Joan Wong was born and raised in Oakland, California, to Jack and Yan Wong. She is the eldest of two children where Joan's parents didn't waste anytime with her younger sister being only eleven months younger. Being raised in the Bay Area, it was easy for Joan to keep her heritage and Chinese language of Cantonese. As a young girl, Joan had always loved performing whether it was Chinese Folk Dancing, piano, singing, or even putting up skits and magic shows for family, friends, and on stage.After graduating college from Cal State University of Northridge, with a degree in Business Management Science, Joan decided to stay in Los Angeles where she did some modeling as side jobs and decided to just dive into acting.Joan also had an opportunity to travel to Bangkok, Thailand to model, MC, and do radio commercials. While in Bangkok, Joan's love for sports and racing truly came out. She was sponsored by Team Birel to race professional go-kart. Being one of a few female top racers, Joan was asked to race composition cars too! However, she turned it down because she could not wait to get back to Los Angeles to continue her acting career.Joan had studied with East-West Players, The Groundlings, Meisner Technique, and works out at The Beverly Hills Playhouse. Joan has since appeared in numerous television shows like Touch, Monk, The Closer, Arli$$, Rock Me Baby, and Women On Top, amongst others. Show less «