Michelle Ang

On television, her notable roles include Omega in Lucasfilm's Star Wars: The Bad Batch, Lori Lee in Australian soap opera Neighbours, and Alex in Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462. On film, Ang has had leading and supporting roles in a range of dramas and comedies. She has also worked for directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Jodie Foster, Shane Black and Jane Campion. In recent years, Ang's work has widened into directing and producing. She is a member of the Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand (DEGANZ). She nurtures young talent in her industry, as a guest mentor for the charitable filmmaking project Day One, based in Auckland. Ang also runs her own media production company called A Grain Of Rice.

• Name — Michelle Ang • Born — 17 October 1983 • Birthplace — Christchurch, New Zealand • Education — Victoria University of Wellington • Occupation — * Actor • producer • director • Years Active — 1997–present • Children — 1

Ang was born in Christchurch and is of Malaysian Chinese descent. She grew up in Wellington with her parents and younger sister. As a child, she was a dancer and performed with the Royal New Zealand Ballet in productions of The Nutcracker, A Midsummer Night's Dream and Romeo and Juliet. As a university student, she completed studies at Victoria University of Wellington for a double degree: a Bachelor of Commerce and Administration (B.C.A.) in Accounting with Commercial Law and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry.

Ang got her start in television at a young age through the family series Young Entertainers. Here, she got to show her skills at singing and dancing, much like The Mickey Mouse Club show on US television. She played Tai-San in the New Zealand post-apocalyptic drama The Tribe as part of the core cast from 1999 to 2001, and featured in the final episodes of the 2002 series. Ang also guest starred in the final 2 episodes of Xena: Warrior Princess as Akemi. Ang played Lori Lee in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, in which she was a major character from 2002 to 2003. Ang left Neighbours to finish her university studies but returned briefly in 2004. She appeared in 80 episodes in total. Ang was nominated for a Logie Award for Most Popular New Female Talent for this role. She played the role of Tracy Hong in the first two seasons of the New Zealand TV series Outrageous Fortune in 2005 and 2006. In 2007, Ang appeared in the American television drama South of Nowhere. In 2012, Ang starred in the MTV series Underemployed as an aspiring writer who has to settle for working at a donut shop. In 2015, Ang starred in the web series Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 as Alex, a passenger caught on a flight at the beginning of the zombie apocalypse, and went on to appear in the main series Fear the Walking Dead. Ang received an Emmy nomination for her work on Flight 462. In 2020, she had a recurring role in The New Legends of Monkey. She also guest starred in the rebooted series of The Twilight Zone screened on CBS All Access. In 2021 to 2024, Ang voiced a lead role in the Disney+ original animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch as Omega, a mysterious female clone of Jango Fett. She was invited to keep her native New Zealand accent for the role in homage to fellow New Zealander Temuera Morrison, who portrayed Jango Fett in the franchise. In 2023, Ang starred as Melissa Wu in the comedy series Homebound 3.0. It was initially screened in New Zealand on the Warner Bros. Discovery channel Three, which commissioned it. It has also been made available internationally via the BBC. In 2024, the series was renewed for a second season, which was broadcast in 2025. Also in 2025, Ang started work as a Series Producer for Be With Zee, an animated pre-school series to be broadcast in 2026. The series is a co-production between companies and broadcasters in New Zealand and Canada.

Ang has a son. Ang has named The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle as a book that influenced her.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1997–1998 — Young Entertainers — Super Trooper — Regular cast • 1999 — data-sort-value="Twist in the Tale, A" | William Shatner's A Twist in the Tale — Meesha — Season 1, Episode 14 • 1999–2002 — data-sort-value="Tribe, The" | The Tribe — Tai-San — Main role (seasons 1–3), 143 episodes • 2001 — Xena: Warrior Princess — Akemi — 2 episodes • 2002 — Being Eve — Masako — Season 2, Episode 7 • 2002–2004 — Neighbours — Lori Lee — 88 episodes • 2005 — The Market — Victoria Chen — Recurring role • 2005–2006 — Outrageous Fortune — Tracy Hong — 16 episodes • 2007–2008 — South of Nowhere — Lily Zee — 4 episodes • 2012–2013 — Underemployed — Sophia Swanson — 12 episodes • 2013 — Top of the Lake — Kimmie — 2 episodes; Mini-series • Grey's Anatomy — Cherise — Season 9, Episode 22 • Drop Dead Diva — Lanfen — Season 5, Episode 7 • Perception — Former National Guardwoman — Season 2, Episode 10 • 2014 — Rizzoli & Isles — Lucy Chen — Season 5, Episode 11 • 2015 — NCIS: Los Angeles — Taman Budiano — Season 6, Episode 19 "Blazing Glory" • 2015–2016 — Fear the Walking Dead: Flight 462 — Alex — Main role, web series, 16 episodes • 2016 — Fear the Walking Dead — Alex — Season 2, 2 episodes • 2017 — Best Thing You'll Ever Do — Sena • 2020 — data-sort-value="New Legends of Monkey, The" | The New Legends of Monkey — General Khan — Season 2, 7 Episodes • data-sort-value="Twilight Zone, The" | The Twilight Zone — Ling — Season 2, Episode 6 • 2021 — data-sort-value="Vegas" | Vegas — Miranda Lau — 6 episodes • data-sort-value="My Life is Murder" | My Life is Murder — Kathleen Boyce — Season 2, Episode 3 • Destination Love — Lisa — TV movie • 2021–2023 — Good Grief — Michelle — Seasons 1 & 2 • 2021–2024 — data-sort-value="Star Wars: Bad Batch, The" | Star Wars: The Bad Batch — Omega — Main role, Seasons 1-3, 47 episodes • 2023–2025 — Homebound 3.0 — Melissa Wu — Lead role, Seasons 1 & 2, 16 episodes

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2023 — Starfield — Sati Chandra — Voice

Michelle Ang is recorded as actress, film producer and film director.

Ang made her feature film debut in 2004's Futile Attraction. Ang had also appeared in a series of low-budget New Zealand short films including Forbidden Fury and Take 3. In 2006 she appeared in No.2, directed by Toa Fraser. In 2011 Ang portrayed a nerdy Chinese New Zealander in the romantic comedy My Wedding and Other Secrets, her first lead role in a feature. It won her the Best Lead Actress in a Feature Film Award at the 2011 New Zealand Aotearoa Film & Television Awards. Her other film credits include Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son and Triple 9. Prior to her role in The Bad Batch, Ang had auditioned for Star Wars: The Last Jedi. As a child, she had also auditioned for the Cho Chang role in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2004 — Forbidden Fury — Terry Spears — Short film • Futile Attraction — Violet McKenzie • 2006 — Naming Number Two — Grace • 2008 — Take 3 — Melanie Shum — Short film • 2010 — The Beaver — Japanese translator • 2011 — Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son — Mia — Feature film • My Wedding and Other Secrets — Emily • data-sort-value="Potential Wives of Norman Mao, The" | The Potential Wives of Norman Mao — Suzy Fong — Short film • 2013 — Echoes — Singer — Short film • 2014 — data-sort-value="Taking of Deborah Logan, The" | The Taking of Deborah Logan — Mia Medina • 2015 — Fallen Stars — Daisy • 2016 — Triple 9 — Detective Trina Ling — Feature film • 2017 — Simularity — Daisy — Short film • 2018 — For Izzy — Dede — Feature film • 2019 — High Flying Bird — Rachel — Feature film • 2019 — I Want To Marry A Creative Jewish Girl — Rosy — Short film • 2023 — The Paragon — Beth — Feature film • 2024 — Nai/Milk — Kim — Short film • 2025 — POP! — Short film • 2025 — Insula — Feature, in production • 2025 — Play Dirty — Bett — Feature film