Samantha Wan is a Toronto-based actor-filmmaker. She is most well know for being one of the creators and stars of CityTV's sit-com Second Jen. Samantha also plays Zoe Chow in Globals hit detective series Private Eyes. In other projects, Samantha is also the creator and star of Sudden Master, an online Kung Fu series commissioned by OMNI TV. The show has accumulated numerous awards, including Best Action Series at the LA Action On Film Festival. The Festival also awarded Wan with a Woman With A Vision Award for her work as a producer and creator and best Female Action Performer of the Year for the project. She was also named Best Actress in a Drama at the Hollyweb Festival. Samantha also works in theatre, co-creating the play Madame Mao, that went on to win five Best of Fest awards from NOW Magazine. Samantha graduated from the National Theatre School in 2011 and has since appeared in various other works, a few being The Devil's Mile, Leslieville, Ruby Skye P.I. and Out With Dad. On the side, Samantha is also a dancer, with a particular love for jazz and urban street dance, and a martial artist, studying Wing Chun under Grand Master Sunny Tang. Coupled with her fight skills, Wan is a certified combatant for stage and screen with Fight Directors of Canada.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Run the Burbs (2022)
Starring as Cathy
(10 episodes)
- Episode 3x10: Phirst Love (Mar 12, 2024)
- Episode 3x05: Phunky Town (Feb 6, 2024)
- Episode 3x02: Phamily Doctor (Jan 16, 2024)
- Episode 2x13: Phriendship (Mar 29, 2023)
- Episode 2x11: Turn Lepht (Mar 15, 2023)
- Episode 2x10: Phlashback (Mar 8, 2023)
- Episode 2x07: Phresh Start (Feb 15, 2023)
- Episode 2x06: Phamily Budget (Feb 8, 2023)
- Episode 2x04: Phriends and Enemies (Jan 25, 2023)
- Episode 2x01: In Phocus (Jan 4, 2023)
Guest starring as Cathy
(8 episodes)
- Episode 1x10: Phamily Games Night (Mar 30, 2022)
- Episode 1x09: Li Xi (Mar 23, 2022)
- Episode 1x07: Phamily Matters (Mar 9, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Independence Day (Feb 23, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Let's Go to the Movies (Jan 26, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Carol the Conqueror (Jan 19, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Heatwave (Jan 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Blockbuster (Jan 5, 2022)
Frankie Drake Mysteries (2017)
Guest starring as Ai Lin
(2 episodes)
- Episode 4x06: The Guilty Party (Feb 8, 2021)
- Episode 4x05: Ghost in the Machine (Feb 1, 2021)
Second Jen (2016)
Starring as Jennifer "Jen" Wu
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Wall Squirrelly (Sep 8, 2018)
- Episode 2x05: No Escape Room (Sep 1, 2018)
- Episode 2x04: The Book of Jenesis (Aug 25, 2018)
- Episode 2x03: Like a Girl (Aug 18, 2018)
- Episode 2x02: The Break In (Aug 11, 2018)
- Episode 2x01: Forecast Calls for Wedding Showers (Aug 4, 2018)
- Episode 1x06: Asian Night (Dec 1, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Pap Fiction (Nov 24, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Borrow-a-Buddy Forever (Nov 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Re-Tales (Nov 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Jenny Has the Gay (Nov 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Couch Surfing (Aug 28, 2016)
Private Eyes (2016)
Guest starring as Zoe Chow
(46 episodes)
- Episode 5x08: Queen's Gambit (Aug 26, 2021)
- Episode 5x07: Smart Home Alone (Aug 19, 2021)
- Episode 5x06: Angie Get Your Gun (Aug 12, 2021) [Credit Only]
- Episode 5x05: Murder They Wrote (Aug 5, 2021)
- Episode 5x04: Gone in 60 Minutes (Jul 29, 2021)
- Episode 5x03: Dead Air (Jul 22, 2021)
- Episode 5x02: School's Out for Murder (Jul 15, 2021)
- Episode 5x01: In the Arms of Morpheus (Jul 7, 2021)
- Episode 4x12: Drop Dead Carny (Feb 4, 2021)
- Episode 4x11: The Perfect Storm (Jan 28, 2021)
- Episode 4x10: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes (Jan 21, 2021)
- Episode 4x09: A Star is Torn (Jan 14, 2021)
- Episode 4x08: Blueprint for Murder (Jan 7, 2021)
- Episode 4x07: Under Par-essure (Dec 14, 2020)
- Episode 4x05: All's Fair in Love and Amor (Nov 30, 2020)
- Episode 4x04: The Proof is Out There (Nov 23, 2020)
- Episode 4x03: The P.I. Vanishes (Nov 16, 2020)
- Episode 4x02: Gumbo for Hire (Nov 9, 2020)
- Episode 4x01: Family Plot (Nov 2, 2020)
- Episode 3x12: Glazed and Confused (Aug 7, 2019)
- Episode 3x11: Aye, Aye, Tonya (Jul 31, 2019)
- Episode 3x10: Tex Therapy (Jul 24, 2019)
- Episode 3x09: It Happened One Fight (Jul 17, 2019)
- Episode 3x07: Dance Dance Retribution (Jul 3, 2019)
- Episode 3x06: Hog Day Afternoon (Jun 26, 2019)
- Episode 3x04: The Life of Riley (Jun 19, 2019)
- Episode 3x03: Cut and Run (Jun 12, 2019)
- Episode 3x02: Full Court Press (Jun 5, 2019)
- Episode 3x01: Catch Me If You Can (May 29, 2019)
- Episode 2x18: Shadow of a Doubt (Jul 29, 2018)
- Episode 2x17: Brew the Right Thing (Jul 22, 2018)
- Episode 2x16: Look Who's Stalking (Jul 15, 2018)
- Episode 2x15: The Hills Have Eyes (Jul 8, 2018)
- Episode 2x14: Finding Leroy (Jun 24, 2018)
- Episode 2x13: A Fare to Remember (Jun 17, 2018)
- Episode 2x12: Getaway with Murder (Jun 10, 2018)
- Episode 2x11: Long Live the King (Jun 3, 2018)
- Episode 2x10: Kissing the Canvas (May 27, 2018)
- Episode 2x09: The Good Soldier (Jul 20, 2017)
- Episode 2x08: Six Feet Blunder (Jul 13, 2017)
- Episode 2x07: Between a Doc and a Hard Place (Jul 6, 2017)
- Episode 2x06: The PI Code (Jun 29, 2017)
- Episode 2x05: Now You See Her… (Jun 22, 2017)
- Episode 2x04: Crimes of Fashion (Jun 15, 2017)
- Episode 2x03: The Frame Job (Jun 8, 2017)
- Episode 2x02: Boardwalk Empire (Jun 1, 2017)
Crew Credits
Second Jen (2016)
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Writer
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Asian Night (Dec 1, 2016)
- Episode 1x05: Pap Fiction (Nov 24, 2016)
- Episode 1x04: Borrow-a-Buddy Forever (Nov 17, 2016)
- Episode 1x03: Re-Tales (Nov 10, 2016)
- Episode 1x02: Jenny Has the Gay (Nov 3, 2016)
- Episode 1x01: Couch Surfing (Aug 28, 2016)