Ling-Hsueh Tang

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 Academy of the Arts, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (Drama) 1995.

Career Tang has been credited as Ling Cooper Tang since around 2016, according to IMDb.

Television In 1998 Tang appeared in Breakers. In 2001 she appeared on the cover of TV Week to promote the series.

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

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

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

On 13 September 2024, Tang was named as part of the extended cast for series two of crime drama Deadloch, which was released on 21 March 2026.

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.

Film Tang has appeared in several films, including Son of the Mask, Strange Planet, and Ghost Rider. In 2022 she played the voice of Floramae in the sci-fi drama Monolith, directed by Matt Vesely.

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.

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

Filmography

Television

Film

Theatre YearTitleRoleNotes 1995 Capricornia Cremorne Theatre, Brisbane with QUT 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), with And Moore Productions 2008 The Ghost Writer Claudia And Moore Productions