Ling Cooper Tang

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]

Television

Film