Linda Hsien Wang is an American actress. She traces her ancestry to
Shanghai and Shandong, she was raised in Queens, New York. Also known
as Linda Wang, Linda H. Wang and Wáng Xià nlÃng (王憲è‹"). She has
been profiled in Chinese-language media in the United States. She
currently resides in the Los Angeles area.At seven years old, Linda
Wang began modeling for Kodak film. Later, during her first year in
high school, she auditioned for the part of Field Reporter in Pushing
Hands. The Oscar award winning director Ang Lee told her she was just
too young for the part. They spent half an hour talking about Wang's
pen and ink artwork "Repeating" which at the time was being exhibited
at the New York Transit Museum. However, Wang stated Lee also gave her
valuable advice on where to study and how to continue to pursue her
acting career. Three months later, Wang auditioned and was accepted to
study for two years under the teen program with Herbert Berghof
(co-founder, with wife Uta Hagen, of the HB Studio, NYC). She then
went on to New York University, and studied at the Lee Strasberg
Theatre Academy.Linda Wang's Hollywood film career includes a
heartbreaking role in Neal Hollander's controversial film Birds of
Passage as "Fu Ling" opposite Stacy Keach. The film was banned in
certain locations in China due to the One-Child Policy story line, and
was instead filmed on location in the Philippines and South China sea.
She also starred with actor Ernie Rivera in the Indie film Red Betta,
directed by Allena Rennee. Additional notable appearances were in The
Violent Kind, Scarred City, Dead Air, Dark City and What Ever Happened
to Mason Reese? which was directed by Brett Ratner.Her off-screen film
credit was in the comedy Tropic Thunder. Wang had previously worked
as a Chinese script translator for the producer and writer David Milch
on several episodes of his HBO hit television show Deadwood. She had
openly expressed her regrets for not standing up for her rights for
screen credit for her work on Deadwood to Milch.[citation needed] Wang
was later recommended by Milch to one of the casting directors of the
film Tropic Thunder and was immediately hired by producer Eric McLeod
as the Chinese script translator to aid writers Justin Theroux and
Etan Cohen during pre-production. She was asked to come back but would
only work under the condition that she received screen credit for her
work. McLeod agreed and Wang went on to work as the on-set script
translator for director Ben Stiller and dialogue coach for Robert
Downey, Jr., as well as All actors with in the film such as Reggie Lee
and Brandon Soo Hoo that had Chinese dialogue in the film.
Shanghai and Shandong, she was raised in Queens, New York. Also known
as Linda Wang, Linda H. Wang and Wáng Xià nlÃng (王憲è‹"). She has
been profiled in Chinese-language media in the United States. She
currently resides in the Los Angeles area.At seven years old, Linda
Wang began modeling for Kodak film. Later, during her first year in
high school, she auditioned for the part of Field Reporter in Pushing
Hands. The Oscar award winning director Ang Lee told her she was just
too young for the part. They spent half an hour talking about Wang's
pen and ink artwork "Repeating" which at the time was being exhibited
at the New York Transit Museum. However, Wang stated Lee also gave her
valuable advice on where to study and how to continue to pursue her
acting career. Three months later, Wang auditioned and was accepted to
study for two years under the teen program with Herbert Berghof
(co-founder, with wife Uta Hagen, of the HB Studio, NYC). She then
went on to New York University, and studied at the Lee Strasberg
Theatre Academy.Linda Wang's Hollywood film career includes a
heartbreaking role in Neal Hollander's controversial film Birds of
Passage as "Fu Ling" opposite Stacy Keach. The film was banned in
certain locations in China due to the One-Child Policy story line, and
was instead filmed on location in the Philippines and South China sea.
She also starred with actor Ernie Rivera in the Indie film Red Betta,
directed by Allena Rennee. Additional notable appearances were in The
Violent Kind, Scarred City, Dead Air, Dark City and What Ever Happened
to Mason Reese? which was directed by Brett Ratner.Her off-screen film
credit was in the comedy Tropic Thunder. Wang had previously worked
as a Chinese script translator for the producer and writer David Milch
on several episodes of his HBO hit television show Deadwood. She had
openly expressed her regrets for not standing up for her rights for
screen credit for her work on Deadwood to Milch.[citation needed] Wang
was later recommended by Milch to one of the casting directors of the
film Tropic Thunder and was immediately hired by producer Eric McLeod
as the Chinese script translator to aid writers Justin Theroux and
Etan Cohen during pre-production. She was asked to come back but would
only work under the condition that she received screen credit for her
work. McLeod agreed and Wang went on to work as the on-set script
translator for director Ben Stiller and dialogue coach for Robert
Downey, Jr., as well as All actors with in the film such as Reggie Lee
and Brandon Soo Hoo that had Chinese dialogue in the film.
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