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Shuya Sophia Cai. Actress: The Meg. Sophia Cai (also known as ShuYa Cai) was born April 22, 2008, in Shanghai to her Chinese mother and British father. Sophia began her career at the age of two after being cast in a national TV commercial and has subsequently compiled an impressive resume that includes modeling, TV commercials and roles in TV and film.
- April 22, 2008
Shuya Sophia Cai. Actress: The Meg. Sophia Cai (also known as ShuYa Cai) was born April 22, 2008, in Shanghai to her Chinese mother and British father. Sophia began her career at the age of two after being cast in a national TV commercial and has subsequently compiled an impressive resume that includes modeling, TV commercials and roles in TV and film. Sophia is best known for her role as...
- Actress
- April 22, 2008
- Jason Statham as Jonas Taylor
- Cliff Curtis as James "Mac" Mackreides
- Shuya Sophia Cai as Meiying Zhang
- Page Kennedy as Dj
- Meg 2: The Trench Supporting Cast & Characters
Jason Statham leads the Meg 2 cast, reprising his role from the original movie as the rescue diver and freelance megalodon killer Jonas Taylor. A renowned action hero, Statham has played Frank Martin in the Transporter franchise, Lee Christmas in The Expendables franchise, and Deckard Shaw in the Fast & Furious franchise. After beginning his career...
Cliff Curtis reprises his role from The Meg as James “Mac” Mackreides, the operations manager at the underwater research facility Mana One. Outside the Meg franchisecast, he's best known for playing Travis Manawa in Fear the Walking Dead, Deputy Director of the FBI Cybersecurity Division Miguel Bowman in Live Free or Die Hard, and Chief Tonowari of...
Meiying, the daughter of oceanographer Suyin Zhang, is played by Shuya Sophia Cai, also returning from the first Meg movie. Notably, Suyin actor Li Bingbing isn't back for Meg 2, so Meiying isn’t accompanied by her mother in the sequel. However, throughout The Meg, Meiying came to view Taylor as a father figure. Outside of her recurring role in the...
Page Kennedy reprises his role from The Meg as laboratory worker DJ, the comic relief character. Kennedy is best known for his recurring TV roles as Radon Randell in the Spike sports comedy series Blue Mountain State, U-Turn in the Showtime crime dramedy series Weeds, and Duck in the Netflix family sitcom The Upshaws. He is also popular on social m...
Wu Jing - The Meg 2: The Trench cast features an appearance by Wu Jing, who is one of the biggest movie stars in China, in an unknown role. Wu starred in the Chinese blockbusters Wolf Warrior and its sequel, The Wandering Earth and its sequel, and The Battle at Lake Changjin. He’s also widely known for his roles in martial arts movies, including Ha...
The film received mixed reviews from critics, but was a box office success, grossing over $530 million worldwide against a production budget of $130 million. A sequel, Meg 2: The Trench, was released in 2023, with Georgaris and the Hoebers returning as writers and Statham, Curtis, Sophia Cai and Page Kennedy reprising their roles.
- August 10, 2018 (United States)
May 10, 2023 · Shuya Sophia Cai, who plays Meiying, hasn't been in Hollywood long, but after her scene-stealing role in "The Meg" and her return in "The Meg 2: The Trench," she may be one actor to keep our eye on.
Apr 22, 2008 · Sophia is best known for her role as NiNi in the Chinese feature movie "Somewhere only we know" (2015). Born to her Chinese mother and British father, Sophia Cai began her career at the age of two after being cast in a national TV commercial. Since then, she included other gigs in modeling, TV and films as well as TV commercials.
