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Ellen Wong is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Knives Chau in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Ellen Wong was born in Scarborough, Ontario to parents of Cambodian descent. Wong began acting in community theatre while attending L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute and worked in a variety of TV production jobs starting at the age of 14. She later studied radio and television arts at Ryerson University. Wong continued acting while at Ryerson and in 2005, she landed a role in the TV series This is Wonderland followed by Runaway the next year. She also studies taekwondo but had to... MORE

Ellen Wong is a Canadian actress best known for her role as Knives Chau in the film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Ellen Wong was born in Scarborough, Ontario to parents of Cambodian descent. Wong began acting in community theatre while attending L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute and worked in a variety of TV production jobs starting at the age of 14. She later studied radio and television arts at Ryerson University. Wong continued acting while at Ryerson and in 2005, she landed a role in the TV series This is Wonderland followed by Runaway the next year. She also studies taekwondo but had to stop sparring competitively due to her acting schedule. Wong's martial arts background helped her land the role of Knives Chau in Scott Pilgrim vs. the World in October 2009. She auditioned for the part three times. On her second audition director Edgar Wright was surprised to find out that she had a green belt in taekwondo and was intrigued by this "sweetfaced young lady being a secret badass". Wong expressed that the role of Knives Chau caught her eye because "it's not every day that as an Asian female, [you get] to be able to read a role that's empowering, that has a great arc, and that's so LESS