Auditioned six times for the role of Skye on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013), and had originally auditioned for Simmons. When she found out she got it she started crying.
Her father is Chinese-American. Her mother, who is European-American, has English, Scottish, Irish, Swiss-German, and German ancestry.
Has six brothers.
Her stage name, Bennet, is her father's first name.
Her maternal grandparents served as missionaries.
Appears in the music video "Tonight" by the K-Pop group, Big Bang.