Michelle Krusiec
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Raven-haired beauty Michelle Krusiec was a burgeoning star at an age when most are at their most awkward. At the age of 12, she was spotted by a talent scout in her hometown of Virginia Beach. It wasn't long before she was enrolled in a prestigious magnet school geared toward the arts, and soon afterward walking the halls of Virginia Tech, where she picked up degrees in theater and English.Travel would dominate the coming months for Krusiec, as she completed additional studies at Oxford and, in 1996, became the host of the Discovery Channel's Travelers, which took her to 50 destinations around the world. Once her adventure was over, the young actress began building up her acting resume, appearing on television shows like Providence and Popular. In 1998, she scored a starring role in the Saturday morning sitcom One World, and she stayed with the series for all of its three seasons.
Krusiec continued to add to her filmography, accepting supporting roles in movies like Pumpkin, Sweet Home Alabama, and Daddy Day Care, as well as appearances on shows like ER and Titus. Then, in 2004, Krusiec landed the leading role in a small, independent film called Saving Face. She played a Chinese-American surgeon named Wil who lives in Manhattan. When her mother, an immigrant and an extremely traditional woman, shows up at her door pregnant and unmarried, Wil agrees to help her, but cultures soon clash. The conservative nature of her family has made will reluctant to bring her relationship with her girlfriend (played by Lynn Chen) out in the open, and her mother's disapproval of her gay lifestyle heightens tensions even more. The jarring nature of she and her mother's role reversals only added to the dramatic meat for the actress to bite into, and the film proved a true test of her abilities.
The film was a critical smash, praised for its sensitive portrayal of Krusiec and Chen's relationship, as well as Chen's performance. Without skipping a beat, she jumped back into the saddle with roles on Weeds, Grey's Anatomy, and Without a Trace. In 2006, she signed on to appear in Nanking, Bill Guttentag's documentary about the 1937 massacre of the Chinese city. ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi
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| Michelle Krusiec | |
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 Krusiec at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Knife Fight |
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| Born | Michelle J. Krusiec October 2, 1974 Taiwan |
| Other names | 楊雅慧 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1986–present |
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| http://www.michellekrusiec.com | |
Michelle J. Krusiec (Chinese: 楊雅慧; pinyin: Yáng Yǎhuì) born October 2, 1974 in Taiwan,[1] is an American actress.
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Early life and education
Born Yáng Yǎhuì, Krusiec was adopted at age 5 by a Taiwanese aunt, her father's elder sister, who had married an American.[2]
Krusiec undertook studies in theater at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University[3], graduating with a B.A. in 1996, and, later, the University of Oxford.[which?]
Career
Krusiec was recruited to be one of six globe-trotting travel reporters for the Discovery Channel new series called Travelers.[4] 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 eighteen year-old Molly O'Brien in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Time's Orphan". Krusiec was a Best Actress nominee in the Golden Horse Film Festival for her performance in a U.S. independent film Saving Face (2005), in which she plays a Chinese American lesbian juggling the demands of her girlfriend and pregnant mother. She also appeared in The Mind of the Married Man as Sachiko, the massage parlor girl who gives "happy endings." She co-starred in the NBC Saturday morning sitcom One World and also 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 highly-publicized dramedy, Dirty Sexy Money. She also has 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, Nip/Tuck, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, American Dad, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Weeds, Without A Trace, Cold Case, Monk, ER, and Titus
Krusiec has also 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 to rave reviews from NYTheater.com, Meniscus, David Henry Hwang, LA Weekly, and other periodicals.[6][7]
Filmography
- TV series
- Sexual Considerations (1991)
- Travelers (1996)
- One World (1998)
- Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Time's Orphan Season 6, Episode 24 (1998)
- Popular (1999) (TV series)
- Titus Season 2 (2001)
- ER (2002)
- Monk (2003)
- Without a Trace Season 1 & Season 3 (2003)
- Cold Case Season 2 (2004)
- Grey's Anatomy Bring the Pain (2005)
- NCIS Under Covers (2005)
- Weeds Free Goat (2005)
- Standoff Shanghai'd (2006)
- Dirty Sexy Money Season 1 (2007)
- My Own Worst Enemy Season 1 (2008)
- CSI: NY Season 6 (2009)
- CSI: Miami Season 8 (2010)
- Community Season 2 (2011)
- Fringe Season 4 (2011)
- Touch Season 1 - episode 6 (2012) as Lanny Zheng
- Movies
- Nixon (1995)
- For the Cause (2000)
- The Mind of the Married Man (2001)
- Tomato and Eggs (2002)
- Pumpkin (2002)
- Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
- Tenchu san (2003)
- Daddy Day Care (2003)
- Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd (2003)
- Duplex (2003)
- Best Actress (2004)
- Saving Face (2004)
- Cursed (2005)
- Pursuit of Happyness (2006)
- Far North (2007)
- Nanking (2007)
- What Happens in Vegas (2008)
- Henry Poole is Here (2008)
- Zoom Hunting (2010)
- The River Murders (2011)
- Nice Girls Crew (2012)
- Video games
- Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven (2003) as Ayame
References
- ^ Elaine Chan (November 26, 2005). "Up close and personal". The Standard (Hong Kong). http://www.thestandard.com.hk/weekend_news_detail.asp?pp_cat=40&art_id=6444&sid=5598348&con_type=3&d_str=20051126. Retrieved April 15, 2012.
- ^ http://theotherasians.com/2011/07/michelle-krusiec/
- ^ http://www.michellekrusiec.com/bio.html
- ^ Genessee Kim, Michelle Krusiec: The Big Screen's Chameleon Sweetheart, http://goldsea.com/Personalities/Krusiecm/krusiecm1.html
- ^ Id.
- ^ Made in Taiwan official website
- ^ Kim, Nancy. Made in Taiwan Theater Review
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Far North
(2007 Drama Film)
Saving Face
(2004 Comedy Film)
Snow Wonder
(2005 Film)
Free Goat: Weeds (TV Episode)
(2005 Comedy Drama TV Episode)
One World
(TV series)
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