Ellen Wong出生于加拿大安大略省。她在电影院看的第一部电影是《泰坦尼克号》。她最喜欢的女演员是凯特·温斯莱特。她的第一个角色是在屡获殊荣的电视连续剧《这就是仙境》中。她最出名的是她在《Scott Pilgrim VS The World》中饰演 Knives Chau，与 Michael Cera、Mary Elizabeth Winstead 和 Jason Schwartzman 一起主演。她通过国际人才搜索与许多有希望的人进行了试镜，以填补 Knives Chau 的角色。埃德加·赖特（Edgar Wright）希望与艾伦（Ellen）合作，因为她能够展示自己是一位独特的女演员，并且还能够承担激烈的战斗编排。在“Scott Pilgrim VS The World”的训练中，现场教练的绰号是 Ellen，The Ellen-nator。她训练WTF跆拳道。她最喜欢的动作明星是杨紫琼、托尼·贾、成龙、李小龙、Yanin Vismitananda aka “Jeeja” Yanin、李连杰。

Ellen Wong was born in Ontario, Canada. The first film she watched in a movie theatre was "Titanic". Her favourite actress is Kate Winslet. Her first role was on the award winning television series "This is Wonderland". She is best known for her role as Knives Chau in "Scott Pilgrim VS The World", starring alongside Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Jason Schwartzman. She auditioned against many hopefuls through an international talent search to fill the role of Knives Chau. Edgar Wright wanted to work with Ellen as she was able to showcase herself as a unique actress, with the ability to also take on intense fight choreography. During training for "Scott Pilgrim VS The World", the on-set trainer nicknamed Ellen, The Ellen-nator. She trains in WTF Taekwondo. Her favourite action stars are Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa, Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, Yanin Vismitananda aka "Jeeja" Yanin, Jet Li.