Megan Hui

Place of birth:

Vancouver, BC:

Biography:

Megan Hui was born and raised in Vancouver, B.C, Canada. At the age of 9, Megan began rhythmic gymnastics and soon became the national silver medalist after which qualified her to compete at the 2003 Pan American Games and World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships as part of Team Canada. Following her retirement from rhythmic gymnastics, Megan started taking dance lessons while attending the University of British Columbia where she attained her degree in business. After graduating, Megan moved to Los Angeles to continue dancing and study acting. Since then, she has studied with numerous coaches at studios including Joe Palese at The Actors Space, Upright Citizens Brigade (UCB Theatre), Andrew McIlroy at McIlroy & Associates, Crystal Lowe at VADA, Crichlow Actors' Studio, Lyric School of Acting, and more. It was then that she fell in love with acting and has since been cast in the feature films The Before Time, Other Halves, and Alison's Choice as well as several television series including iZombie, Kung Fu, Legends of Tomorrow, and Siren. In 2016 Megan began adding martial arts to her training and in combination with her rhythmic gymnastics and dance background, was able to pursue a career as a stunt performer alongside acting. Over the years she has been given the opportunity to perform as the lead stunt double for Olivia Liang (CW Kung Fu), Haruka Abe and Ursula Corbero (Snake Eyes), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Madeline), Chelsea Zhang (DC Titans), and others. You can also catch her on the big screen in the opening action sequence of Deadpool 2!