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Lia Chang

  • Actress
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Lia Chang is an actor, multi-media content producer, photographer, activist, and documentarian known for her award-winning debut short film, "Hide and Seek" (2015), which she co-produced, co-wrote and stars in. Chang received a Best Actress nomination for "Hide and Seek," which was named one of the top ten films at the 38th Annual Asian American International Film Festival/11th Annual 72 Hour Shootout 2015, presented by the Asian American Film Lab. Her short film, When the World Was Young garnered a 2021 DisOrient Film Audience Choice Award for Best Short Narrative. Chang is also known for "New Jack City" (1991), "King of New York" (1990) and "Big Trouble in Little China" (1986).

Chang is also the host and Executive Producer of Backstage Pass with Lia Chang, an Arts and Entertainment and Lifestyle program that airs on Sundays at 6:30pm on FIOS 34, RCN 83, Spectrum 56/1996.

Lia Chang was born as Kim Anne Chang on September 29, 1963 in San Francisco, California. Chang began her varied and extensive career in the arts as an actress and a petite runway model. She studied film and communications at Hunter College and photography at the International Center of Photography. Chang has acted in a handful of movies; she made her film debut in the immensely enjoyable martial arts romp "The Last Dragon" and was especially memorable as crack-smoking prostitute Crystal in the uproariously rude'n'raunchy horror comedy blast "Frankenhooker." Moreover, Chang played Liat in a national tour of "South Pacific" with Barbara Eden and Robert Goulet and Joy in a revival of Sam Shepard's "Chicago" for the Signature Theatre Company. She had a recurring role as Nurse Lia on the popular daytime TV soap opera "One Life to Live." In 1989, Chang launched Lia Chang Multimedia Productions; she produces video content for the Internet, oversees the Lia Chang Photography Archive for Notable Asian-American Pioneers, and creates custom fine art cards from her botanical portraits. In addition, Chang is a successful multi-platform journalist who writes in-depth features on food, style, culture, and Asian-American issues. She was named one of the "One Hundred Most Influential Asian-Americans" by Avenue magazine in 1997. Chang was the recipient the 2000 Organization of Chinese-Americans (OCA) Chinese-American Journalist Award, the 2001 Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) National Award for New Media, and the 2022 Prospect Muse Award. Her photography has been exhibited in major galleries in such cities as New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Lia Chang is a National Tropical Botanical Garden Environmental Journalism Fellow, a Scripps Howard New Media Fellow at Columbia's Graduate School of Journalism, a Visual Journalism Fellow at the Poynter Institute for New Media, and a Western Knight Fellow at USC's Annenberg College of Communications for Specialized Journalism on Entertainment Journalism in the Digital Age.
BornSeptember 29, 1963
BornSeptember 29, 1963
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Known for:

Kim Cattrall, Kurt Russell, and James Hong in Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Big Trouble in Little China
7.2
  • Female Wing Kong Guard
  • 1986
Wolf (1994)
Wolf
6.2
  • Desk Clerk
  • 1994
Christopher Walken and Theresa Randle in King of New York (1990)
King of New York
6.9
  • Gangmember(as Kim Lia Chang)
  • 1990
Taimak and Vanity in The Last Dragon (1985)
The Last Dragon
6.8
  • Girl Student(as Kim Chang)
  • 1985

Credits

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Actress

  • Tzi Ma, Perry Yung, Kathleen Kwan, and Ronny Chieng in A Father's Son (2022)
    A Father's Son
    • Gum Yin Chang
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Lia Chang, Virginia Wing, and Jason Ma in When the World Was Young (2020)
    When the World Was Young
    • Audrey
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Jordan Doww and Collette Astle in Bad Influence (2020)
    Bad Influence
    • TV Reporter
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Lia Chang, Lauren Cohn, and Garth Kravits in The Annex (2020)
    The Annex
    • Constance
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Lia Chang in Rom-Com Gone Wrong (2020)
    Rom-Com Gone Wrong
    • Julie
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Garth Kravits in The Writer (2020)
    The Writer
    • Casino Patron
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Lia Chang and Isabela Sanchez in Belongingness (2019)
    Belongingness
    • Leatrice
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Two Faces: The 2015 72 Hour Shootout (2015)
    Two Faces: The 2015 72 Hour Shootout
    • Model
    • 2015
  • Hide and Seek (2015)
    Hide and Seek
    • Woman
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Film Lab Presents (2014)
    Film Lab Presents
    • Host
    • Host 2
    • TV Series
    • 2015
  • Elizabeth Berkley, Joe Pantoliano, Michael Chiklis, Casey Siemaszko, and Robert Townsend in Taxman (1998)
    Taxman
    • Receptionist
    • 1998
  • Malik Yoba in New York Undercover (1994)
    New York Undercover
    • Asian Nurse
    • TV Series
    • 1995
  • Wolf (1994)
    Wolf
    • Desk Clerk
    • 1994
  • Matt Dillon and Sean Young in A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
    A Kiss Before Dying
    • Shoe Saleslady
    • 1991
  • Judd Nelson, Wesley Snipes, Ice-T, and Mario Van Peebles in New Jack City (1991)
    New Jack City
    • Scotty's Girl (uncredited)
    • 1991

Camera and Electrical Department

  • Tzi Ma, Perry Yung, Kathleen Kwan, and Ronny Chieng in A Father's Son (2022)
    A Father's Son
    • still photographer
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Lia Chang, Virginia Wing, and Jason Ma in When the World Was Young (2020)
    When the World Was Young
    • still photographer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • The Language Lesson (2020)
    The Language Lesson
    • still photographer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Lia Chang in Rom-Com Gone Wrong (2020)
    Rom-Com Gone Wrong
    • still photographer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Marjorie Johnson in Cream & Two Shugahs (2020)
    Cream & Two Shugahs
    • still photographer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Garth Kravits in The Writer (2020)
    The Writer
    • still photographer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Lia Chang and Isabela Sanchez in Belongingness (2019)
    Belongingness
    • still photographer
    • Short
    • 2019

Producer

  • Lia Chang, Virginia Wing, and Jason Ma in When the World Was Young (2020)
    When the World Was Young
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • The Language Lesson (2020)
    The Language Lesson
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Lia Chang in Rom-Com Gone Wrong (2020)
    Rom-Com Gone Wrong
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Marjorie Johnson in Cream & Two Shugahs (2020)
    Cream & Two Shugahs
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Garth Kravits in The Writer (2020)
    The Writer
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Lia Chang and Isabela Sanchez in Belongingness (2019)
    Belongingness
    • executive producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Hide and Seek (2015)
    Hide and Seek
    • co-producer
    • Short
    • 2015

Personal details

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  • Official sites
    • Backstage Pass with Lia Chang Blog
    • Lia Chang Facebook
  • Alternative names
    • Kim Lia Chang
  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)
  • Born
    • September 29, 1963
    • San Francisco, California, USA
  • Other works
    Made her stage debut in 1986 as Liat with Robert Goulet and Barbara Eden in South Pacific.
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Interviews
    • 2 Articles

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    Is a well-known photo-journalist. Exhibited "Asians in the Work Force and in the Arts" at New York University in Spring 1996.

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