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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.

Early life and education

Ling-Hsueh Tang studied acting at the Queensland University of Technology's Academy of the Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Drama) 1995.

Career

Tang has been credited as Ling Cooper Tang since around 2016, according to IMDb.

Television

In 1998 Tang appeared in Breakers. 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.

In 2002, Tang presented the ABC Television children's program, Play School.

She played Mei Lin in series 4 of The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2016), and Dang, a brothel madam, in Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017).

Tang has also appeared in Fireflies, Children's Hospital, Sea Patrol and the miniseries Tribe.

Tang appeared in both seasons of ABC series Troppo, in 2022 and 2024.

On 13 September 2024, Tang was named as part of the extended cast for series two of crime drama Deadloch.

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.

Film

Tang has appeared in several films, including Son of the Mask, Strange Planet, and Ghost Rider.

In 2020, she played Fiona Raley in the Stan comedy A Sunburnt Christmas, directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren. In 2022 she played the voice of Floramae in the sci-fi drama Monolith, directed by Matt Vesely.

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.

She has also appeared in productions by La Boite, Living Room Theatre, and Moor Productions.

Awards

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre

References

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8. "Ling Cooper Tang as Mei Lin Blake". Facebook. The Doctor Blake Mysteries. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
9. "The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Series 4, Against the Odds". BBC. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
10. "Top of the Lake, China Girl, The Loved One". BBC. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
11. ^ May, Harvey (2002). BROADCAST IN COLOUR: Cultural Diversity and Television Programming in Four Countries (PDF). ISBN 0-9580152-4-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2009.
12. Keast, Jackie (16 October 2023). "'Troppo' season 2 wraps for the ABC". IF Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
13. Knox, David (13 September 2024). "Filming underway on Deadloch S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
14. Marion Jacka (May 2002). "Cultural Diversity in Australian Television Drama" (PDF).
15. Groves, Don (14 October 2020). "Christiaan Van Vuuren directs Stan Original comedy-of-errors 'A Sunburnt Christmas'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
16. Mack, Andrew (9 January 2024). "MONOLITH: Official Trailer and Key Art Drop for Sci-fi Thriller, Coming This February". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
17. "Songket". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 June 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
18. Tonya Turner (3 March 2009). "2009 Matilda Awards winners". Courier Mail. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
19. Knox, David (13 September 2024). "Filming underway on Deadloch S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
20. Knox, David (25 February 2022). "Georgia Flood joins Nautilus shoot in Qld | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
21. Groves, Don (14 October 2020). "Christiaan Van Vuuren directs Stan Original comedy-of-errors 'A Sunburnt Christmas'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
22. "Capricornia". AusStage. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
23. "Ling-Hsueh Tang". sceneweb.no. Retrieved 11 November 2024.

External links

• Ling Cooper Tang at IMDb
• Ling-Hsueh Tang on AusStage

• Australian television actresses
• Living people
• Queensland University of Technology alumni
• Australian stage actresses
• Australian people of Chinese descent
• Australian children's television presenters
• Australian women television presenters