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Diana Lin

Acting
Known For

63 Years Old

Diana Lin (also called Xiaojie Lin) is a Chinese Australian actress. For her performance in Under the Skin she was nominated for the 1994 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. Lin began her career in China where from 14 years old she started training for the Chinese Beijing Opera Company as a singer before going to Shanghai and taking up acting with the city's Theatre Academy. She started taking on film roles such as Shang Jie with the Pearl River Film Studio in Guangzhou. She migrated to Australia in the early 1990s, basing herself in Sydney. Her first featured role there was in the fifth episode of 1993's anthology TV series Under The Skin. Soon after she moved away from acting due to the lack of good Asian roles. She made her return to acting in The Family Law. She then went on to land a major role in the 2019 American film The Farewell.

Born

Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China on 1st January 1962

All Credits

Interior Chinatown Image
Interior Chinatown
Lily Wu
The Family Law Image
The Family Law
Maisy
The Long Season Image
The Long Season
Luo Meisu
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老去的家
Lin Haixia
Big World Image
Big World
Chen Suqun
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The Miracles
The Farewell Image
The Farewell
Lu Jian
Those Days Image
Those Days
Yue Xiu'e
The Portable Door Image
The Portable Door
Mrs. Dao (Bank of the Dead)
The Portable Door Image
The Portable Door
Mrs. Dao
Australia Day Image
Australia Day
Madam
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Lonely Blue Night
Mother
Women's Story Image
Women's Story
Pregnant Woman
Business Circles Image
Business Circles
Country Folk Image
Country Folk
白银
警官与侦探 Image
警官与侦探
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Cops and Desperados
梅容
人生没有单行道 Image
人生没有单行道
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Suicide Club in Southeast Asia