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Ling Cooper Tang
Chinese Australian actress From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ling Cooper Tang, formerly credited as Ling-Hsueh Tang, is a Chinese Australian actress. She became known for her role as Dr. Kylie Preece in the hospital drama TV series All Saints (1999-2002), and has starred in many TV series since, including the 2024 British adventure series Nautilus, as well as several films.
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Early life and education
Ling-Hsueh Tang studied acting at the Queensland University of Technology's[1] Academy of the Arts,[2] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Drama) 1995.[3]
Career
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Tang has been credited as Ling Cooper Tang since around 2016, according to IMDb.[4]
Television
In 1998 Tang appeared in Breakers.[1][2] She became known for her role as Dr. Kylie Preece on All Saints, an Australian hospital drama, which she played from 1999 to 2002.<ref">"Australian Television: All Saints: cast". Australian Television Information Archive. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 10 November 2024.</ref> In 2001 she appeared on the cover of TV Week to promote the series.[5]
In 2002, Tang presented the ABC Television children's program, Play School.[6]
She played Mei Lin in series 4 of The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2016),[7][8][9] and Dang, a brothel madam, in Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017).[10][1]
Tang has also appeared in Fireflies, Children's Hospital, Sea Patrol and the miniseries Tribe.[3][11]
Tang appeared in both seasons of ABC series Troppo, in 2022 and 2024.[12]
On 13 September 2024, Tang was named as part of the extended cast for series two of crime drama Deadloch.[13]
According to a report by the Australian Film Commission, Tang is considered a breakthrough actress given her racial background. She has been cast in several non ethnic-specific roles for mainstream shows, which is considered unusual for Australian broadcast television.[11][14]
Film
Tang has appeared in several films, including Son of the Mask, Strange Planet, and Ghost Rider.[3]
In 2020, she played Fiona Raley in the Stan comedy A Sunburnt Christmas, directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren.[15] In 2022 she played the voice of Floramae in the sci-fi drama Monolith, directed by Matt Vesely.[16]
Stage
In 2003, Tang played Chan, a young textile design student who wants to drop a charge of rape, in the Griffin Theatre Company production Songket, at Sydney Opera House. Darren Yap played the perpetrator, while Marta Dusseldorp plays an anthropologist.[17]
She has also appeared in productions by La Boite, Living Room Theatre, and Moor Productions.[1]
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