Jessie Mei Li is an up-and-rising English actress who has gained fame for her role as Alina Starkov in the popular Netflix series Shadow and Bone. The first season of the show premiered on April 23, 2021, and the second season was released on March 16, 2023.

Besides that, the actress has also appeared in Edgar Wright’s film Last Night in Soho, portraying the role of Lara Chung. And she is set to appear on Pork Scratchings and Havoc.

Her rising fame, therefore, has made many curious to learn about the life of the actress, including her age, birthday, ethnicity, education, and family details. Keep reading to explore everything!

How tall is Jessie Mei Li?

As per multiple reports, Mei Li stands at an average height of 5 feet 3¼ inches or 1.6 meters and weighs around 48 kg or 106 lbs. That said, these reports are yet to be confirmed or corrected by the actress herself.

As for her body measurements, it is 32-24-34 inches or 81-61-86.5 cm. And her bra size is reported to be 32B, and her shoe size is 7 US or 37.5 EU.

How old is Jessie Mei Li?

Mei Li was born on August 27, 1995, in Brighton, East Sussex, England. Going by her birth date, she is 27 years of age as of this writing. Her birth name is Jessica Mei Li, and her zodiac sign is Virgo.

For her studies, she attended Reigate College after completing her high school education. In addition to that, she studied languages at university but dropped out very soon.

Later, Mei Li enrolled at the National Youth Theatre in 2015 and trained part-time at the Identity School of Acting from 2016 to 2017.

Jessie Mei Li’s parents and siblings

As per reports, Jessie’s father’s name is Art Li, but her mother’s name is unknown. It’s also reported that her parents met each other while both of them were pursuing education at the University of Leeds in the UK.

Apart from that information, there isn’t much known about her father and mother, primarily because Mei Li prefers to stay mum when it comes to her family life. But, she has occasionally shared some tidbits during some of her interviews.

For instance, during her interview with Vanity Fair, the actress discussed about her parents and background. She revealed that her father was born in China but raised in Hong Kong, whereas her mother is English.

Jessie Mei Li alongside her father Art Li (Photo: Instagram)

Jessie continued by saying what that meant for her childhood, stating she spent her childhood in a predominantly white area in the South of England. “Racism towards Asian people in the U.K. generally, I think more so than the States, is so weird and not taken seriously.”

“[People were] outright racist and mocking… You know, the silly accents and the pulling eyes. Even my own dad makes fun of himself for being Asian, because that’s just how things are and how people are socialized,” she added.

Besides her parents, Jessie also has a sibling; a brother named Tom Li, who is a National Health Service (NHS) doctor in the UK. It’s currently unknown if she has other siblings, like another brother or a sister.

Jessie Mei Li embraces mixed ethnicity

As mentioned above, the Locked Up Abroad actress was born to an English mother and a Chinese father. Thus, she belongs to mixed ethnicity; half-Asian and half-Caucasian.

The actress discussed a bit more about her dual identity during her interview with South China Morning Post in April 2021. She said, “[It’s] certainly something I felt growing up.”

“I was very Chinese to my school friends but never feeling it. So that was another thing that I felt like I could bring [to the role], this shared experience of being in one place, but not really being connected to the other [place]. But everyone else thinks you are.”

But as Jessie started to pursue acting as a future profession, her identity began to come into play. She mentioned that she would go on auditions, and sometimes, the role would be of a mixed-race character.

“And sometimes those parts would go to a fully Asian person or a fully white person, whatever, which is fine – diversity and representation, it’s great. But at the same time, I often felt like ‘OK, what am I? Where do I fit in?’” she concluded her statement.

She finds a resemblance between her role in ‘Shadow and Bone’ and her real life

The actress, who belongs to mixed ethnicity in real life, plays a character named Alina Starkov in the series Shadow and Bone, who also happens to have a mixed race.

Talking with Collider magazine in March 2021, Mei Li pointed out the similarities in ethnicity between her real life and on-screen character.

She also added that her character receives various racist comments in the series just because she belonged to a mixed race.

It was good you know there are some scenes in, you know, the first few episodes where you know you sort of see Alina having people make like racist comments to her and stuff.

But in the end, all those experiences make her strong and aspires her to achieve something big in life.

Mei Li said, “It was really interesting they’ve added that and I think it adds a lot more to sort of understand who she is as a person and why she doesn’t feel worthy. Because her journey starts off as ‘I’m no one, you know I’m just an outsider’ to suddenly being like ‘no, this is where I belong.’”

Katy M. O’Brian’s Parents and Siblings Are Her Biggest Support System

Katy M. O’Brian, also known as Katy O’Brian, is an American actress, writer, and martial artist. 

She is best known for her roles as imperial communications officer Elia Kane in The Mandalorian‘s second and third seasons, George in Syfy’s zombie show Z Nation, Major Sarah Grey in The CW’s superhero series Black Lightning, Jentorra in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, and Kimball in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Since O’Brian started working with Marvel and the Star Wars franchise, she has gained quite a fanbase who are curious about her. They want to know everything about her personal life and family —  including her parents, siblings, and ethnicity.

Here is all we know about the up-and-coming actress.

Katy M. O’Brian’s family

O’Brian was born on February 12, 1989, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She grew up with her family, which consisted of her parents and three elder siblings — all brothers.

She has not revealed her family’s ethnicity in detail but once mentioned that she is of mixed race, with African-American and Caucasian ethnicity. She wrote on Twitter, “I’m actually mixed, black and white, but I appreciate the sentiment.”

Similarly, O’Brian has not talked much about her parents but she once wished her mother on the occasion of Mother’s Day. She wrote, “Happy Mother’s Day to my gorgeous, brilliant, lovely mama and to all you other moms out there doin’ your thang.”

O’Brian loves her siblings a lot and often gushes about them. She has shared a few experiences of growing up in a family with three elder brothers on Twitter.

Once, she was doing a Q&A session on Twitter when she was asked, “Besides your inner strength – what keeps you going? Do you have a mentor or support team behind your bad-ass self to keep you going or push you into uncharted waters?”

Katy M. O’Brian’s parents and siblings are her support system. (Source: Twitter)

The actor talked about how she had an amazing support system and gushed about her family. She said, “I have an awesome support network. A few really close friends I rely on, a seriously dedicated & awesome manager, the best parents a gal could ask for, 3 brothers who remind me to keep my chin up & of course the wife & kitties who are above & beyond my 💪🏽.”

All in all, it looks like Katy O’Brian is very fond of her parents and siblings and she loves them a lot.

Katy M. O’Brian’s career

O’Brian began martial arts training when she was five years old and achieved her brown belt in Shorei Goju Ryu Karate at the age of nine. Throughout her childhood, she participated in several sports and music programs as a percussionist.

She attended Indiana University Bloomington and majored in psychology and Germanic studies. She was a founding member of the university’s short-form improv ensemble Hoosonfirst and earned law enforcement certification via the university’s Cadet Officer Programme. 

She earned a black belt in Hapkido at university from the US Hapkido Federation. After graduating, she worked as a police officer for seven years with the Carmel Police Department in Carmel, Indiana, working on the department’s Crisis Intervention Team, which specialized in assisting people with disorders such as psychosis, depression, Alzheimer’s, autism, and others. 

She became a certified personal trainer, competed in bodybuilding figure contests, and started training at the Indy Actors Academy. In 2016, O’Brian relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in film and TV. 

While looking for a job, she worked at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Martial Arts Programme, assisting with self-defense workshops and instructing the Hapkido program.

O’Brian’s debut television appearance was as a Saviour called Katy on AMC’s The Walking Dead, which was immediately followed by co-starring parts in Halt & Catch Fire, Tosh.O, and How to Get Away with Murder.

In 2018, O’Brian landed her first series regular role on the comic action series Z Nation, playing George, a burgeoning apocalyptic leader. In 2019, in the CW series Black Lightning, she starred as Major Sarah Grey, an ASA antagonist. 

She starred in the third season of HBO’s Westworld. In 2020, O’Brian was cast as Elia Kane, a crucial recurring character in The Mandalorian‘s Seasons 2 and 3.

She has previously appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first as Kimball in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in 2020, and then as Jentorra, head of the Freedom Fighters in the Quantum Realm, in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, making her one of the few performers who have acted in both the Star Wars and Marvel franchises.

Jena Malone Has Never Been Married to a Husband — Inside Her Dating History

Jena Malone is an American actress and singer.

She has won several awards for her appearances in both indie films and big blockbuster pictures, including Golden Globe nominations and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. While The Hunger Games: Catching Fire star has opened up about her personal life and childhood, she has not said much about her dating history.

She is very private about her dating life and rarely opens up about it. That being said, she has been in two public relationships.

The first one was with her almost-husband and baby daddy, Ethan DeLorenzo, and the second and current one is with her boyfriend, Alex Ebert.

Here is all we know about Malone’s dating history.

Jena Malone almost got married

As said before, Malone is private about her dating history. However, it is reported that she started dating DeLorenzo in 2014.

In January 2023, Malone revealed that she was pregnant with a baby. She posted a photo clicked by DeLorenzo where she was cradling her baby bump.

She wrote a poem, “Womb to womb / To beating wing / I climbed out of the eternal / And into the shape of me,” years ago before she was pregnant, thinking of her mother.

She continued, “And the woman she was when she had me. And the woman I was reaching to become. The shape your desires make out of you. The body you become to hold your dreams. It’s with two feet firmly on the ground and a heart swelling in an ocean of love that I’d like to share the new shape I am becoming to hold the greatest dream of them all.”

In May 2016, the couple announced the birth of their first and only child, Ode Mountain DeLorenzo Malone. She posted a photo of herself with DeLorenzo and Ode and claimed that it was the best weekend of her life.

She wrote, “What an incredible blessing to be chosen by this amazing, kind, gentle, and beautiful soul to be his parents. Humbled and in complete awe that we get to experience the most ancient and transcendent love that exists.”

After dating for two years and three months after welcoming their baby, the duo got engaged on August 30, 2016. Malone took to Instagram to announce their engagement.

She showed off her engagement ring along with a photo of her son, Ode. In the now-deleted post, she wrote a long caption about how much she loved her soon-to-be husband.

She gushed, “One day, after all the youthful rushing quiets in your heart, you realize there’s nothing more you need. Nothing more you want to achieve than to build your life around love. And oh the things we will get to build together. I couldn’t be happier. I love you, Ethan.” 

She uploaded the post with the hashtag “#isaidyes” and a diamond ring emoji. It looked like the duo were going strong, and they were planning on getting married.

Unfortunately, that day never came. Three years after getting engaged, the two broke up in February 2019. 

Jena Malone’s current boyfriend 

Soon after breaking up with DeLorenzo, Malone started dating her current boyfriend, Ebert. 

Ebert is an American singer, songwriter, and composer. He is best known as the main vocalist and composer of the American bands Ima Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. 

On January 12, 2014, Ebert received the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Soundtrack for his musical soundtrack of All Is Lost. Before dating Malone, he was together with Roehm Hepler-Gonzalez, and the duo have a daughter together.

Malone appeared in Ebert’s music video for the song, ‘Her Love,’ in 2019 and the duo discussed the song with Hero Magazine.

Talking about the song, Malone said, “What’s interesting is that when I first listened to Her Love, I didn’t have the lyrics, and yet I understood what you were saying in the song just through the music, that godly, beautiful love. Then I listened to the lyrics and I realized that it’s full of these beautiful double entendres, starting with golden showers [laughs].”

She also believed that the song was about his daughter. However, the song was about love and Ebert chose Malone for the video, for which he took the snippets candidly.

Two years after dating Ebert, Malone revealed that she was pansexual and came out on Instagram. In her 2022 interview with the Hollywood Reporter, she said, “I feel like I’m a little bit late to the game in being able to have less shame.”

“I’ve been loving the process of learning more about myself and others through different terms that open windows, those windows then turns into doors and then I arrive at a place to find all this cool stuff out there,” she continued.

She revealed that it was easy for her to come out because of her family dynamics where there were queer people. She grew up with two mothers, who were in a relationship.

Jena Malone came out as pansexual in 2022. (Source: Twitter)

Moreover, her sister is also queer. She said, “I have the whole spectrum. It’s nice to be able to have these different types of conversations with everyone. I feel really blessed to have an accepting family.”

The alleged dating history 

To date, Malone has only confessed to being in a relationship twice. However, her rumored dating history reveals that she has dated three more people —  Erik von Detten, Galen Pehrson, and  M. Blash.

Detten is an American singer and former actor. He is renowned for his parts in Escape to Witch Mountain, Toy Story, Brink!, Meego, The Princess Diaries, Complete Savages, and So Weird. 

He voiced Erwin Lawson during the whole run of Recess (1997-2001) as well as the series’ four direct-to-video features. Malone and Detten allegedly dated from 1999 – 2000.

Currently, Detten is a husband to Angela, a Taiwanese-American real estate salesperson. They got married in 2018, and they have a daughter, Claire Elizabeth (born 2019), and two sons, Thomas Henry (born 2021) and Nicholas (born 2022).

Pehrson is a film, commercial, and music video filmmaker known for his innovative visual style and use of hallucinogenic illusions. The pair allegedly dated from January 2011 to July 2013. 

M. Blash is an American film director, screenwriter, actor, and visual artist. He has written and directed numerous indie films, such as the improvised drama Lying and the dramatic thriller The Wait. He and Malone allegedly dated from 2013 to 2014.

Kristen Stewart Movies on Netflix — The Actress Doesn’t Play Much TV Shows

Kristen Stewart is an acclaimed American actress who has been a part of the entertainment industry for over two decades. And her hard work and dedication can be witnessed by her accolades over the years.

For instance, she won the BAFTA Rising Star Award at the 63rd British Academy Film Awards in February 2010. In 2015, she won the César Award for her performance in Olivier Assayas’ Clouds of Sils Maria, making her the first American actress to receive the honor in 30 years.

Additionally, in 2022, Stewart was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in Spencer. For the same role, she was also nominated for a Critics Choice Award, FFCC Award, and Golden Globe Award.

The 33-year-old actress first tasted global stardom after her starring role as Bella Swan in The Twilight Saga film series. Her career post-Twilight fame has gotten even more prominent, with her starring in multiple acting projects, mainly movies.

As for Steward’s TV show credits, there aren’t many, as the actress rarely appears on a television show. To this date, she only has brief cameos in three TV shows: The Sarah Silverman Program (2008), Homemade (2020), and Irma Vep (2022).

The Los Angeles native star has majorly favored movies over TV shows, and why it’s that way remains unknown. Furthermore, as of this writing, all her upcoming acting gigs are films.

That said, fans are curious whether her upcoming movies will stream on Netflix. Unfortunately, no. Her forthcoming films aren’t airing on Netflix. However, there are a few Kristen Stewart movies on Netflix. Note: Some movies are based on a specific country.

Zathura: A Space Adventure (2005)

Zathura: A Space Adventure is a 2005 movie directed by Jon Favreau and written by Chris Van Allsburg, David Koepp, and John Kamps. It has a run-time of 1 hour 41 minutes and an IMDb rating of 6.2 out of 10.

“Two young brothers are drawn into an intergalactic adventure when their house is hurled through the depths of space by the magical board game they are playing” is the synopsis of the Sci-Fi adventure movie.

As for the cast of the $65 million budget film, it stars Josh Hutcherson as Walter and Jonah Bobo as Danny. Stewart portrayed the role of Lisa and was joined by Derek Mears as Lead Zorgon and Dax Shepard as Astronaut, among others.

The Twilight Saga film series (2008 to 2012)

The Twilight Saga film series is a series of romance fantasy movies based on the book series Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The first movie, Twilight, was released on November 21, 2008, and its sequel, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, was released on November 20, 2009.

The third installment was titled The Twilight Saga: Eclipse, and it hit the theaters on June 30, 2010. The remaining two installments were a two-part movie titled The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2, respectively.

Similarly, the last two Twilight installments were released on November 18, 2011, and November 16, 2012. The five-installment movie series earned $3.346 billion worldwide, out of its $401 million budget, throughout its theatrical run.

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in a behind-the-scene picture from ‘Twilight’ (Photo: Facebook)

As mentioned earlier, Stewart played the lead role of Bella Swan. She appeared in all five Twilight films, starring alongside Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Peter Facinelli, Billy Burke, Gil Birmingham, Christina Jastrzembska, Sarah Clarke, and more.

Snow White and the Huntsman (2012)

Snow White and the Huntsman is another one of Stewart’s movies currently available to stream on Netflix. It’s currently unknown when the movie was added to the streaming platform’s library.

The Academy Award-nominated movie was initially released in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2012, and was released in the US on June 1, 2012 — both times by Universal Pictures. The movie was a box office success, earning $396.6 million against a budget of $170 million.

Stewart shined in the role of Snow White, garnering good reviews from viewers and critics. Her cast members, including Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Sam Claflin, and Sam Spruell, shined equally in their respective roles.

Certain Women (2016)

Certain Women is a 2016 American drama directed by Kelly Reichardt and written by Reichardt and Maile Meloy. The movie is based on three short stories from Meloy’s collections: Half in Love and Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It.

The movie stars Michelle Williams as Gina, Kristen Stewart as Elizabeth Travis, Laura Dern as Laura, James Le Gros as Ryan, Jared Harris as Fuller, Lily Gladstone as The Rancher, and Sara Rodier as Guthrie.

Certain Women premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2016. It was released theatrically in the United States on October 14, 2016. The film reportedly made $1.5 million at the box office, making it Reichardt’s highest-grossing film.

Personal Shopper (2016)

Personal Shopper is another 2016 movie starring Stewart that is available to stream on Netflix. The movie, in which Stewart plays the lead role of Maureen, was added to Netflix’s catalogue in February 2019.

Starring alongside the actress in the indie movie are Lars Eidinger as Ingo, Sigrid Bouaziz as Lara, Anders Danielsen Lie as Erwin, Ty Olwin as Gary, and Benjamin Biolay as Victor Hugo. Olivier Assayas served as the writer and director of the film.

“A personal shopper in Paris refuses to leave the city until she makes contact with her twin brother, who previously died there. Her life becomes more complicated when a mysterious person contacts her via text message” is the official synopsis of the movie on IMDb.

Seberg (2019)

Seberg is a 2019 political thriller starring Stewart in the lead role of Jean Seberg. The movie, based on the life of Jean Seberg, was directed by Benedict Andrews and was written by Joe Shrapnel and Anna Waterhouse.

Starring alongside Stewart are Jack O’Connell as Jack Solomon, Margaret Qualley as Linette Solomon, Zazie Beetz as Dorothy Jamal, Anthony Mackie as Hakim Jamal, Vince Vaughn as Carl Kowalski, Yvan Attal as Romain Gary, and Gabriel Sky as Diego Gary.

“Inspired by real events in the life of French New Wave icon Jean Seberg. In the late 1960s, Hoover’s FBI targeted her because of her political and romantic involvement with civil rights activist Hakim Jamal” is the official synopsis of the movie on IMDb.

Seberg was initially screened at the Venice Film Festival on August 30, 2019. The movie was released in the UK on January 10, 2020, and in North America on February 21, 2020. Furthermore, it earned $675,808 in its theatrical run. It was added to Netflix in January 2022.

Underwater (2020)

Underwater is a 2020 Sci-Fi movie released on January 10, 2020. The movie was directed by William Eubank and was released by 20th Century Fox – before its rebranding to 20th Century Studios on January 17, 2020.

The movie was a hit and a miss at the box office, grossing only $40 million worldwide against its reported production budget of $50-80 million. However, upon its availability on Netflix, it quickly became one of the most-watched movies of that week on Netflix.

Underwater was released on Netflix in December 2020 and landed at No. 6 on Netflix’s global Top 10 English-language films for that week, garnering 5.8 million views and accumulating 9.2 million viewing hours.

Kristen Stewart as Norah Price in ‘Underwater’ (Photo: Instagram)

Moving on to the cast, Stewart led the movie, portraying the role of Norah Price. Joining her were other talented stars, including Vincent Cassel, Jessica Henwick, John Gallagher Jr., Mamoudou Athie, and T.J. Miller.

Happiest Season (2020)

Happiest Season is the last of Kristen Stewart movies on Netflix, at least as of this writing. Happiest Season is a holiday romantic comedy-drama film Hulu released in the United States on November 25, 2020.

A day later, on November 26, the movie was released internationally by Sony Pictures Releasing and Entertainment One. Upon its release, the film garnered positive reviews from critics, and viewers loved the performance of the whole cast.

Speaking of the cast, Stewart, once again, portrayed the lead role of Abby. Mackenzie Davis, Alison Brie, Aubrey Plaza, Daniel Levy, Mary Holland, Victor Garber, and Mary Steenburgen joined her in the supportive roles.

“A holiday romantic comedy that captures the range of emotions tied to wanting your family’s acceptance, being true to yourself, and trying not to ruin Christmas” is the official synopsis of the movie on IMDb, with a rating of 6.6 out of 10.

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