Melissa Tang

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Melissa Tang
Born
Education Carnegie Mellon University (BFA)
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Melissa Tang is an American actress.

Early life and education

Tang was born in Los Angeles, California, and is of Chinese descent.[ citation needed ]

Contents

She graduated with a BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007. [1]

Career

She has guest starred in The Big Bang Theory , Mom , The Unit , Lie to Me , CSI: Crime Scene Investigation , Harry's Law , Good Luck Charlie , New Girl and Baby Daddy . She has also appeared in the films Beginners (2010) and the internet film Inside (2011).

She co-starred as April Cho in the Fox sitcom The Goodwin Games , [2] which premiered in May 2013. [3]

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006The Routes of Wild FlowersContestant #1
2008Man Stroke WomanVarious charactersTV film
2008 The Unit AnnaEpisode: "Sacrifice"
2009 Lie to Me Young WomanEpisode: "Blinded"
2009 Post Grad College Friend #1
2010 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Erin NaganoEpisode: "Long Ball"
2010 Beginners Liz
2010My Freakin' FamilyLlewelynUnsold TV pilot
2011 Inside Jennifer Myer
2011 Harry's Law Marnie RussertEpisode: "Head Games"
2012 New Girl JennEpisode: "Backslide"
2012 Good Luck Charlie RitaEpisode: "Special Delivery"
2012 Baby Daddy KatieEpisode: "Something Borrowed, Something Ben"
2013 The Goodwin Games April ChoSeries regular
2013 A Good Day To Die Hard Lucas
2013 How I Met Your Mother AmandaEpisode: "The Broken Code"
2014 Mom Suzanne Taylor4 episodes
2015 The Big Bang Theory Mandy ChaoEpisode: "The Separation Oscillation"
2017 Young Sheldon Ms. FenleyRecurring role
2018–2019,
2021
The Kominsky Method MargaretRecurring role
2020 Hawaii Five-0 Erin Hong Hawaii Five-0 and Magnum P.I. crossover event
2020 Magnum P.I.
2022 Who Invited Them Margo

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References

  1. "School of Drama Class of 2017". Carnegie Mellon University School of Drama. Archived from the original on 2020-02-04. Retrieved 2020-02-04.
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