Michelle Krusiec
Chinese: 楊雅慧
Krusiec at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Knife Fight
Born
Ya-Huei Yang[1]

(1974-10-02) October 2, 1974
Taiwan
Occupation(s)Actress, writer, producer
Years active1986–present
Websitewww.michellekrusiec.com
Michelle Krusiec
Traditional Chinese楊雅慧
Simplified Chinese杨雅慧

Michelle Jacqueline Krusiec[1] (born Ya-Huei Yang; Chinese: 楊雅慧; pinyin: Yáng Yǎhuì; October 2, 1974) is an American actress, writer and producer.

Early life

Krusiec was born in 1974 in Taiwan.[2] She was adopted at age five and raised in America by her father's elder sister, who had married a Polish American.[3] Krusiec's adoptive father renamed her Michelle Jacqueline, because he wanted her to have a French name.[1]

Krusiec studied English and theater at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, graduating with a B.A. in 1996. She also studied Shakespeare and women's literature at the University of Oxford on a scholarship.[4]

Career

Television and voicework

Krusiec was recruited to be one of six globe-trotting travel reporters for the Discovery Channel series Travelers in 1996.[5] Along with Barbara Alvarez, Robin Kipp, Pearce Bunting, Patrick Michael, Foster Soloman, and later Lisa Clark, she traveled to over 50 different locations on the show.[5] Krusiec played the 18-year-old Molly O'Brien in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Time's Orphan". She co-starred in the NBC Saturday morning sitcom One World and played the role of Exquisite Woo on Popular. She played Mei-Ling Hwa Darling, one of the Darling family's daughters-in-law, in ABC's dramedy, Dirty Sexy Money. She appeared in The Mind of the Married Man as Sachiko, a massage parlor employee. She had a recurring role as "Nadine Park" on Season 4 of Fox's Fringe, and has also appeared on TV shows such as NBC's Community as "Wu Mei", a love interest of Chevy Chase's character, Pierce Hawthorne, General Hospital as Attorney Grace Yang, The Secret Life of the American Teenager as Emily, Touch as Lanny Cheong, Nip/Tuck as Mei, CSI: Miami as Susan Lee, CSI: NY as Lisa Kim, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Weeds, Without a Trace, Cold Case as Kara, Monk as Maria, ER as Tong-Ye, and Titus as recurring character Nancy.

In 2020, Krusiec played Anna May Wong in Ryan Murphy's Netflix series, Hollywood.

Krusiec provided various voices for multiple episodes of Seth MacFarlane's animated series American Dad!.

Film

Krusiec was a Best Actress nominee in the Golden Horse Film Festival for her performance in a U.S. independent film Saving Face (2005), written and directed by Alice Wu, in which she plays a Chinese American surgeon named Wilhelmina Pang ("Wil") juggling the demands of her girlfriend, Vivian Shing (played by Lynn Chen) and pregnant mother (played by Joan Chen). Krusiec appeared in a number of feature films including Knife Fight as Shannon, Sunset Stories as Nova, Relative Insanity as Marsha, Far North as Anja, the daughter of Michelle Yeoh's character, What Happens in Vegas as Chong, Cameron Diaz's character's competitive co-worker, Dumb and Dumberer as Cindy, The River Murders as Sung Li opposite Ray Liotta, Christian Slater, and Ving Rhames, Daddy Day Care as the English teacher, Take Me Home as Suzanne, Shuffle as Kevin's Mother, and independent film projects including Tanuj Chopra's Nice Girls Crew alongside Lynn Chen and Sheetal Sheth, Shawn Chou's Tomato and Eggs opposite Keiko Agena and Sab Shimono, and Erin Li's L.A. Coffin School opposite Elizabeth Sung and Megan Lee.

Theater

Krusiec wrote, directed, and performed a one-woman show entitled "Made in Taiwan" that premiered in Los Angeles and in New York at the New York International Fringe Festival of Theater, among other venues.[6][7] She has received funding from Visual Communications to develop the play into a feature film.[8][9]

Krusiec toured with the cast of David Henry Hwang's play, Chinglish, in the role of Xi Yian.[10][11] The first stop of the play was at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, and then the South Coast Repertory (as the play is a joint production between the two theaters), and then to the Hong Kong Arts Festival in Hong Kong. The production of the play is directed by two-time Obie winner Leigh Silverman.[10][11]

In 2018, Krusiec starred in The Public Theatre's production of Hansol Jung's play Wild Goose Dreams, in the co-leading role of Yoo Nanhee.[12]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Nixon Student #2
2000 For the Cause Layton
2001 Pursuit of Happiness Miko
2002 Pumpkin Anne Chung
Sweet Home Alabama Pan
Tomato and Eggs Evelyn Wang Short
2003 Daddy Day Care English Teacher
Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Cindy
Duplex Dr. Kang
2004 Best Actress Darla Hennings Short
Saving Face Wilhelmina 'Wil' Pang
2005 Cursed Nosebleed Co-Worker
2007 Nanking Yang Shu Ling
Far North Anja
2008 Henry Poole is Here Young Nurse
What Happens in Vegas Chong
2010 Zoom Hunting Cheating Man's Wife
2011 Take Me Home Suzanne
The River Murders Sung Li
2012 Knife Fight Shannon Haung
2013 Four of Hearts Christy
2015 The Invitation Gina
2017 20 Weeks Dr. Chen
2022 They Live in the Grey Claire
2023 A Million Miles Away Miss Young

Television

Year Title Role Notes
1992 CBS Schoolbreak Special Lisa Episode: "Sexual Considerations"
1996 Travelers Host
1998 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Older Molly O'Brien Episode: "Time's Orphan"
1998–2001 One World Sui Blake 39 episodes
1999 Popular Exquisite Woo 2 episodes
2000–2002 Titus Nancy 6 episodes
2001 The Mind of the Married Man Sushiko, Japanese masseuse Episode: "The God of Marriage"
2002 ER Tong-Ye Episode: "Tell Me Where It Hurts"
2003 Monk Maria Episode: "Mr. Monk and the Sleeping Suspect"
2003–2005 Without a Trace Ariel - Hostess / Call Girl 2 episodes
2004 Cold Case Kara Dhiet Episode: "Who's Your Daddy"
2005 Weeds Helen Chin Episode: "Free Goat"
Grey's Anatomy Anna Chue Episode: "Bring the Pain"
NCIS Maya Episode: "Under Covers"
2006 Standoff Kim Lau Episode: "Shanghai'd"
2007–2009 Dirty Sexy Money Mei Ling Hwa Darling 5 episodes
2008 My Own Worst Enemy Paula / Ellen Episode: "That Is Not My Son"
2009 CSI: NY Lisa Kim Episode: "Blacklist"
2010 CSI: Miami Susan Lee Episode: "Die by the Sword"
2011 Community Wu Mei Episode: "Competitive Wine Tasting"
2011–2012 Fringe Nadine Park 3 episodes
2012 Touch Lanny Cheong Episode: "Lost & Found"
2012–2013 Nice Girls Crew Geraldine 10 episodes
2014 Getting On Andrea Conrad 2 episodes
2016 Hawaii Five-0 Michelle Shioma 3 episodes
2018 Supergirl Natalie Hawkings Episode: "Parasite Lost"
2020 Hollywood Anna May Wong 4 episodes

Video games

Year Title Role Notes
2003 Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven Ayame
2004 Tenchu: Fatal Shadows Ayame

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Angry Reader of the Week: Michelle Krusiec".
  2. ↑ "Review: Up close and personal". The Standard. Hong Kong. November 26, 2005. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  3. ↑ "Michelle Krusiec Interview - Asian American Actress -". Archived from the original on 2012-04-24.
  4. ↑ "Michelle Krusiec: Official Website". Archived from the original on 2012-06-03.
  5. 1 2 "Michelle Krusiec: The Big Screen's Chameleon Sweetheart 1/3 - Asian American Personalities - GoldSea".
  6. ↑ "Made in Taiwan official website".
  7. ↑ Kim, Nancy. Made in Taiwan Theater Review Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ "VC FILM DEVELOPMENT FUND". Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival.
  9. ↑ "Somebody Picked Me or The VC Film Fund". Michelle Krusiec. 2 May 2012.
  10. 1 2 "Chinglish Hong Kong Collage". Michelle Krusiec. 14 March 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Chinglish at Berkeley Rep". Berkeley Rep. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  12. ↑ "Wild Goose Dreams". www.iobdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-08.
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