Biography

August 27, 1995 · Brighton, Sussex, England, UK

5′ 3″ (1.60 m)

Nose piercings

Black hair

Brown eyes.

She has an English mother and a Chinese father.

Was working as a special-education teaching assistant when she was discovered by Edgar Wright.

Studied at Reigate College in Surrey, England.

Has a brother.

Friends with Ben Barnes, Amita Suman, Freddie Carter and Kit Young.

[On her ADHD diagnosis with W magazine] "If you're neurodivergent and undiagnosed, you spend most of your time thinking, what on earth is going on?" she says. "I just feel like I've got about a hundred different personalities, and I can barely keep track of what's going on, half the time; I am pretty chaotic as a human being. But actually, I've grown to love myself a lot more since the ADHD diagnosis. There are lots of things that are brilliant about ADHD, and I think it makes me a better actress."

I was really excited about the idea of having a protagonist that lots of people, not just East Asian young women, could relate to," Li continues. "It was important to have this character who felt like a real person, who didn't look perfect all the time and was weak. She was, to be honest, a bit pathetic at the start.