- Celina Horan, professionally known as Celina Jade, is a Chinese American actress, model, singer/songwriter and martial artist most known for her work as "Shado" in the CW series Arrow. Jade's acting career started in Hong Kong in 2007. She was cast as the leading lady in her first film, Legendary Assassin alongside Wu Jing. In 2012, she landed her first role in a US film by Universal Pictures, The Man with the Iron Fists, starring Russell Crowe & Lucy Liu. In 2012, Jade was cast to play the recurring role of Shado (DC's Oliver Queen's martial arts teacher & girlfriend) in the hit CW series Arrow. In 2015, Jade starred opposite Asian action star Tony Jaa and Ron Perlman in Skin Trade as the leading lady. Shortly after, she was cast to lead the Indie film April Flowers. In 2017 Jade stars as the female lead opposite Wu Jing and Frank Grillo (Captain America) in Wolf Warrior 2. In less than two days, the movie surpassed the $88 million scored by the franchise's first installment in 2015. Ten days later, it overtook last year's sensation, "The Mermaid," as China's top-grossing film of all time. Now, its $860 million take after just five weekends has made "Wolf Warrior II" the second-highest-earning title in a single territory in history, behind "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in North America. Jade was awarded the Kineo Anica International Icon Award at the 74th Venice film festival and was awarded Most Popular Actress of China 2017 by Instyle Magazine.
- IMDb mini biography by: A.Ooi
- She was trained in archery, shooting and Taekwondo from her father.
- She is fluent in Cantonese, Mandarin and English.
- She attended the London School of Economics and graduated top of her class with First Class Honours in Bachelor Of Science Management.
- (December 31, 2019) Married her boyfriend of 22 months Geng Han in New Zealand.
- Celina Jade was awarded Most Recognised Actress of 2017 in China by Instyle Magazine China.
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