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Nicky Shen is the protagonist in The CW's Kung Fu. She is portrayed by Olivia Liang. A young Chinese-American woman who drops out of college, Nicky then goes on a life-changing journey to an isolated monastery in China, after a quarter-life crisis. When she returns to find her hometown overrun with crime and corruption, she uses her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her ...
Feb 20, 2024 · Star Olivia Liang Is Ready To Reclaim Martial Arts Stereotypes. The 27-year-old actor on how the CW’s Kung Fu reboot rewrites the show’s problematic legacy. When Olivia Liang started acting ...
- Gretchen Smail
Mar 5, 2022 · Season 2, premiering next Wednesday at 9/8c, will expand upon those mystical elements as Nicky continues to protect Chinatown with her impressive kung fu skills. After avenging Pei-Ling’s death ...
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- Olivia Liang (Nicky Shen) Nicky leaves her tour group in China and ultimately drops out of college to remain there to train at a monastery. After her mentor is murdered, Nicky returns home, determined to find her killer but is troubled when she finds her neighborhood is awash in crime and corruption.
- Eddie Liu (Henry Yan) Henry is a martial arts instructor and a Chinese art history buff who shares an instant attraction with Nicky. Liu's first television gig was a recurring role on HBO's Silicon Valley but he is probably most recognized from his role on Netflix's Never Have I Ever.
- Tzi Ma (Jin Shen) Jin is Nicky's father. He and his wife own Harmony Dumplings, a small restaurant in Chinatown but with all the crime and corruption in the area, they are struggling to remain open at the end of the first season.
- Yvonne Chapman (Zhilan Zhang) With mysterious ties to the monastery where Nicky trained, Zhilan murders Pei-Ling, Nicky's mentor, in her quest for power.
Kung Fu: Created by Christina M. Kim. With Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Eddie Liu, Shannon Dang. A young Chinese American woman, Nicky Shen, leaves college and makes a life-changing journey to a Shaolin monastery in China.
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- 2021-04-07
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Olivia Liang, Kheng Hua Tan, Eddie Liu
Apr 6, 2021 · In the action-adventure television series, Liang portrays Nicky Shen, a young Chinese-American woman who makes a life-changing decision to quit college and join a monastery in China to learn Shaolin kung fu. The actress is so convincing as a martial artist that it has got many viewers interested to know who the woman playing Nicky Shen is.
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Jul 21, 2021 · In this bizarre world, Nicky never went to the monastery and Zhilan is reunited with Kerwin (Ludi Lin). The two see and follow a hooded sorcerer to the monastery, who reveals herself as Pei-Ling ...
