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Sunny Chen(V)

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Sunny Chen
Open Ethnicity, Edward Jones "We Got This", A Million Little Things, Cheer Squad Secrets, and more.
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Sunny Chen is a Canadian actor, singer-songwriter, and filmmaker. At 6 years old, Sunny immigrated to Canada's beautiful west coast from Nanjing, and was raised in Langley, BC. As a teen, they toured North America with their school choirs and concert band. At 17, she moved to unceded Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh lands AKA Vancouver, and completed their BA in psychology and English literature at the University of British Columbia.

Sunny won the lead in Karin Lee's period drama Ts'ekoo Cha Ke: The Girl with Big Feet, playing a 1st generation Chinese Canadian settler in the late 1800s. For this complex role, Sunny prepared her dialogue in Toisan (a Chinese language from southern Guangdong province) and Chinook (an Indigenous Pacific Northwest trade language). They've appeared on the CW's Supergirl (2015), Lifetime's A Sweet Christmas Romance (2019), Apple TV+'s Home Before Dark (2020), and ABC's A Million Little Things (2018). Sunny portrayed "Lisa" in Cheer Squad Secrets (2020).

Available on all streaming platforms as "Sad China", their bilingual debut album ilyimy (2021) blends hyperpop with alternative R&B, and features up-and-coming Canadian talent like Jerry Yang and Khamisa Wilsher. An emerging filmmaker, Sunny writes, directs, and/or produces Open Ethnicity (2021), as well as music videos. Their mindfulness short film "here" (2021) exhibited at Latitude 53 for the soil between plants. The interdisciplinary artist enjoys dancing, lifelong friendships, singing to wildlife, sunset skates, and watching Netflix. Sunny looks forward to every storytelling opportunity, and advocates for equity and diverse representation in media, especially for 2SQTBIPOC.
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Anisa Harris, Karis Cameron, and Sunny Chen in Cheer Squad Secrets (2020)
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"ilyimy2 (Tough Sell Remix)" from Sad China's i love you Remix you (2022)
Sunny Chen and Julie Tao in I Will Keep Your Light (2018)

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Romany Malco, Grace Park, James Roday Rodriguez, Stephanie Szostak, David Giuntoli, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, and Floriana Lima in A Million Little Things (2018)
A Million Little Things
7.9
TV Series
  • Woman
Nikki Chohan, Sunny Chen, and Julie Tao in Open Ethnicity (2021)
Open Ethnicity
9.3
TV Series
  • Summer Ting
Anita Brown, Margaret Anne Florence, and Karis Cameron in Cheer Squad Secrets (2020)
Cheer Squad Secrets
4.7
TV Movie
  • Lisa
  • 2020
Sunflower Girl
Short
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    Actress

    • Ts'ekoo Cha Ke: The Girl with Big Feet
      • Post-production
    • Sunny Chen in Blonde Diamond: In the Dark (2022)
      Blonde Diamond: In the Dark
    • Nikki Chohan, Sunny Chen, and Julie Tao in Open Ethnicity (2021)
      Open Ethnicity
    • Alejandro Wirth and Sunny Chen in Sad China: hum1n (2021)
      Sad China: hum1n
    • Home Before Dark (2020)
      Home Before Dark
    • The Right One (2021)
      The Right One
      • (uncredited)
    • Anita Brown, Margaret Anne Florence, and Karis Cameron in Cheer Squad Secrets (2020)
      Cheer Squad Secrets
    • Romany Malco, Grace Park, James Roday Rodriguez, Stephanie Szostak, David Giuntoli, Christina Moses, Allison Miller, and Floriana Lima in A Million Little Things (2018)
      A Million Little Things
    • Greyston Holt and Adelaide Kane in A Sweet Christmas Romance (2019)
      A Sweet Christmas Romance
    • Velvet Cut (2019)
      Velvet Cut
    • Ali McDougall in Meta (2019)
      Meta
    • Sunny Chen in Sad China: It's Okay (2019)
      Sad China: It's Okay
    • David Harewood, Chyler Leigh, Jesse Rath, Azie Tesfai, Melissa Benoist, Katie McGrath, and Nicole Maines in Supergirl (2015)
      Supergirl
    • Mother Mother: It's Alright (2019)
      Mother Mother: It's Alright
    • Sunny Chen in Sad China: Ocean Girl (2018)
      Sad China: Ocean Girl
    • Flat pyramid (2018)
      Flat pyramid

    Writer

    • Nikki Chohan, Sunny Chen, and Julie Tao in Open Ethnicity (2021)
      Open Ethnicity
    • Alejandro Wirth and Sunny Chen in Sad China: hum1n (2021)
      Sad China: hum1n
    • Sunny Chen in Sad China: It's Okay (2019)
      Sad China: It's Okay
      • (as Sad China)
    • Sunny Chen in Sad China: Ocean Girl (2018)
      Sad China: Ocean Girl
      • (as Sad China)

    Casting Director

    • Sunflower Girl
      • Post-production

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    Sunny Chen Demo Reel 2022
    Demo Reel 2:51
    Sunny Chen Demo Reel 2022
    Trailer: High Energy
    Demo Reel 0:45
    Trailer: High Energy
    Teaser: Daytime
    Trailer 1:00
    Teaser: Daytime
    Teaser: Nighttime
    Trailer 0:29
    Teaser: Nighttime
    Trailer: Pilot
    Trailer 0:36
    Trailer: Pilot

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      Although Sunny is fluent in English, Mandarin is their first language, and their maternal family speaks a Sichuan dialect.

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