Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 1, 1962
Place of Birth:
Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
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Diana Lin
Biography
Diana Lin (also called Xiaojie Lin) is a Chinese Australian actress. For her performance in Under the Skin she was nominated for the 1994 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama.
Lin began her career in China where from 14 years old she started training for the Chinese Beijing Opera Company as a singer before going to Shanghai and taking up acting with the city's Theatre Academy. She started taking on film roles such as Shang Jie with the Pearl River Film Studio in Guangzhou. She migrated to Australia in the early 1990s, basing herself in Sydney. Her first featured role there was in the fifth episode of 1993's anthology TV series Under The Skin. Soon after she moved away from acting due to the lack of good Asian roles. She made her return to acting in The Family Law. She then went on to land a major role in the 2019 American film The Farewell.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Big World | Chen Suqun |
| 2023 | The Portable Door | Mrs. Dao |
| 2023 | The Portable Door | Mrs. Dao (Bank of the Dead) |
| 2020 | Lonely Blue Night | Mother |
| 2019 | The Farewell | Lu Jian |
| 2017 | Australia Day | Madam |
| 1989 | Women's Story | Pregnant Woman |
| 1989 | Business Circles | |
| 1988 | Cops and Desperados | 梅容 |
| 1988 | 警官与侦探 | |
| 1986 | Country Folk | 白银 |
| 1984 | 人生没有单行道 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Interior Chinatown | Lily Wu |
| 2023 | The Long Season | Luo Meisu |
| 2016 | The Family Law | Maisy |
| Those Days | Yue Xiu'e | |
| 老去的家 | Lin Haixia | |
| 奇迹 |