Katlyn Wong
- Locations
- Auckland
- Ethnicity
- Chinese
- Age Range
- 37 - 49
- Height
- 169cm / 5ft 7in
- Bust/Chest
- 89cm / 35in
- Waist
- 74cm / 29in
- Hips
- 92cm / 36in
Bio
Katlyn Wong graduated from New Zealand’s leading Drama School: Toi Whakaari in 2004 and hit the ground running landing roles two iconic TV Comedy series Facelift & A thousand Apologies and the award-winning short film Take 3 by highly acclaimed director Roseanne Liang, this ultimately led her to be cast as Susan in Roseanne’s debut feature Film My Wedding & Other Secrets for South Pacific Pictures.
Katlyn has worked on many of New Zealand’s Local & International film & TV Series including Kāinga for Brown Sugar Apple Grunt productions, Go Girls, Westside, Brokenwood Mysteries, Mean Mums all for South Pacific Pictures, US series Shannara Chronicles for MTV, Danish & New Zealand co-production The Gulf, UK/BBC drama series Mystic Season 1 – 3 and most recently the acclaimed mini-series Safe Home where she played the role of Cherry for SBS Australia & Kindling Picture.
Katlyn won the “StarNow” Best Actor award in 2016 Show Me Shorts Festival for her betrayal of Xiao Hu Diep in the short film Wait and in 2017 she was nominated for Best Actress at the NZ Moa Film & TV Awards. She is also an accomplished Theatre Actor having worked for many of New Zealand’s top theatre companies and most recently played the lead role of Pearl for Auckland Theatre Company’s Single Asian Female.
Katlyn lives in New Zealand & speaks fluent Cantonese.
Film
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Princess of Chaos | Gigi | Chaos Film Productions, dir: Kiel McNaughton | Tele-Feature Film |
| 2022 | Kāinga | Eva | Brown Sugar Apple Grunt, dir: Angeline Loo | Feature Film |
| 2019 | The Legend of Baron To'a | Mia | FUHU Films, dir. Kiel McNaughton | Feature Film |
| 2010 | My Wedding and Other Secrets | Susan | South Pacific Pictures, dir. Roseanne Liang | Feature Film |
Television
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Time Bandits | Madame Chung | Apple+, various | Drama |
| 2023 | Safe Home | Cherry | SBS Australia & Kindling Pictures, dir: Stevie Cruz-Martin | Drama |
| 2020 -2022 | Mystic - Seasons 1,2,3 | Corinne Burford | Libertine Picture Production, dir: Laurence Wilson & Peter Burger | Drama |
| 2022 | Good Grief - S2 | Robin | Brown Sugar Apple Grunt, dir: Keil McNaughton | Drama |
| 2021 | Brokenwood S7 | Dr. Lee | South Pacific Pictures, dir. Mike Smith | Drama |
| 2019 | Mean Mums | Ms Wong | South Pacific Pictures, dir. Damon Fepulea'i | Comedy |
| 2019 | The Gulf | Jiang Lee | Letterbox Film, Screentime NZ, dir. Gaysorn Thavat | Drama |
| 2018 | The Brokenwood Mysteries S5 | Dr. Jackie Lee | South Pacific Pictures, dir Murray Keane & Thomas Robins | Drama |
| 2017 | The Shannara Chronicles S2 | Sheema | MTV NZ Ltd, dir. Toa Fraser | Drama |
| 2016 | Westside S3 | Joyce | South Pacific Pictures, dir. Murray Keane | Drama |
| 2014 | Flat3 S3 | Kat | Flat3 Productions, dir. Roseanne Liang | Drama |
| 2010 | Go Girls S2 | Melanie | South Pacific Pictures, dir. Gavin Strawhan | Drama |
| 2008 | A Thousand Apologies | Multiple (Core Cast) | Great Southern Television, dir. Various | Comedy |
| 2005 | Facelift S3 | Je Lan | Gibson Group, dir. Various | Comedy |
Web Series
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Pact | Emily | Koha Productions, dir. Peter Salmon | |
| 2017 | Friday Night Bites s2 | Georgie | Flat 3 Productions, dir. Roseanne Liang | |
| 2017 | Stand Up Girl | Trista | NZME |
Theatre
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Single Asian Female | Pearl - Lead | Auckland Theatre Company, dir: Cassandra Tse | |
| 2017 | The Mooncake and the Kumara | Leilan | Mara Toi Ahia Ltd, dir. Katie Wolfe | |
| 2014 | The Good Soul of Szechuan | Mrs Mi Tsu, Sister-in-law | Auckland Theatre Company, dir. Colin McColl | |
| 2012 | Man in a Suitcase | Kauki Paw (Lead) | The Institute of World Theatre & Film / Peking University, dir. Joseph Graves | |
| 2012 | Man in a Suitcase | Kauki Paw (Lead) | The Court Theatre, dir. Joseph Graves | |
| 2009 | The Wife Who Spoke Japanese in her Sleep | Mrs Wong | Auckland Theatre Company, dir. Colin McColl | |
| 2007 | Penumbra | Alex Wu | Dir. Christian Penny, Jade Eriksen | |
| 2006 | I Ain't Nothing But a Glimmer in the Dark, she said | Evie | Dir. Grace Hoete, Amanda Hereaka | |
| 2006 | Mui (One Woman Show) | 9 characters | Co-devised w/ Sam Selliman | |
| 2005 | Capturing Twilight | Performer/Mover | Christchurch Fringe Festival, dir. Ed Davis | |
| 2005 | Migrant Nation | Chinese Miner | Dir. Jade Eriksen | |
| 2005 | A Clockwork Orange | Ensemble | Silo Theatre, dir. Andrew Foster | |
| 2005 | China's Butterflies | Kat / Aimee / Father / Mother / Market lady | Season for Strong Women Circa Theatre, dir. Jude Gibson |
Short Film
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Chrysanthemum | Dir. Jolin Lee | Short Film | |
| 2015 | WAIT | Xiao Hu Diep (Lead) | Pop Film / Format Productions, dir. Yamin Tun | Short Film |
| 2011 | Cut | Kat (Lead) | Flying Fish, dir. James Solomon | Short Film |
| 2007 | Take 3 | Kaylee Hing | Owen Hughes / Frame Up Films Ltd , dir. Roseanne Liang | Short Film |
| 2005 | Blue Willow | Voices of Prince / Father | Dir. Veialu Aila-Unsworth | Short Film |
Video
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Against the Wind | Reader | Learning Media, dir. Various |
Commercial
| Year | Production | Role | Company / Director | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | MYOB | Young Millenial | Double Denim Production, dir. Loren Taylor | |
| 2018 | Genesis | Business Woman | Goodoil Films, dir. J H Beetge |
Training
| Year | Description | Institution / Presenter | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | USA Accent Advanced Study | Chris Stewart | ||
| 2018 | Advanced Acting for Screen Intensive | Liz Mullane and Rachel Bullock | ||
| 2018 | Standard American Accent Intensive | Jacque Drew | ||
| 2014 | Screen Acting Workshop | Miranda Harcourt | ||
| 2014 | Actor and Instinct Workshop | Brita McVeigh | ||
| 2004 | Bachelor of Performing Arts: Acting Major | Toi Whakaari: New Zealand Drama School | ||
| 2000 | Diploma in Performing Arts | New Zealand College of Performing Arts |
Languages
Intermediate: Cantonese
Accents
Advanced: Asian | Cantonese | Chinese | New Zealand
Intermediate: American - General | British | UK - English
Sports
Advanced: Yoga
Intermediate: Aerobics | Running / Jogging | Swimming
Driving & Flying
Advanced: Driving (general)
Dance
Advanced: General Movement
Intermediate: Aerobics