Diana Bang
Diana Bang is a Canadian actress and writer. She played Park Sook-yin in the 2014 film The Interview.[1]
Diana Bang | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Actress, writer |
| Years active | 2008–present |
Life and career
Bang's sister, Andrea, is also an actress and writer. Their parents were Korean immigrants to Canada.[2]
Bang started her career in the Vancouver sketch comedy group Assaulted Fish before becoming an actress.[3] In 2014, Bang played Sook-yin Park, a North Korean chief propagandist, in The Interview.[3][4]
Bang starred as Dr. Allison Mann in the FX on Hulu series Y: The Last Man, which premiered in 2021.[5]
Selected filmography
Film
| Year | Film | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Coffee & Kareem | Ms. Chu | |
| 2017 | Entanglement | Tabby Song | [6] |
| 2015 | The Cleanse | Laurie | |
| The Tree Inside | Jennifer Rhoo | ||
| School of Fish | Heidi | ||
| The Price is Precise | Diana | Short Film | |
| 2014 | The Interview | Park Sook-yin | [7] |
| PLAN b | Julie | ||
| Recipe for Love | Celebrity Judge #3 | TV Film | |
| 2013 | Guess Who's Coming to Christmas | Market Cashier | TV Film |
| No Clue | Coffee Shop Server | TV Film | |
| RocketShip Misfits | Ida Suki | Short Film | |
| That Burning Feeling | Alicia | ||
| Tom, Dick and Harriet | AJ | TV Film | |
| 2012 | Lost Lagoon | Mi-Ran Park | |
| Abducted: The Carlina White Story | Ann's Nurse | TV Film | |
| The Music Teacher | Teller | ||
| Kiss at Pine Lake | Jill | TV Film | |
| Panmunjom | Yeong - Ae | Short Film | |
| 2011 | The Edge of the Garden | Mia | TV Film |
| 2010 | Miracle in Manhattan | Barrista | |
| 2009 | Misplaced | Kate | Short Film |
| Sorority Wars | Lauren | TV Film | |
| Dandy Lions | Betty | TV Film | |
| Do You Know Me? | Lisa | TV Film | |
| 2008 | Ripples | Harriet |
Television
| Year | Film | Role | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–present | Resident Alien | Nurse Ellen | 12 Episodes |
| 2021 | Y: The Last Man | Dr. Allison Mann | 6 Episodes |
| 2020 | The Astronauts | Molly Wei | 9 Episodes |
| Away | Freddie | 5 Episodes | |
| The Baby-Sitters Club | Kimiko Kishi | 2 Episodes | |
| The Order | Salvador Grant | 7 Episodes | |
| 2019 | You Me Her | Dr. Maria Bhang | 2 Episodes |
| Michelle's | Linda | 3 Episodes | |
| Unspeakable | Ruby Kim | 4 Episodes | |
| Fast Layne | Dr. Jessica Kwon | Recurring role | |
| 2017 | Lucifer | Suki Price | Episode "Stewardess Interruptus" 2x11 |
| 2016 | Second Chance | Emma | 4 Episodes |
| 2015 | Paranormal Solutions INC | Olivia | 8 Episodes |
| 2014 | Rush | Mistress Kang | Episode "You Spin Me Around" |
| Bates Motel | Jiao | 4 Episodes | |
| Eve of Destruction | Control Room Scientist | TV Miniseries | |
| 2012 | Continuum | Docent | Episode "Matter of Time" |
| 2011 | The Killing | Valerie Takeda | Episode "I'll Let you Know When I get There" |
| 2010 | Fringe | Nora | 2 Episodes, 1 uncredited |
| 2009 | Alice | Lab Tech #1 | 2 Episodes |
| The Troop | Keiko | Episode "Lost in Translation" | |
| 2008 | Aliens in America | Student | 1 Episode |
References
- Smith, Krista (20 November 2014). "Actress Diana Bang Is Ready for Anything". Vanity Fair. Condé Nast. Retrieved 4 January 2015.
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Craig Takeuchi (6 October 2016). "Vancouver's Andrea Bang hopes Kim's Convenience helps boost Asian Canadian representation". Georgia Straight. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
As for her own parents, who immigrated here from Korea, she says she think it was "distressing" to them that both her and her sister Diana decided to pursue acting as a career.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Thompson, Bob (31 December 2014). "The Interview a big break for Diana Bang". O Canada.
- Han, Brian (16 December 2014). "The Interview with a Bang". koreatimesus.com. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- Lussier, Germain (29 October 2020). "Y: The Last Man Is Back With a New Agent 355 and Hero". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- "Entanglement". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "The Interview". IMDb. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
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