Nicole Kang

Kang attended business school in Ohio, where she took theatre as an elective. During her studies, a teacher told her that she was "allowed to want to do this", with regard to pursuing an acting career. As a result, she stole her parents' credit card for an application to New York University where she then auditioned, leaving her father's contact information. Whilst on holiday in Korea, her father received her acceptance letter.^[1]

Kang made her on-screen debut in the thriller series You playing the recurring role of Lynn Lieser.^[2] She has also made appearances in the comedy drama series Orange is the New Black and the drama series The Code.^[3] Her first role came playing Mary Hamilton and Poison Ivy in the superhero series Batwoman.^[4][5] She also played Bev in Swallow which was her first major film role.^[6]

Kang, along with actress Midori Francis, set up the Asian We Stand collective, providing talks and speeches for professors nationwide, to spread awareness and understanding of the increase in hate crime towards Asian Americans, in the US.^[7]