Jonathan Ow

So in the summer of 2009, he decided to not continue studying at university anymore. That immediately ended his dreams of becoming a science teacher, so he turned to the only thing which he had left in his life and that was acting.

Jonathan Ow grew up in the London Borough of Hounslow. He had an interest in the performing arts from an early age, being involved in numerous school productions at his local junior school. He was and still is a dreamer who loves to go exploring the world. Between the ages of 11 and 18, Jonathan attended Cranford Community College. It was definitely a challenging period in his life as he was heavily bullied throughout this time because of his sexuality. Fearing that he would also be bullied because of his slight stutter, Jonathan put his acting dreams on hold and instead focused on excelling in academic subjects such as science and mathematics. However, his life wasn't so bleak at college. In his break from acting, Jonathan discovered that he had a passion for science as it satisfied his curiosity for understanding how the world works. He excelled in science up to Advanced Level standard and being inspired by his brilliant science teachers, who also showed him that there was more to life than just studying, he wanted to pursue a career as a science teacher after leaving college. In the last year of college, Jonathan never really forgot about acting. Whilst browsing university prospectuses for suitable science courses to apply for, Jonathan can also remember looking at the websites of various drama schools based in London to find out more information about the acting courses they provided. In the end, leaving college in 2004, Jonathan decided to pursue a science degree at university first, so that he would have something to fall back on in case the acting career never really quite worked out.

Between 2004 until 2009, Jonathan would describe those years as his period of being lost. He came to the realization that maybe he just wasn't suited to an academic life at university.

He is a massive fan of the Star Trek television series. He grew up watching Star Trek: The Original Series (1966), Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), Star Trek: Voyager (1995) and Star Trek: Enterprise (2001). The television series definitely had a huge positive influence on his life, instilling a passion for both science and acting in him, right from an early age. His favourite captain was Kate Mulgrew as Captain Kathryn Janeway.