Ling Cooper Tang

Ling Cooper Tang
Other namesLing-Hsueh Tang
Alma materQueensland University of Technology (1995)
OccupationActress
Years active1995 to present
Known forAll Saints
Ghost Rider
Son of the Mask
Troppo

Ling Cooper Tang, formerly credited as Ling-Hsueh Tang, is a Chinese Australian actress. She became known for her role as Dr. Kylie Preece in the hospital drama TV series All Saints (1999-2002), and has starred in many TV series since, including the 2024 British adventure series Nautilus, as well as several films.

Early life and education

Ling-Hsueh Tang studied acting at the Queensland University of Technology's[1] Academy of the Arts,[2] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Drama) 1995.[3]

Career

Tang has been credited as Ling Cooper Tang since around 2016, according to IMDb.[4]

Television

In 1998 Tang appeared in Breakers.[1][2] She became known for her role as Dr. Kylie Preece on All Saints, an Australian hospital drama, which she played from 1999 to 2002.<ref">"Australian Television: All Saints: cast". Australian Television Information Archive. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 10 November 2024.</ref> In 2001 she appeared on the cover of TV Week to promote the series.[5]

In 2002, Tang presented the ABC Television children's program, Play School.[6]

She played Mei Lin in series 4 of The Doctor Blake Mysteries (2016),[7][8][9] and Dang, a brothel madam, in Top of the Lake: China Girl (2017).[10][1]

Tang has also appeared in Fireflies, Children's Hospital, Sea Patrol and the miniseries Tribe.[3][11]

Tang appeared in both seasons of ABC series Troppo, in 2022 and 2024.[12]

On 13 September 2024, Tang was named as part of the extended cast for series two of crime drama Deadloch.[13]

According to a report by the Australian Film Commission, Tang is considered a breakthrough actress given her racial background. She has been cast in several non ethnic-specific roles for mainstream shows, which is considered unusual for Australian broadcast television.[11][14]

Film

Tang has appeared in several films, including Son of the Mask, Strange Planet, and Ghost Rider.[3]

In 2020, she played Fiona Raley in the Stan comedy A Sunburnt Christmas, directed by Christiaan Van Vuuren.[15] In 2022 she played the voice of Floramae in the sci-fi drama Monolith, directed by Matt Vesely.[16]

Stage

In 2003, Tang played Chan, a young textile design student who wants to drop a charge of rape, in the Griffin Theatre Company production Songket, at Sydney Opera House. Darren Yap played the perpetrator, while Marta Dusseldorp plays an anthropologist.[17]

She has also appeared in productions by La Boite, Living Room Theatre, and Moor Productions.[1]

Awards

Year Title Award Category Result
2009 The Ghost Writer Matilda Award Best Actress in a Lead Role Nominated[18]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
TBA Deadloch TV series, 6 episodes [19]
2024 Nautilus Suyin 10 episodes [20]
2022–24 Troppo Sergeant Carrie Hench 15 episodes
2024 Exposure Suzanna 2 episodes
Apples Never Fall Sulin Hope Miniseries, 3 episodes
2022 Darby and Joan Cinta 1 episode
Mystery Road: Origin Poppy 2 episodes
Pieces of Her US Marshall 1 episode
2021 The Dog Days of Christmas Stacy TV movie
2019–20 Reckoning Principal Taft 2 episodes
2020 The Secrets She Keeps Jocelyn 4 episodes
The End Lucy Roositer 3 episodes
The Gloaming Lena Madison 1 episode
2019 SeaChange Clara Russo 2 episodes
Harrow Sally Peterson 1 episode
Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries Lucy Harrington 1 episode
2018 Fighting Season Diana Lau Miniseries, 2 episodes
Doctor Doctor Sophie 1 episode
Dead Lucky Margaret Miniseries, 1 episode
2017 The Other Guy Sam's Mum 1 episode
Top of the Lake Dang 5 episodes
2016 The Doctor Blake Mysteries Mei Lin Blake Season 4, 6 episodes
2016 The Family Law Auny Rose 1 episode
2015 Hiding Irene Miniseries, 1 episode
2008–09 Sea Patrol Xiao-Xiao 2 episodes
2004 Firefiles KC 4 episodes
Go Big Lisa TV movie
1999-02 All Saints Kylie Preece / Barbara Chan 89 episodes
2000 Murder Call Emma 1 episode
1999 Tribe Minh Tam Miniseries, 4 episodes
1998–99 Breakers Maggie TV series
1997 Children's Hospital Tina TV series
1997 Fallen Angels Rose 1 episode
1997 Big Sky Clarie 1 episode

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2023 True Spirit Susie Feature film
2022 Monolith Floramae Feature film
Ticket to Paradise Auctioneer Feature film
2021 The Moths Will Eat Them Up Rayne Short film
2020 A Sunburnt Christmas Fiona Raley Feature film[21]
Never Too Late Kate Feature film
2019 Girl and Body Dr Gibson Short film
Heart and Bones Ruth Feature film
2007 Ghost Rider News Reader Feature film
2005 Son of the Mask Animator Feature film
1999 Strange Planet Verna Feature film

Theatre

Year Title Role Notes
1995 Capricornia Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane with QUT[22]
2003 Songket Chan Sydney Opera House with Griffin Theatre Company
2005 Amigos Sophie La Boite Theatre
2007 Beautiful The Woman The Loft, Kelvin Grove (QUT),[23] with And Moore Productions
2008 The Ghost Writer Claudia And Moore Productions

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Contemporary Asian Australian Performance (CAAP)". CAAP Directors Announced. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b Myler, Carmen (12 October 1997 – 16 February 1998). "It's 'showtime' for acting graduates". INSIDE QUT: Queensland University of Technology Newspaper (170). Queensland University of Technology: 1. ...James Stewart, has already secured... a leading role in a new television series, Breakers... the series, which also features Academy graduates Louise Crawford, Ling-Hsueh Tang and Ben Blaylock...
  3. ^ a b c "Ling Cooper Tang". Kubler Auckland Management. 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Ling Cooper Tang". IMDB.
  5. ^ "TV WEEK covers - 2000s". Archived from the original on 23 February 2012.
  6. ^ "Presenters". National Museum of Australia; c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=National Museum of Australia. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  7. ^ "Series 4 Episode Guide". Doctor Blake Mysteries Fan Site. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  8. ^ "Ling Cooper Tang as Mei Lin Blake". Facebook. The Doctor Blake Mysteries. 30 March 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  9. ^ "The Doctor Blake Mysteries, Series 4, Against the Odds". BBC. 8 December 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  10. ^ "Top of the Lake, China Girl, The Loved One". BBC. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  11. ^ a b May, Harvey (2002). BROADCAST IN COLOUR: Cultural Diversity and Television Programming in Four Countries (PDF). ISBN 0-9580152-4-4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 September 2009.
  12. ^ Keast, Jackie (16 October 2023). "'Troppo' season 2 wraps for the ABC". IF Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  13. ^ Knox, David (13 September 2024). "Filming underway on Deadloch S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  14. ^ Marion Jacka (May 2002). "Cultural Diversity in Australian Television Drama" (PDF).
  15. ^ Groves, Don (14 October 2020). "Christiaan Van Vuuren directs Stan Original comedy-of-errors 'A Sunburnt Christmas'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  16. ^ Mack, Andrew (9 January 2024). "MONOLITH: Official Trailer and Key Art Drop for Sci-fi Thriller, Coming This February". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  17. ^ "Songket". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 June 2003. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  18. ^ Tonya Turner (3 March 2009). "2009 Matilda Awards winners". Courier Mail. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
  19. ^ Knox, David (13 September 2024). "Filming underway on Deadloch S2 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  20. ^ Knox, David (25 February 2022). "Georgia Flood joins Nautilus shoot in Qld | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  21. ^ Groves, Don (14 October 2020). "Christiaan Van Vuuren directs Stan Original comedy-of-errors 'A Sunburnt Christmas'". IF Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Capricornia". AusStage. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
  23. ^ "Ling-Hsueh Tang". sceneweb.no. Retrieved 11 November 2024.