Jessica Yu-Li Henwick (/ˈhɛnɪk/ HEN-ik; born 30 August 1992) is a British actress, writer, and director. She began her career in 2010 and is best known for her roles in Game of Thrones, Iron Fist, Love and Monsters, The Defenders, Silk, The Matrix Resurrections, The Gray Man, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, and The Royal Hotel. Her directorial debut, Bus Girl, was nominated for a BAFTA.

Filmography

• 2027Everybody Wants to F*ck Me — Sofia
• 2026How to Make a Killing — Ruth
• 2026Letters to My Younger Future Self
• 2026The Land of Sometimes — Mother (voice)
• Vladimir — Cynthia
• Tales from Woodcreek — River Stong the Alchemist
• 2024Cuckoo — Beth
• Twilight of the Gods — Sandraudiga (voice)
• Silo — Helen, Helen Drew
• 2023The Royal Hotel — Liv
• 2022Bus Girl — June, Director, Writer
• 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Peg
• 2022The Gray Man — Suzanne Brewer
• Blade Runner: Black Lotus — Elle (voice)
• Moley — Dotty (voice), Writer
• 2021The Matrix Resurrections — Bugs
• Blood of Zeus — Alexia (voice)
• 2020Love and Monsters — Aimee
• 2020On the Rocks — Fiona
• 2020Underwater — Emily Haversham
• 2019Baliko — Mara, Producer, Writer
• 2018The One That Got Away — Woman
• Marvel's Iron Fist — Colleen Wing
• Marvel's The Defenders — Colleen Wing
• 2017Newness — Joanne
• 2017Rice on White — Elena
• Marvel's Luke Cage — Colleen Wing
• 2016Serial Thriller: The Head Hunter — Aiko
• 2016The Heart of the Forest — Akira, Producer, Writer
• 2015Dr Liebenstein — Rachel
• 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens — Jess Testor
• 2014Balsa Wood — Scotty
• 2014Dragonfly — Paula Reid
• Game of Thrones — Nymeria Sand
• Silk — Amy Lang
• Spirit Warriors — Bo
• 2009St Trinian's 2: The Legend of Fritton's Gold — Globe Girl
• Lewis — Chloe Ilson
• The Thick of It — Charlotte
• Sandwich Man — June, Writer, Director
• The Roots Manœuvre

Appearances as themselves (5)

• 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks — Self
• Carpool Karaoke: The Series — Self
• 2015Game of Thrones: A Day in the Life — Self
• 2015Game of Thrones: Spanish Kingdom Special — Self
• Made in Hollywood — Self