Judy Jiao

About

Canadian actress who played Leia Chang on Degrassi: The Next Generation from 2008 to 2010 and Degrassi: Minis in 2009.

Before Fame

She began modeling in her early teens and was discovered by a film and television talent agent while attending a modeling convention in her native Canada.

Trivia

She left Degrassi to enroll as an undergraduate psychology major in the Harvard University Class of 2014.

Family Life

She and her younger brother, Kirk, were born in Winnipeg, Manitoba to Chinese immigrant parents. Her mother, Jean Zu, later held an engineering professorship at the University of Toronto.

Associated With

She and singer/actress Miley Cyrus both trained at Toronto's Armstrong Acting Studios.