About Marline Yan
Born 1993. Marline Yan is a Canadian actor and film director.
Marline Yan (born January 9, 1993) is a Canadian actress and singer. Her most prominent appearance is in Canadian television series How To Be Indie.
Career Yan started acting and singing at ten years of age in shows from local theatre companies. In her first year of high school at John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, in London, Ontario, she was cast as the leading role in a production of Romeo and Juliet. At the age fourteen, she was first signed on to an agency and a year later was cast for the role of Abigail, a Filipino-Canadian girl who is also Indie's best friend in the YTV series How To Be Indie. Later that year, she appeared as Sophia in the successful Family Channel series Connor Undercover.
In 2010, Yan was cast in a minor two-episode role for Wingin' It, a children's series which also starred her How to Be Indie co-star Dylan Everett. She most recently completed a television film titled Made... The Movie and was cast for an upcoming film Trigger . Subsequently, she returned for a second season of How To Be Indie, which premiered in fall 2010.
Filmography
Film and television
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Who is Marline Yan?
Canadian actress
When was Marline Yan born?
Marline Yan was born on 9 January 1993 in St. Thomas.
What is Marline Yan's occupation?
Marline Yan is an actor and film director.
What nationality is Marline Yan?
Marline Yan is Canadian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Marline Yan. https://biography.guide/marline-yan/
MLA: "Marline Yan." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/marline-yan/.
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