Christina Chang

Christina Chang (Chinese: 張韻明) is a Taiwanese-American actress, who has appeared in 24, CSI: Miami, and Nashville. Currently she plays Dr. Audrey Lim, Chief of Surgery, on The Good Doctor.

Not to be confused with Christina Chang (footballer).

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Chang.

Christina Chang
Born	Taipei, Taiwan
Alma mater	University of Washington
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present
Spouse(s)	Soam Lall ( m. 2010)
Children	1

Early life

Chang was born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, to a Taiwanese Filipino father and a White American mother.[1] She attended Taipei American School and is fluent in Mandarin.[2] At the age of 17, she moved to the United States to study theatre and film at the University of Kansas in her mother's home state of Kansas.[1] Later, she moved to Seattle, Washington[1] where she graduated from the University of Washington. After graduation, she got her first acting role in Naomi's Road at the Children's theatre in Seattle.[3] and then appeared in an off-Broadway play by Tina Landau.

Career

Chang later moved to New York City and guest starred in various television programs including Cosby and As the World Turns. She earned feature film roles in such films as 28 Days and Random Hearts.[4] Chang is best known for her roles on television. She had a regular role on ABC series Dragnet (2003–2004), and played recurring roles on 24 as Dr. Sunny Macer,[5] and as State Attorney Rebecca Nevins on CSI: Miami. In 2010, Chang was cast as a regular in ABC's series No Ordinary Family, but exited after two episodes.[6] She also appeared in Once and Again, Boston Legal, Close to Home, Brothers & Sisters, Private Practice, Suits, and Desperate Housewives. In 2013 she was cast in another recurring role, in the second season of the ABC drama series Nashville, as Megan Vannoy, Charles Esten's character's love interest.[7] In 2014, Chang was cast as regular in the ABC drama pilot Sea Of Fire, opposite Jennifer Carpenter.[8] Since 2017, Chang has played Dr. Audrey Lim on The Good Doctor.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1998	Brother Tied	Camille	Directed and co-written by Derek Cianfrance.[9]
1999	Random Hearts	Laurie	Romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack.[10]
2000	28 Days	Bridesmaid	Comedy-drama film directed by Betty Thomas.[11]
2001	Dinner and a Movie	Rhonda	Directed by Lisa Kors.[12]
2007	Live Free or Die Hard	Taylor	Also known as Die Hard 4 and released as Die Hard 4.0 outside North America. Action film and the fourth installment in the Die Hard film series directed by Len Wiseman.
2008	A Line in the Sand	Robin	Directed by Jeffrey Chernov.
	Yoga Matt	Christina	Short film directed by David Greenspan.
2009	The Peanut Butter Theory	Lucy	Short film directed by Ted Endres.
2011	Almost Perfect	Charlene Lee	Directed and written by Bertha Bay-Sa Pan.
2012	Overnight	Lisa	Directed and written by Valerie Breiman.

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Ghost Stories	Amy Vong	Episode: "From the Ashes" (Season 1; episode 30)
2000	Cosby	Wendy	Episode: "Raising Paranoia" (Season 4; episode 14)
2000–2001	Deadline	Beth Khambu	Recurring
2001	Once and Again	Amanda	Recurring
2002	Girls Club	Rhanda Clifford	Recurring
2003	War Stories	Camera Woman	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Robert Singer.
	Without a Trace	Ms. Rossi	Episode: "Are You Now or Have You Ever Been" (Season 1; episode 21)
2003–2009	24	Dr. Sunny Macer	Recurring
2003–2004	L.A. Dragnet	ADA Sandy Chang	Recurring
2004	Medical Investigation	Jenny Small	Episode: "Escape" (Season 1; episode 4)
	Hack	Cate Tann	Episode: "Calibrated Arguments" (Season 2; episode 12)
	The West Wing	Alex Moreau	Episode: "The Warfare of Genghis Khan" (Season 5; episode 13)
	Hack	Cate Tann	Episode: "One for My Baby" (Season 2; episode 17)
2004–2010	CSI: Miami	State Attorney Rebecca Nevins	Recurring
2005	Boston Legal	Attorney Elizabeth Tyler	Episode: "Let Sales Ring" (Season 1; episode 16)
	Breadwinners	Anne Lowell	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Michael Lange.
	Numb3rs	Val Eng	Episode: "Soft Target" (Season 2; episode 6)
2005–2007	Close to Home	Becky Brokaw	Recurring
2006	Women in Law	Liz	Episode: "High Bar" (Season 1; episode 2)
2007	Union Jackass	Sonya Wang	Episode: "Pilot" (Season 1; episode 1)
	Suspect	Justine Lambroso	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Guy Ritchie.
	Standoff	Dr. Meredith Golden	Episode: "Backfire" (Season 1; episode 13)
	Traveler	Alex	Episode: "The Trader" (Season 1; episode 6)
2008	Play or Be Played	Diane Hobbs	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Barry Sonnenfeld.
	Unhitched	Gabby	Episode: "Conjoined Twins Pitch No-Hitter" (Season 1; episode 3)
	Eleventh Hour	Professor Anna Young	Episode: "Flesh" (S 1:Ep 9)
	Man of Your Dreams	Malinda	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Jason Ensler.
2009	The Forgotten	Claire Post	Episode: "Diamond Jane" (S 1:Ep 2)
	Brothers & Sisters	Professor Jane Condon	Episode: "From France with Love"
	The Forgotten	Claire Post	Episode: "Parachute Jane" (S 1:Ep 4)
	The Mentalist	Lillian Foster	Episode: "Red Scare" (S 2:Ep 5)
2010	The Deep End	Jan	Episode: "White Lies, Black Ties" (S 1:Ep 6)
	Private Practice	Dr. Vanessa Hoyt	Recurring
	No Ordinary Family	Detective Yvonne Cho	Episodes: "Pilot" (S 1:Ep 1) "No Ordinary Marriage" (S S 1:Ep 2)
	Lie to Me	Candice	Episode: "The Royal We" (S 3:Ep 2)
2011–2012	Single Ladies	Ashlee	Recurring
2011	Suits	Vivien Tanaka	Episode: "Dirty Little Secrets" (S 1:ep 4)
	Revenge	Karrie Thurgood	Episode: "Pilot" (S 1:Ep 1)
2012	The Firm	Prosecutor Rebecca Crowell	Episode: "Chapter Four" (S 1:ep 4)
	Revenge	Karrie Thurgood	Episode: "Intuition" (S 2:Ep 4)
	Desperate Housewives	D.A. Stone	Recurring
2013–2014	Nashville	Megan Vannoy	Recurring
2014	Sea Of Fire	Kristen Harper	Made-for-TV-Movie directed by Allison Liddi-Brown. Movie developed into an unsold television pilot.
2015	Childrens Hospital	Duenna	Episode: "Just Like Cyrano de Bergerac" (S 6: Ep 6)
	Extant	Dr. Dowling	Episode: "Change Scenario" (s 2:Ep 1)
	Rizzoli & Isles	Kiki	Recurring role (6 episodes)
2016	NCIS	NCIS Special Agent Valeri Page	Episode: "React" (S 13:Ep 15)[13]
	Lucifer	Vanessa Dunlear	Episode: St.Lucifer (S 1:Ep 11)
2017–present	The Good Doctor	Dr Audrey Lim	Recurring role (Season 1), Main role (Season 2)

References

1. "Christina Chang". Pilot Guides. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
2. "From Taipei to Hollywood: a life that's Almost Perfect". Blue & Gold. Taipei American School. September 15, 2013.
3. "Christina Chang - Biography - Movies & TV - NYTimes.com". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
4. "Christina Chang Credits". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
5. "Christina Chang". TVSA. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
6. Arellano, Jennifer (June 3, 2010). "Exclusive: Tate Donovan and Christina Chang exit 'No Ordinary Family' | Inside TV | EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
7. Andreeva, Nellie (September 6, 2013). "Candice Bergen, Charles Grodin To Play 'Michael J. Fox' Parents; Christina Chang Recurs On 'Nashville'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
8. Andreeva, Nellie (February 12, 2014). "UPDATE: Jeffrey Nordling & Christina Chang In ABC's 'Sea Of Fire', Trio Cast In 'Murder'". Deadline Hollywood. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
9. "Brother Tied". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
10. "Random Hearts". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
11. "28 Days". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
12. "Dinner and a Movie". TCM database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
13. "React". The Futon Critic. Futon Media. Retrieved February 20, 2016.

External links

• Christina Chang on IMDb 
• Christina Chang on Twitter
• Christina Chang at TV Guide
• Christina Chang at TV.com