Chloe Bennet

Chloe Bennet is one of the main actors of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., portraying the role of Skye.

Life and career
Chloe Bennet grew up on the Southside of Chicago, in Obama’s neighborhood. Her father is first generation Chinese-American and her mother is Caucasian. Chloe’s family consists of six brothers: three siblings are biological and three siblings are adopted (African-American and Mexican respectively). Additionally and to this day, during any given year, you may find foster and/or foreign exchange students living in Chloe’s home; her story is a real life multicultural Cosby Show.

Chloe is an outgoing and gregarious young girl who was first educated in the Montessori system. There she developed a love of performing and singing. At the age of 12, she joined the Second City Youth Ensemble where she studied acting and improv. At 15, she was discovered by a music manager who immediately signed her and arranged for her to move to China where she lived with her paternal grandmother and began intensive mandarin studies in Shanghai. During this time, she began making regular trips to Sweden to record with the same songwriters and producers behind Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, etc.

In the summer of 2010, Chloe landed her first role as a co-host on the new Teen Nick television show, The Nightlife. Recently, Chloe has been a guest star on ABC’s Nashville and is currently co-starring in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.