Michelle Krusiec facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Michelle Krusiec
楊雅慧
Krusiec at the 2012 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of Knife Fight
Born	Ya-Huei Yang (1974-10-02) October 2, 1974 (age 50) Taiwan
Education	Virginia Tech (BA) University of Oxford
Occupation	Actress, writer, producer
Years active	1986–present
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	楊雅慧
Simplified Chinese	杨雅慧
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yáng Yǎhuì

Michelle Jacqueline Krusiec (born Ya-Huei Yang; October 2, 1974) is an American actress, writer, and producer known for her work in movies and television.

Early Life and Schooling

Michelle Krusiec was born in Taiwan. When she was five years old, she was adopted by her aunt and her American husband. She grew up in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Her adoptive father gave her the name Michelle Jacqueline because he liked French names.

Krusiec loved acting and studied theater at Virginia Tech, where she earned her degree. She also received a scholarship to study at the famous University of Oxford in England, focusing on Shakespeare and women's literature.

Career in Entertainment

Television Roles

In 1996, Krusiec became a travel reporter for the Discovery Channel show Travelers. She got to visit more than 50 places around the world for the series.

She has appeared in many popular TV shows. She played an older version of the character Molly O'Brien in an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was also a main character in the NBC sitcom One World and had a role in the show Popular.

Some of her other television appearances include:

• Fringe as Nadine Park
• Community as Wu Mei
• General Hospital as Attorney Grace Yang
• CSI: Miami as Susan Lee
• CSI: NY as Lisa Kim
• NCIS
• Grey's Anatomy
• Monk
• ER

In 2020, Krusiec played the classic movie star Anna May Wong in the Netflix series Hollywood. She has also done voice acting for the animated show American Dad!.

Movie Career

Krusiec is well known for her leading role in the movie Saving Face (2005). She played a Chinese American surgeon named Wil. Her performance was so good that she was nominated for Best Actress at the Golden Horse Film Festival, a major awards show for Chinese-language films.

She has also acted in many other movies, including:

• Daddy Day Care as an English teacher
• Dumb and Dumberer as Cindy
• What Happens in Vegas as Chong
• The River Murders as Sung Li
• Knife Fight as Shannon

Stage and Theater

Besides TV and film, Krusiec is also a talented theater performer. She wrote and performed her own one-woman show called "Made in Taiwan." The show was performed in Los Angeles and New York.

She also toured with the play Chinglish, acting in major theaters in California and even at the Hong Kong Arts Festival. In 2018, she starred in the play Wild Goose Dreams at The Public Theater in New York City.

Selected Filmography

Film

Television

See also

In Spanish: Michelle Krusiec para niños