Lynn Chen (Chinese: 陳凌; pinyin: chén líng) is an American actress. Lynn Chen is best-known for playing "Vivian Shing" in Sony Pictures Classic's feature film Saving Face, a role for which she won the "Outstanding Newcomer Award" at the 2006 Asian Excellence Awards.[1]
Early life[]
Chen was born in Queens, New York and raised in Cresskill, New Jersey.[2] Her mother is an opera singer and father was the founding president of The Kunqu Society, Inc. She has one brother; he is also in the music field. Her parents came to America from Taiwan in the late 60’s. She is currently married to Abe Forman-Greenwald.
Chen attended Wesleyan University.
Filmography[]
Movies[]
- Why Am I doing This? 2009
- The People I've Slept With 2009
- White on Rice 2009
- Lakeview Terrace 2008
- X's and O's 2007
- I'm Through with White Girls (The Inevitable Undoing of Jay Brooks)
- Mentor 2006
- Little Manhattan 2005
- Fly Me Home 2005
- Saving Face 2004
- Fortune 2002
- Up to the Roof 2002
TV episodes[]
- The Singles Table 2006
- Numb3rs 2005
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury 2005
- All My Children 2003
- Saturday Night Live 2002
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2001
References[]
- ↑ Official Website of Lynn Chen
- ↑ Chang, Althea D. "Asian American and Female in American Television and Films: Lynn Chen from All My Children", AsianLife Magazine. Accessed September 30, 2007. "As a young student in Cresskill, NJ, she was defined by her acting, so she eventually wanted to try something new."
External links[]
- Official Website of Lynn Chen
- Lynn Chen at the Internet Movie Database
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