Dianne Doan | |
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Born | Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada | September 8, 1990
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 2010–present |
Spouse | Manny Jacinto |
Dianne Doan (born September 8, 1990) is a Canadian actress. She is known for portraying Kora in season 7 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and as the character of Mai Ling in Cinemax's Warrior.
Doan was born and raised in Abbotsford, British Columbia. [1] She is of Vietnamese descent, and has Chinese ancestry through her half Chinese grandmother. [2]
She first developed an interest in acting in grade 9 when she took drama classes as an elective. She started technical training in dance at the age of 10. [3]
As a young adult, she later performed as a dancer in the Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and as a back-up dancer for Michael Bublé. In addition, she's worked as a dancer to other music videos for recording artists including Big Time Rush and Marianas Trench as well as worked on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance . [3]
While she's made small appearances on shows like ABC's Once Upon a Time and TV Land's Impastor , her big break came when she was cast in the Disney Channel made-for-television film Descendants as Lonnie, the daughter of Mulan and Li Shang. Disney's Descendants expanded into a successful franchise including prequel live-action mini-series (which aired before the initial film), a sequel and an animated spin-off.
In 2016, she was cast in a major recurring role in History Channel's Vikings as Yidu for season four. [4] Following that, she starred in a major role Verizon (go90) and AwesomenessTV's webseries Guidance where she played twin sisters. [5]
In 2017, she joined the main cast of Cinemax's Warrior as the character of Mai Ling as a Series Regular. The series is produced by filmmaker Justin Lin, based on an original concept by the late Bruce Lee. [6]
In 2019, she became engaged to actor Manny Jacinto. [7]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2010 | Tower Prep | Lisa | Episode: "Monitored" |
2013 | Once Upon a Time | Isra | Episode: "Selfless, Brave and True" |
Impastor | Chelsea | Episode: "Genesis" | |
2015 | Descendants: School of Secrets | Lonnie / Secret Blogger | Television shorts; voice role |
Descendants | Lonnie | Television film | |
2015–2017 | Descendants: Wicked World | Lonnie | Television shorts; voice role |
2016 | Vikings | Yidu | Recurring role (season 4); 7 episodes |
2017 | Descendants 2 | Lonnie | Television film |
Guidance | Faith and Grace Park-Jensen | Web series; main role (season 3) | |
Legends of Tomorrow | Anh Ly | Episode: "Welcome to the Jungle" [8] | |
Last Night in Suburbia | Rachel | Film | |
2019 | Good Trouble | Kate | 3 episodes |
2019–2023 | Warrior | Mai Ling | Main role; 30 episodes |
2020 | Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Kora | Recurring role (season 7); 6 episodes |
2024 | Better Half | Daphne | Film |
Tracker | Sun Mai | Episode: "Chicago" | |
Reunion | Lisa | Film | |
Grey's Anatomy | Molly Tran | 2 episodes |
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