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21 Facts About Linda Wang

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At seven years old, Linda Wang began modeling for Kodak film.

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Linda Wang stated Lee gave her valuable advice on where to study and how to continue to pursue her acting career.

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Three months later, Linda Wang auditioned and was accepted to study for two years in the HB Studio's teen program in Greenwich Village.

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Linda Wang then went on to New York University and the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute.

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Linda Wang worked as a Chinese script translator for David Milch on several episodes of his HBO television show Deadwood.

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Linda Wang has since expressed regret for not standing up for her right to be credited.

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Producer Eric McLeod agreed and Linda Wang went on to work as the on-set script translator for director Ben Stiller and Chinese dialogue coach for actors including Robert Downey, Jr.

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Linda Wang worked on several sketch comedy skits on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, most notably as Masturbating Bear's girlfriend.

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Linda Wang appeared as Contessa Dell'Oro, leader of an army of commandos who plot to destroy all human life on earth, in Blonde Squad.

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Linda Wang acted in Low Down with John Hawkes, who she worked with on Deadwood between 2004 and 2005.

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Linda Wang appeared in the 2018 film Birds of Passage, where she played the role of Fu Ling opposite Stacy Keach.

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Linda Wang starred with actor Ernie Rivera in Allena Rennee's Red Betta.

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Linda Wang played Mrs Wan in Martin Scorsese's Revenge of the Green Dragons.

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Linda Wang attended elementary school with the real-life victims and gang members; Tina Sham, one of the murder victims, was one of her best friends.

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Linda Wang is a former Miss Teen Pola Asia, Pantene Pro-V hair model, and as the first female hand model for Scrabble.

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Linda Wang designed several items under the Linda Wang line as a spokesperson for Soho Sportswear.

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Linda Wang appeared in commercials for T-Mobile with Burt Reynolds and Paris Hilton and for Costco.

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Since March 1997, Linda Wang has promoted Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation's Kids 4 Kids program.

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Linda Wang participated in the VERB campaign, a program designed to encourage children to take the hour gained from the fall time change to be more active physically, for both Disney and Nickelodeon.

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Linda Wang participates in various animal protection organizations' charitable events.

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Linda Wang has performed in several stage productions, including as Rose Choy in Jerome Coopersmith's Serenade in Blue and Pocahontas in a AEA stage production of Disney Friends around the World.