Biography

Sunny Chen is a Canadian actor, filmmaker, and singer-songwriter. At 6 years old, Sunny immigrated from Nanjing, China, to unceded Coast Salish lands. They finished high school in Langley, BC. As a teen, Sunny traveled throughout North America to perform at music festivals with their school choirs and concert band. At 17 years old, Sunny moved to Vancouver, and completed their BA in Psychology and English literature at the University of British Columbia. In 2019, Sunny won the leading role of "Ho Shee" in Karin Lee's period drama Ts'ekoo Cha Ke: The Girl with Big Feet (2021), playing a Chinese Canadian immigrant settler in the late 1800s. For this complex role, Sunny prepared her dialogue in Toisan (a Chinese dialect originating from southern Guangdong province), and Chinook (an Indigenous Pacific Northwest trade language). Sunny portrayed "Lisa" in Cheer Squad Secrets (2020).Read More...