# Ashley Liao

Ashley Liao (born October 21, 2001) is an American actress. She began her career as a child actress in the series Fuller House (2016–2020) and The Kicks (2016). She has since appeared in the Apple TV+ series Physical (2021). Her films include Secret Society of Second-Born Royals (2020), Love in Taipei (2023), and The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023).

## Early life and education

Liao was born in Orange County, California, United States on 21 October 2001 into a Taiwanese family. She began acting in local musical theater productions when she was in fifth grade, landing the role of Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz in her second ever production. She graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor's degree in communications.

## Career

After signing with an agent in 2013, Liao began her professional career with a guest appearances in Bad Teacher, followed by guest appearances in Fresh Off the Boat and Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn.
In 2016, she landed the role of Mandy in Debby Ryan produced Disney XD film Jessica Darling's It List. Liao played the role of Lola Wong in the Netflix spin-off of Full House, Fuller House for its first three seasons. She was promoted to series regular for season two. She also had a recurring role as Parker Zhao in season one of the Amazon Prime Video series The Kicks.
In 2019, she appeared in the Netflix film Always Be My Maybe as a younger version of Ali Wong's character.
She also starred in the 2020 Disney+ film Secret Society of Second Born Royals as Princess Eleanor.
Liao played Simone in the 2021 Apple TV+ series Physical.
Between 2021 and 2023, she voiced Jun Wong in the DreamWorks Peacock series Dragons: The Nine Realms.
In 2023, Liao had her first breakout movie role as Ever Wong in Love in Taipei. Within the same year, she starred as Clemensia Dovecote in The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes, a movie adaptation of the Hunger Games prequel by the same name. She stated to be an avid fan of the franchise in her adolescence.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2019 | Always Be My Maybe | Young Sasha Tran |
| 2020 | Secret Society of Second-Born Royals | Princess Eleanor |
| 2023 | Love in Taipei | Everett "Ever" Wong |
| 2023 | The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Clemensia Dovecote |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2014 | Bad Teacher | Mary | Episode: "Nix the Fat Week" |
| 2014 | Fatrick | Young Barbara Wu | Television film |
| 2016 | Fresh Off the Boat | Audrey | Episode: "The Manchurian Dinner Date" |
| 2016 | Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn | Syd | Episode: "New Kid on the Block" |
| 2016 | The Kicks | Parker Zhao | 7 episodes |
| 2016–2020 | Fuller House | Lola Wong | Recurring role (seasons 1 & 3); main role (season 2); guest (season 5) |
| 2017 | Great News | Moana | 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Speechless | Maddie | Episode: "N-E-- NEW Y-- YEAR'S E-- EVE" |
| 2018–2020 | Scissor Seven | Cola (voice) | 6 episodes |
| 2019 | NCIS | Hayley | Episode: "Crossing the Line" |
| 2019 | Spirit Riding Free | Jo / Caroline (voice) | Episode: "Lucky and the Dressage Sabotage" |
| 2021 | Physical | Simone | Main role (season 1) |
| 2021–2023 | DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms | Jun Wong (voice) | Main role |