Michelle Ang was born on 17 October 1983 and is an actor, director and producer, working primarily in film and television.
24 Facts About Michelle Ang
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On film, Ang has had leading and supporting roles in a range of dramas and comedies.
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Michelle Ang has worked for directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Jodie Foster and Jane Campion.
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In recent years, Michelle Ang's work has widened into directing and producing.
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Michelle Ang is a member of the Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Michelle Ang was born in Christchurch and is of Malaysian Chinese descent.
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Michelle Ang got her start in television at a young age through the family series Young Entertainers.
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Michelle Ang played Tai-San in the New Zealand post-apocalyptic drama The Tribe as part of the core cast from 1999 to 2001, and featured in the final episodes of the 2002 series.
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Michelle Ang guest starred in the final 2 episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess as Akemi.
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Michelle Ang played Lori Lee in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, in which she was a major character from 2002 to 2003.
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Michelle Ang left Neighbours to finish her university studies but returned briefly in 2004.
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Michelle Ang was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for her role in Neighbours.
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Michelle Ang played the role of Tracy Hong in the first two seasons of the New Zealand TV series Outrageous Fortune in 2005 and 2006.
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In 2007, Michelle Ang appeared in the American television drama South of Nowhere.
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In 2012, Michelle Ang featured in the MTV series Underemployed as an aspiring writer who has to settle for working at a donut shop.
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In 2015, Michelle Ang starred in the web series Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 as Alex, a passenger caught on a flight at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, and went on to appear in the main series Fear the Walking Dead.
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Michelle Ang received an Emmy nomination for her work on Flight 462.
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In 2021, Michelle Ang starred in the Disney+ original animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Omega, a mysterious female clone of Jango Fett.
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Michelle Ang was invited to keep her native New Zealand accent for the role in homage to fellow New Zealander Temuera Morrison, who portrayed Jango Fett in the franchise.
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In 2023, Michelle Ang starred as Melissa Wu in comedy series Homebound 3.0.
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Michelle Ang made her feature film debut in 2004's Futile Attraction.
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Michelle Ang had appeared in a series of low-budget New Zealand short films including Forbidden Fury and Take 3.
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In 2011 Michelle Ang portrayed a nerdy Chinese New Zealander in the romantic comedy My Wedding and Other Secrets, her first lead role in a feature.
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Michelle Ang has named The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle as a book that influenced her.