Biography Linda Wang

1 biography

1.1 life , education
1.2 career

1.2.1 film
1.2.2 television
1.2.3 theatre
1.2.4 voice-overs
1.2.5 music videos
1.2.6 modeling
1.2.7 charity work

biography
early life , education

at 7 years old, linda wang began modeling kodak film. later, during first year in high school, auditioned part of field reporter in pushing hands (1992) (chinese: 推手; pinyin: tuī shǒu). oscar award winning director ang lee told young part. spent half hour talking wang s pen , ink artwork repeating @ time being exhibited @ new york transit museum. however, wang stated lee gave valuable advice on study , how continue pursue acting career. 3 months later, wang auditioned , accepted study 2 years under teen program herbert berghof (co-founder, wife uta hagen, of hb studio, nyc). went on new york university, , studied @ lee strasberg theatre academy.

career
film

linda wang s hollywood film career includes heartbreaking role in neal hollander s controversial film birds of passage fu ling opposite stacy keach. film banned in locations in china due one-child policy story line, , instead filmed on location in philippines , south china sea. starred actor ernie rivera in indie film red betta, directed allena rennee. additional notable appearances in violent kind, scarred city, dead air, dark city , ever happened mason reese? directed brett ratner.

her off-screen film credit in 2008 comedy tropic thunder. wang had worked chinese script translator producer , writer david milch on several episodes of hbo hit television show deadwood. had openly expressed regrets not standing rights screen credit work on deadwood milch. wang later recommended milch 1 of casting directors of film tropic thunder , hired producer eric mcleod chinese script translator aid writers justin theroux , etan cohen during pre-production. asked come work under condition received screen credit work. mcleod agreed , wang went on work on-set script translator director ben stiller , dialogue coach robert downey, jr., actors in film such reggie lee , brandon soo hoo had chinese dialogue in film.

linda wang played evil villain named contessa dell oro, non asian role, leader of army of commandos plot destroy human life on earth devastating x-bomb nuclear missile in dark comedy called blonde squad

linda wang in film low down, won best cinematography award in dramatic category @ sundance film festival in 2014. written by: amy albany , topper lilien. directed by: jeff priess. stars: elle fanning, glenn close, john hawkes, peter dinklage, lena headey, taryn manning, caleb landry jones , flea. (cast justine baddeley & kim davis-wagner ) intriguingly, wang had worked hawkes on hbo series deadwood chinese translator , character during show in 2004 2005. award-winning film joe albany, well-known jazz musician; story line told through wise eyes of young daughter, amy elle fanning. low down chronicles torrid, true life of jazz pianist joe albany. born beloved father’s unorthodox segment of society, amy’s improvisational adolescence evolves in shadow of joe’s struggle between musical genius , suffocating heroin addiction. low down @ november 2015 lineup of 台北金馬影展 taipei golden horse film festival. prestigious award considered chinese oscar. elle fanning wins best actress award @ karlovy vary international film festival low down.

linda wang in martin scorsese s revenge of green dragons, shot in home town elmhurst, queens, new york. film had world premiere on september 10, 2014, @ 2014 toronto international film festival, , went on screened @ number of other international film festivals. written by : michael di jiacomo. stars: ray liotta, harry shum, jr., justin chon, kevin wu , jin auyeung. directed dual andrews -andrew lau , andrew loo (cast avy kaufman) wang played mother of 2 boys drawn world of asian gangs in queens, new york. film revenge of green dragons close heart wang due fact lead characters including victims , youth gang members grew elementary school. interesting fact; film female character tina sham in real life wang s best friend in junior high school later tragically murdered alongside sham s boyfriend tommy mach in sands points, long island, malicious queens, new york gang green dragons. wang quoted saying in recent interview: lead character tina sham 1 of real-life best friend. unfortunately, tragically kidnapped, killed. disappearance , death broke heart thousand pieces... (quoted article -actress linda wang gives lowdown on role in biopic drama low down , life...)

linda wang in feature film favorite 5 steven williams, rochelle aytes , brian white directed paul hannah on netflix, centrictv , bet. linda wang in post on film in 2017 suki waterhouse , poppy jamie filmed in los angeles, ca.

television

wang has appeared on hbo s deadwood, house m.d., comedy central’s naked trucker & t bone show, , spanish series secretos. had cameo role on 8 simple rules david spade s speed date. several years, wang worked on numerous sketch comedy skits on nbc s late night conan o brien show, notably recurring masturbating bear s girlfriend. wang appeared alongside farrell & chris kattan 3 nagano geishas on saturday night live. has had roles in soap operas 1 life live, port charles, world, guiding light, world turns, , days of our lives. wang made guest appearance in children s television including sesame street , mathnet.

linda wang can seen doing skit tracy morgan , jimmy kimmel on jimmy kimmel live! wang co-starring john schneider, carmen electra, dennis haskins , miguel a. núñez jr on new tv pilot called 9 directed jason filardi , written mark perez spike tv.

linda wang worked on sports show norm macdonald, pilot comedy central norm macdonald , ben hoffman.

linda wang appeared officer maria lee in secretos (ep: persa) crime series, airing on hulu channel worldwide.

in 2016 linda wang recurred on tv pilot dragon palace

theatre

wang s theatre experience includes starring rose choy in serenade in blue written tony award-nominated playwright jerome coopersmith, , directed emmy award-winning director yanna kroyt brandt @ prestigious lincoln center theater, new york city. linda starred pocahontas in aea stage production of disney friends around world. past few years, may seen glimpse of linda wang s 3-minute stand-up comedy act @ m bar on sunset blvd.

voice-overs

linda wang former citibank worldwide chinese mandarin spokesperson 5 years. has had chinese mandarin voice-overs in multiple voice commercials, including standard federal savings bank, american diabetes foundation, hepatitis b foundation, anti-smoking usa, at&t, mastercard, magellan, idt, colgate, apple savings bank, holdcom, bizfon, honey bunches oats, ford motor company, postal services, berkley productions, smirnoff, western union, san manuel indian bingo , casino, red rock casino , honda accord. in third year voice of mandarin chinese spokesperson spot aig, alongside actress stockard channing. provided voice of sexy bathhouse girl in video game james bond 007: rogue agent—goldeneye among others. provided voice of ming in amy tan s children s animated series sagwa, chinese siamese cat.

music videos

in 2007, linda wang appeared in music video home irish pop group westlife. in 2014 see linda wang in film starring flea of rock band red hot chili peppers called low down directed jeff preiss won best cinematography award @ sundance film festival 2014.

modeling

as former miss teen pola asia, linda wang upcoming spokesmodel soho sportswear asian market. asked design few items under linda wang line. having been pantene pro-v hair model, wang has been chosen first female hand-model scrabble in 75 years. recently, linda wang chosen face model on biolase print ad worldwide., in summer of 2014 , 2015, wang did campaign costco appeared in chinese section.

charity work

since march 1997, linda wang has been volunteer member promoting kids kids , new york city pediatric aids foundation benefit. in los angeles, wang participated in verb campaigns both disney , nickelodeon tv, program designed encourage children take hour gained fall time change more active physically. participates in various animal protection organizations charitable events. in summer of 2005 wang begin volunteer out of pocket distribute bag called bag of smile homeless in city of los angeles , orange county. monthly program wang pre-prepared individually large size sandwich bag bottle of water,a pair of sox, banana, nut mix, mini sun block , tooth paste. bag of smile program has reached on 8000+ homeless people within last 12 years.