Rising Star Actress Jona Xiao of Raya and the Last Dragon On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Entertainment Industry

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I had the distinct pleasure of interviewing Jona Xiao

Actress Jona Xiao can be seen in some of the most talked about projects in TV and film. Currently, she voices Young Namaari in Disney’s celebrated animated film, Raya and the Last Dragon. Later this fall, she will recur on Starz’s acclaimed crime series, Hightown, as the bubbly yet edgy Daisy opposite Luis Guzman. Previously, she appeared as Lijuan in Fox Searchlight Pictures film Gifted, opposite Chris Evans, Jenny Slate, and Octavia Spencer. Her credits include the role of Gina in the action-hero pic, Spider-Man: Homecoming; as Stacy Chung in Twentieth Century Fox laugher, Keeping Up with the Joneses, opposite Gal Gadot, Zach Galifianakis, and Jon Hamm. Among her many television credits, Jona recurred as Natalie Wu on BET’s hit Being Mary Jane; and as female coder Julie Yang on AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire. When not on-set, Jona hits the field as a…