What is Chloe Bennet’s background?

The 32-year-old actress was born Chloé Wang to a Chinese investment banker father and a white American internist mother in Chicago, Illinois. She has lived in China, speaks Mandarin, and was brought up culturally as both American and Chinese. The actress has been loud and proud in interviews about being Asian-American too, and shared with Marie Claire that she once lived with her grandmother in Shanghai.

She has seven brothers

The Abominable actor has seven brothers, including four who are biologically related to her, two African-American foster brothers, and one Mexican-Filipino adopted brother. She also mentioned to Chicago Tribune that her parents frequently took in other foster children and foreign exchange students.

Why did Chloe Bennet change her last name?

Per People, she said she changed her last name from “Wang” to “Bennet” in order to get cast in Hollywood because her Chinese last name made people in the industry “uncomfortable”. She also revealed to The Daily Beast that she booked the first role she auditioned for after changing her surname. The role was that of Hailey in Nashville, which shot her to fame.

Bennet has since been a vocal advocate for on-screen diversity in Hollywood. She would go on to lead Abominable, Hollywood’s first animated film with an Asian lead since Mulan.

She has dabbled in C-pop and K-pop

Before she took up the “Bennet” name, she was living in China at age 15, pursuing a Chinese pop career as Chloe Wang. In 2011, she released her debut single “Uh Oh” in Mandarin and English, followed by an English single “Every Day in Between”.

She also had a brief stint with K-pop when she appeared in the music video for “Tonight” by K-pop boy group BigBang.

She struggles with mental health

Bennet has struggled with anxiety and on and off depression for a large part of her life. She was also diagnosed with ADHD when she was 12 years old, per her video for Child Mind Institute.

Who has Chloe Bennet dated?

Bennet has had some famous ex-boyfriends over the years. She was linked to Disney Channel star Tony Oller in 2012, after which she was said to be dating Nashville alum Sam Palladio. Soon after they split, E! reported that she was seeing One Tree Hill alum Austin Nichols.

Did Charli XCX write a song about Chloe Bennet?

However, the latest episode of the podcast Deux U, by celebrity gossip source DeuxMoi, alleges that the song might actually be about Bennet due to her connection to MacDonald.