M. J. Kang

M.J. Kang is a Canadian and American playwright and actress.

Early life and education Born in Seoul, South Korea, Kang immigrated to Toronto, Ontario with her family at the age of two. She studied with the Playwrights Unit at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre. She is the first Korean-Canadian playwright to be professionally produced on Canadian stages.

Career Kang's plays include Noran Bang: The Yellow Room, Blessings and Questioning Condoms, She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre Division in 1998 for Noran Bang: The Yellow Room.

As an actress, Kang had a regular role in the 1997 television series Riverdale, recurring guest starring roles on Star Wars: Skeleton Crew, Gangnam Project, Seal Team, and made guest appearances in E.N.G., Earth: Final Conflict, The City, Doc, Strong Medicine and Medium. On stage, she has performed in productions of Jean Yoon's The Yoko Ono Project, Laurie Fyffe's The Malaysia Hotel and Oren Safdie's Private Jokes, Public Places. She has performed in productions of Private Jokes, Public Places in Toronto, New York City, London, Los Angeles and Berkeley, California.

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Television