Jona Xiao

Jona Xiao born May 18 1989 is an American actress born in China Xiao was born in Changsha China and moved to New York as an infant before ultimately settling in St Louis Missouri with her family starting acting in middle school Growing up she was called racial slurs and decided to be an actress to break against stereotypes Xiao founded Career ACTivate which specialises in helping actors jumpstart and progress their careers Xiao was cast in SpiderMan Homecoming in a role that she denies was initially written for an AsianAmerican actress Marisa Tomei who plays Aunt May in the film lobbied for Xiao to be cast Her role ended up getting cut in the final film In 2021 Xiao lent her voice to a younger Namaari in Raya and the Last Dragon Description above from the Wikipedia article Jona Xiao licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia