Jolene Purdy

American actress (born 1983)

Jolene Purdy
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001–present
Children	1

Jolene Purdy is an American actress. Purdy starred as Cherita Chen in the 2001 film Donnie Darko. Among her television credits is the Fox sitcom Do Not Disturb, which debuted in 2008,^[1]^[2]^[3] as well as the ABC Family comedy series 10 Things I Hate About You, playing Mandella in eight episodes.^[1] Purdy has also guest starred on Judging Amy and Boston Public. Purdy is also known for her role as Piper Katins on the TeenNick drama series Gigantic.^[4] She had a recurring role in the Netflix drama series Orange Is The New Black as well as Marvel's WandaVision.

Early life

Her mother is Japanese American and her father is White and Jewish.^[5] She is Yonsei, a great-grandchild of Japanese immigrants. She has sisters. She and her husband, Chuck, have a daughter.^[5]

As of 2017, she resides in Southern California.^[5]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Donnie Darko	Cherita Chen	Film
2001	Boston Public	Cindy Lavin	Episode: "Chapter Twenty-Three"
2002	Judging Amy		Episode: "Tidal Wave"
2008	Do Not Disturb	Molly	5 episodes
2009–10	10 Things I Hate About You	Mandella	8 episodes
2010–11	Gigantic	Piper Katins	Main role, 18 episodes
2010	Breaking Bad	Cara	Episode: "Green Light"
2011	Glee	Ronnie	3 episodes
2012	Raising Hope	Venom	Episode: "Mrs. Smartypants"
2013–14	Under the Dome	Dodee Weaver	Main role (Season 1), Guest (Season 2) 9 episodes
2014	Benched	Micah	Main role^[6]
2016–17	Orange Is the New Black	Stephanie Hapakuka	Recurring Role, 19 episodes
2018	Superstore	Amber	Episode: "Video Game Release"
2018	The Resident	Olivia Tan	2 episodes
2019	The Magicians	Shoshana	3 episodes
2021	WandaVision	Isabel Matsueida / "Beverly"	Recurring
2021	The White Lotus	Lani	Episode: "Arrivals"
2022	Firefly Lane	Justine Jordan	4 episodes
2023	Unseen	Sam	Film

References

^ ^a ^b "Pop Tower- Filmography, Bio, Etc". Archived from the original on August 25, 2010. Retrieved June 15, 2010.
^ Buddy TV- Bio^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Jolene Purdy Actor". tvguide.com. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
^ "Nickelodeon's TeenNick Commences Production on New Original Series 'Gigantic'" (Press release). Nickelodeon. November 4, 2009. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Interview: Actress Jolene Purdy". Hapa Mag. December 6, 2017. Archived from the original on January 14, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2020.
^ "Jolene Purdy Joins News USA Network Comedy 'Benched'". tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. February 14, 2014. Archived from the original on May 23, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2020.