Kelsey Wang

Kelsey Wang
Born	Beijing, China
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2011–present

Kelsey Wang (born December 29) is an actress of Chinese-American descent. She portrayed Daisy Kwan on the soap opera General Hospital between 2018 and 2020, and later took on the role of Allie Nguyen in the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless from 2022 until 2023.

Early life

Wang was born in Beijing, China, and spent her early years in both China and Singapore before relocating to the United States at age seven. She was raised in Dallas, Texas. Awarded a scholarship, she attended the boarding school Culver Academies in Indiana, where she cultivated an interest in theater. Excelling academically, Wang joined an honors program and participated in a summer conservatory at the Yale School of Drama. Though she considered enrolling at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, she ultimately chose Duke University due to a full scholarship, majoring in economics while engaging in an acting exchange program with USC. During this period, she described Los Angeles as "really lonely."

Career

Following her graduation from Duke, Wang moved to New York City to complete an internship and subsequently worked in investment banking. Despite her desire to pursue acting, she initially focused on finance because of uncertainty about a career in performance and familial expectations. After an unsuccessful audition for Madam Secretary, director Pat McCorkle noticed her talent and cast her as Liuli in Chimerica at Washington, D.C.'s Studio Theatre. In 2016, she performed as Daiyu in A Dream of Red Pavilions with the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. Later, Wang relocated to Los Angeles where she worked with a film and television investment fund and paused her acting career for two years to build professional stability.

Her screen appearances include roles in Daredevil and the bilingual pilot Journey to the East. Wang debuted as Daisy Kwan on General Hospital on September 26, 2018, maintaining a recurring presence until 2020. After stepping away due to personal matters and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, she returned to acting in April 2021 and advanced to final auditions for a lead role on a Netflix series, though she was not cast.

In 2022, Wang earned a contract role portraying Allie Nguyen on CBS's The Young and the Restless. Despite initial reservations about her self-taped audition, casting directors valued her portrayal and physical fit for the character. Her casting was publicly announced in February 2022, with her first appearance airing March 10, 2022. Notably, Wang had previously appeared briefly as a server on the same show in 2011 during her college years. Her last episode as Allie was broadcast on April 18, 2023. In 2024, she guest-starred in an episode of Magnum P.I..

Personal life

Wang is an active advocate for the AAPI community and enjoys playing poker competitively, including participation in an MGM amateur tournament predominantly featuring male players. In November 2024, she married Max Gordon in Haleʻiwa, Hawaii.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2011	The Young and the Restless	Server	Background role (1 episode)
2016	Daredevil	Young woman	Single episode appearance
2016	Journey to the East	Yi Tian	Pilot episode
2018–20	General Hospital	Daisy Kwan	Recurring character
2022–23	The Young and the Restless	Allie Nguyen	Series regular
2024	Magnum P.I.	Helen Yu	Guest role ("Extracurricular Activities")