Penelope Xu

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Penelope Xu

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Pei Yao Xu is an actor and multidisciplinary artist, born in China, raised in Montreal, now between Canada and Europe.
With roots in music and dance, she trained with John Strasberg and his Organic Creative Process.
She’s appeared in the post-apocalyptic feature Open Doom Crescendo and the short La Bonne pâte, which earned her a Best Actress nomination at the 48H Film Project in Paris.
In Montréal, My Beauty, she plays Joy — a role that mirrors her own experience of cultural duality and family connection, and had the pleasure of sharing the screen with the legendary Joan Chen.


20-31 yearsParis (FR)
Genderfemale
Acting age20-31 years
NationalityCanadian
Main professionActor
Working permitsCanada, France
AssociationsACTRA, Union des artistes (UDA)
Driver's licensesCar class
Eye colordark brown
Hair colorblack
Height (cm)168
Weight (in kg)52
LanguagesEnglish(native)French(native)Mandarin
DialectsCanadianStandard American EnglishParisian dialectQuebec(native dialect)Quebec English
AccentsAmericanQuebecersFrench
InstrumentsPianoUkuleleFlute
SportYogaSnowboarding
DanceHip hopJazz danceMusical theaterBallet
PitchSoprano
SingingBacking vocalsMusicalPop
Special skillsConducting (music)Choreography
Training

2025 John Strasberg Studios - Organic Creative Process

Other professional training
2024 – 2025
Gannon Performance Studio
2025
Giles Foreman Center for Acting
2022 – 2024
Gilles Plouffe Actors Studio
2024
Estill Voice Training
Awards
2024
48H Film Challenge - Best Actress (nominated)
Film
2025
Montréal ma belle (Drama) In development
Joy (SUP)
Xiaodan He Christine Falco Filmoption International Geneviève Hébert Xiaodan He
2024
Je t'aime en esprit de bottine picture
Je t'aime en esprit de bottine (Short film)
Julie (LR)
Olivier Labonté-Berthiaume
2024
La Bonne pâte picture
La Bonne pâte (Short film)
Joy (LR)
Charles-Édouard Brun
2023
Billie Blue picture
Billie Blue (Feature film)
Supporting Role
Mariloup Wolfe Les Films Opale
2022
Open Doom Crescendo picture
Open Doom Crescendo (Feature film)
Lady Moodrift (LR)
Terry Leung
Television
The Last Frontier (Series) In development
Guest Role
Sam Hargrave Apple Studios Apple TV
Je ne suis pas un robot picture
Je ne suis pas un robot (Series)
Guest Role
Mélanie Charbonneau Télé-Québec
Theater
2022
Les Indiscrétions publiques
Gilberte (LR)
Frédéric Jeanrie Théâtre du Ricochet
2016
Got Ya!
Supporting Role
Vanessa Munoz Les Soldats du Génie