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M. J. Kang

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M.J. Kang is a Canadian and American playwright and actress. [1]

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Early life and education

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Kang immigrated to Toronto, Ontario with her family at the age of two. [2] She studied with the Playwrights Unit at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre. [3] She is the first Korean-Canadian playwright to be professionally produced on Canadian stages.

Career

Kang's plays include Noran Bang: The Yellow Room, [4] Blessings [3] dreams of blonde & blue. [5] [6] and Questioning Condoms, [7] She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre Division in 1998 for Noran Bang: The Yellow Room. [8]

As an actress, Kang had a regular role in the 1997 television series Riverdale , [9] recurring guest starring roles on Star Wars: Skeleton Crew , Gangnam Project , Seal Team, and made guest appearances in E.N.G. , Earth: Final Conflict , The City , Doc , Strong Medicine and Medium . On stage, she has performed in productions of Jean Yoon's The Yoko Ono Project, [10] Laurie Fyffe's The Malaysia Hotel [11] and Oren Safdie's Private Jokes, Public Places. [12] She has performed in productions of Private Jokes, Public Places in Toronto, New York City, London, Los Angeles and Berkeley, California. [13]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1993 TC 2000 Sumai's Daughter
1994 PCU Physics Major
2002The Book of EveStudent
2003 Owning Mahowny Secretary

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 E.N.G. Kid #1Episode: "To Kill with Kindness"
1997 Riverdale Becky Snow24 episodes
1998 Earth: Final Conflict BartenderEpisode: "The Joining"
1999 The City LisaEpisode: "Joy Ride: Part II"
2000 D.C. Young LawyerEpisode: "Pilot"
2001The Wandering Soul MurdersGirl in dinerTelevision film
2001 Nero Wolfe Cherry QuonEpisode: "Christmas Party"
2001 Doc Receptionist2 episodes
2005 Strong Medicine Huan YuenEpisode: "Dying Inside"
2006 Medium TechnicianEpisode: "A Changed Man"
2020–2021Extreme Improv: RevengeVarious roles4 episodes
2021 SEAL Team Kwan Jon-Wi2 episodes
2023-25 Gangnam Project Sandra Yim8 episodes
2024-2025 Star Wars: Skeleton Crew Garree4 episodes

References

  1. ↑ Wagter, Caroline De (2013). "Mouths on Fire with Songs".: Negotiating Multi-Ethnic Identities on the Contemporary North American Stage. Rodopi. ISBN   9789401209540.
  2. ↑ "Toronto playwright cites youthfulness, Korean heritage as aid to writing". Ottawa Citizen , November 24, 1996.
  3. 1 2 "Seoul sister launches play: M.J. Kang drama explores issue of cultural dislocation". Toronto Star , November 14, 1996.
  4. ↑ "Promising new play a generational drama". Toronto Star, December 3, 1993.
  5. ↑ "Death of a Korean restaurateur". National Post , January 28, 2002.
  6. ↑ "Chronicle of the faded American dream". The Globe and Mail , January 26, 2002,
  7. ↑ "Experimenting with Rhubarb Unpredictable fest of short works opens with six new shows". Toronto Star, February 1, 1996.
  8. ↑ "Dora Award nominees". Toronto Star, May 27, 1998.
  9. ↑ "Riverdale tries to get street smart". Canadian Press, August 31, 1998.
  10. ↑ "Discovering new truths and making them stick". National Post, January 15, 2000.
  11. ↑ "Actress wears many hats, but all in good measure". Toronto Star, January 29, 2001.
  12. ↑ "Nice design, poorly built". Toronto Star, September 22, 2004.
  13. ↑ Harvey, Dennis, "Private Jokes, Public Places". Variety , April 16, 2007. Retrieved 31 December 2012.


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