Olivia Sonya Cheng is an actress, broadcast journalist, and former correspondent for Entertainment Tonight Canada. Olivia Cheng was born in Edmonton, Alberta. The dynamic actress was born to Cantonese-speaking immigrant parents, who were part of a co-founding group of Chinese parents that created the Edmonton Mandarin Bilingual program within the city?s public school system. She credits this to her ability to speak Mandarin and instilling a reverence for her culture. She is the co-founder of One Asian, a group that supports the education and empowerment women of Asian heritage. Her background has heavily influenced her upcoming role in the much anticipated, Weinstein Company-produced series, Marco Polo, which will premiere on Netflix in December 2014. Olivia enrolled in her first acting class at age six, and at age 19 she booked her first commercial. After high school, Olivia attended the University of Alberta where she earned a scholarship and early admittance to its commerce program. Unhappy in university, she enrolled at NAIT?s Radio and Television Arts program the following year, which would lead her to a successful media career. [More at Wikipedia]

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