"Kung Fu" Casts Yvonne Chapman
by Denise Petski
November 18, 2020


Yvonne Chapman (Street Legal) has booked a recurring role opposite Olivia Liang in The CW's "Kung Fu".

Chapman will play Zhilan, a hard-edged and cunning assassin, ruthless in achieving her goals. After stealing an ancient sword from Nicky’s shifu Pei-Ling–and nearly killing Nicky in the process– Zhilan flees China and begins her pursuit of the rest of the mystical weapons.

The mystery of Zhilan’s identity, and her real intentions with those weapons, will fuel Nicky’s quest for justice.

https://deadline.com/2020/11/antonio-jaramillo-snowfall-kung-fu-yvonne-chapman-1234613931/

Yvonne Chapman Upped to Series Regular for "Kung Fu" Season 2
by Denise Petski
August 26, 2021


Yvonne Chapman, who heavily recurred as villain Zhilan on the first season of The CW’s "Kung Fu", has been promoted to series regular for Season 2.

https://deadline.com/2021/08/kung-fu-yvonne-chapman-promoted-series-regular-season-2-1234822892/

Yvonne Chapman Returning as Zhilan for "Kung Fu" Season 3
by Keisha Hatchett
July 7, 2022


She may be dead, but "Kung Fu" fan favorite Zhilan is sticking around full-time next season.

TVLine can exclusively reveal that Yvonne Chapman will be back as a series regular for Season 3, premiering Wednesday, Oct. 5 at 9/8c on The CW.



“It was never even a question for us that we’d be asking the incredible Yvonne Chapman back to the show,” co-showrunner Bob Berens said in a statement.

“Zhilan’s dramatic sacrifice in the Season 2 finale creates an exciting new beginning for her character, and we can”t wait for viewers to see what we’ve got planned for her.”

https://tvline.com/2022/07/07/kung-fu-season-3-yvonne-chapman-zhilan-returning-jb-tadena-series-regular/