
Katlyn Wong
Biography
Katlyn Wong is a New Zealand–Chinese actor whose work spans film, television, and theatre. She trained at the New Zealand Drama School: Toi Whakaari, where she began developing the emotional range and clarity that have become hallmarks of her screen performances.
Her television work includes roles such as Cherry in the SBS Australia and Kindling Pictures mini-series Safe Home; Ning in Chrysanthemum; Madame Chung in Time Bandits; Robin in Good Grief; Emily in The Pact; Jiang Lee in The Gulf; Dr. Jackie Lee in The Brokenwood Mysteries; Sheema in The Shannara Chronicles; and Joyce in Westside.
On film, she has appeared in Take 3, My Wedding and Other Secrets (directed by Roseanne Liang), and Mystic. Her performance as Xiao Hu Diep in Wait earned her a Best Actor Festival Award.
Known For

TV
The Brokenwood Mysteries
Dr. Jackie Lee
2014

TV
Time Bandits
Madame Chung
2024

TV
Time Bandits
Madame Chung (voice)
2024

TV
The Shannara Chronicles
Sheema
2016

TV
Westside
Joyce
2015

TV
The Gulf
Jiang Lee
2019

TV
The Pact
Emily
2021

TV
Safe Home
Cherry
2023

TV
Good Grief
Robin
2021

Film
Chrysanthemum
Ning
2025

Film
Take 3
Kaylee Hing
2008

Film
My Wedding and Other Secrets
Susan
2011

Film
The Burning of Broken Beak

Film
Wait
Xiao Hu Dip
2016
Filmography
2025FilmChrysanthemumas Ning2024TVTime Banditsas Madame Chung2023TVSafe Homeas Cherry2021TVThe Pactas Emily2021TVGood Griefas Robin2019TVThe Gulfas Jiang Lee2016FilmWaitas Xiao Hu Dip2016TVThe Shannara Chroniclesas Sheema2015TVWestsideas Joyce2014TVThe Brokenwood Mysteriesas Dr. Jackie Lee2011FilmMy Wedding and Other Secretsas Susan2008FilmTake 3as Kaylee Hing—FilmThe Burning of Broken Beak