Throughout her career, she has accumulated 46 known acting credits. She is also known by the alternative name Jess Henwick.
Career overview
Jessica Yu Li Henwick, also known as Jess Henwick, is a British actress, writer, and director born on August 30, 1992, in Surrey, England, United Kingdom. Beginning her professional career in 2010, she has built an extensive portfolio with forty-six known acting credits recorded on the Movie Database.
She is recognized for her work across a wide array of television series and feature films. Her notable screen appearances include roles in Game of Thrones, Iron Fist, Love and Monsters, The Defenders, Silk, The Matrix Resurrections, The Gray Man, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and The Royal Hotel.
In addition to her extensive acting career, Henwick has expanded her creative work behind the camera as a writer and director. Her directorial debut, Bus Girl, achieved critical recognition by receiving a nomination for a British Academy Film Award.
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- How to Make a Killing (2026) as Ruth
- Vladimir (2026) as Cynthia
- The Land of Sometimes (2026) as Mother (voice)
- Letters to My Younger Future Self (2026)
- Tales from Woodcreek (2025) as River Stong the Alchemist
- Twilight of the Gods (2024) as Sandraudiga (voice)
- Cuckoo (2024) as Beth
- Silo (2023) as Helen
- The Royal Hotel (2023) as Liv
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) as Peg
- The Gray Man (2022) as Suzanne Brewer
- Bus Girl (2022) as June
- Bus Girl (2022) Director
- Bus Girl (2022) Writer
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021) as Bugs
- Moley (2021) as Dotty (voice)
- Moley (2021) Writer
- Blade Runner: Black Lotus (2021) as Elle (voice)
- Blood of Zeus (2020) as Alexia (voice)
- Underwater (2020) as Emily Haversham
- Love and Monsters (2020) as Aimee
- On the Rocks (2020) as Fiona
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019) as Self
- Baliko (2019) as Mara
- Baliko (2019) Producer
- Baliko (2019) Writer
- The One That Got Away (2018) as Woman
- Carpool Karaoke: The Series (2017) as Self
- Marvel's The Defenders (2017) as Colleen Wing
- Newness (2017) as Joanne
- Marvel's Iron Fist (2017) as Colleen Wing
- Rice on White (2017) as Elena
- Marvel's Luke Cage (2016) as Colleen Wing
- The Heart of the Forest (2016) as Akira
- The Heart of the Forest (2016) Producer
- The Heart of the Forest (2016) Writer
- Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter (2016) as Aiko
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Jess Testor
- Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special (2015) as Self
- Dr Liebenstein (2015) as Rachel
- Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life (2015) as Self
- Balsa Wood (2014) as Scotty
- Dragonfly (2014) as Paula Reid
- Game of Thrones (2011) as Nymeria Sand
- Silk (2011) as Amy Lang
- Spirit Warriors (2010) as Bo
- St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold (2009) as Globe Girl
- Lewis (2007) as Chloe Ilson
- Made in Hollywood (2005) as Self
- The Thick of It (2005) as Charlotte
- The Roots Manœuvre
- Sandwich Man as June
- Sandwich Man Writer
- Sandwich Man Director
- Everybody Wants to F*ck Me