Most actors don’t go straight from performing lunchtime school shows to landing the lead role in a big-budget Netflix series, but Jess Hong isn’t most actors. Since being cast as Jin Cheng in the blockbuster sci-fi series 3 Body Problem, life has been a whirlwind for the self-confessed introvert. Jess might be living the Hollywood dream, navigating global career success and financial freedom, but the core of who she is remains the same. Find out how an attempt to overcome her shyness as a teenager took Jess Hong from school stages to Tinseltown. 

Stay tuned for new episodes each Monday:

5th August - TJ Perenara

12th August - Kirsten Dodgen

19th August - Jess Quinn

26th August - Taylor Roche

2nd September - Jess Hong

9th September - Dane & Stacey

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