Tina Huang

• Name — Tina Huang • Born — 28 October 1981 • Birthplace — Dallas, Texas, United States • Occupation — Stage and television actress • Years Active — 2007–present • Education — Tisch School of the Arts • Website — http: www.tinahuang.com

Huang's parents immigrated to New York City where her two older brothers were born. Then the family moved to Dallas, Texas, where she was born and lived with her mother, brothers and grandfather. Her father went back to New York because he couldn't find work in Dallas at the time. When she turned five, the family moved back to New York. For her, it was a cultural shock moving from the countryside to NYC, and she "felt like I was really intellectually challenged. How lucky was I that I got to go to the Guggenheim or the Metropolitan Museum of Art whenever I wanted?" Huang was raised in Chinatown and on the Lower East Side in New York City. Being a first generation Taiwanese-American, she is fluent in Mandarin Chinese, and used her language skills to host an episode of the YouTube travel show Resident in Shanghai, although she hesitated to return to her "motherland" after being born and raised in America: "It dawned on me that in Shanghai, I was a foreigner. Maybe that's part of the fear I had coming to Shanghai, to realize I wasn't Chinese".

Huang studied theatre at LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts and graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, She then completed Meisner technique training at The Baron Brown Studios in Santa Monica, California, where she moved in 2003. Huang's practical experiences include travelling for a 14-day cultural exchange with students at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa, studying for a semester in Florence, Italy, and performing in an off-Broadway musical called Kaspar Hauser, which was created and directed by Liz Swados. Her stage credits include the award-winning production of Amy Tan's Immortal Heart that toured in the USA and in France in 2010, and the 2012 production of Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over. Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over garnered positive reviews. The sketch comedy show was created by J. Michael Feldman, based on a collection of "original fairy tales with morals and lessons for adults, such as 'The Tale of the Bipolar Bear' and the "'Co-dependent Eskimo'". The six members of the cast alternate between two shows with a different set of tales. They use hand puppets, camp costumes and a few colourful props, and the fairy tales are told with a "mix of live actors in animal costumes and puppets". The show was played for the past five years at theatres in the Los Angeles area, and was presented at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2015. Huang is a founding member of the Ammunition Theater Company in Los Angeles, and she is its present co-artistic director.

Tina Huang's mother was diagnosed with early onset atypical Parkinson's disease. Searching for advice and information, she got in contact with the National Parkinson's Foundation and the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research. She also supports the Lower Eastside Girls Club of New York, (LESGC) which provides community-based holistic programs and services for girls and young women. As co-director of the Ammunition Theatre Company, Huang supports the company's "mission to reflect the diverse and evolving identity of America and to engage with the community around us." Huang married Mickey Pentecost on June 18, 2005.

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 2007 — The Young and the Restless — Prison Guard — TV series (1 episode) • 2008 — Pig Hunt — Brooks • 2008 — The Highs & Lows of Milo Brown — Short film • 2008 — Chuck — Maureen Mitsubishi — TV series (1 episode) • 2009 — The Man — Marcy Haggle • 2009 — La mission — Dr. Chang (uncredited) • 2009 — Numb3rs — Ni-Shu — TV series (1 episode) • 2009 — Dough Boys — Zena • 2009 — Dyspareunia — Woman — Short film • 2008–2009 — Days of Our Lives — Josie Jordan — TV series (2 episodes) • 2009 — Tenderloin — Skyler • 2010 — House M.D. — Public Defender — TV series (1 episode) • 2010 — The Office — On-Air Reporter — TV series (2 episodes) • 2010 — CSI: NY — Reporter — TV series (1 episode) • 2010 — Criminal Minds — Reporter — TV series (1 episode) • 2010 — Castle — Photo Tech — TV series (1 episode) • 2010 — The Whole Truth — Manicurist — TV series (1 episode) • 2010 — 1 vs. 100 — Stand In — TV series (unknown episodes) • 2011 — Brothers & Sisters — ER Doctor — TV series (1 episode) • 2011 — Drive — Waitress • 2011 — Larry Crowne — Team Leader #2 • 2011 — Revenge of the Nerds — Nerd #3 — Short film • 2010–2011 — Law & Order: LA — Tech Stacey Maris — TV series (3 episodes) • 2011–2012 — Switched at Birth — Tina Choi — TV series (2 episodes) • 2012 — 90210 — Officer #1 — TV series (1 episode) • 2012 — Mermates — Michelle — TV series (1 episode) • 2012 — Emerald Acres — Ming — TV film • 2012 — Hollywood Heights — Lily Park — TV series (53 episodes) • 2012 — Childrens Hospital — Tourist Mom — TV series (1 episode) • 2012 — SuperFans — Tracy — Short film • 2013 — Kroll Show — Declutter Specialist — TV series (1 episode) • 2013 — Camp — Counselor • 2007–2014 — General Hospital — Dr. Linda Chu — TV series (10 episodes) • 2014 — Perfect on Paper — Lisa — TV film • 2014 — CSI: Crime Scene Investigation — I.A. Detective Karen Park — TV series (1 episode) • 2015 — Nerd Court — Anti-Riker — TV series (1 episode) • 2011–2016 — Rizzoli & Isles — Susie Chang — TV series (31 episodes) • 2015–2016 — The Night Shift — Janet — TV series (2 episodes) • 2016 — Powerhouse — Susan McMann — TV series (1 episode) • 2016 — Shameless — Yvonne — TV series (1 episode) • 2016 — Maximum Ride — Dr. Rosen • 2016 — My Dead Boyfriend — Stripper Mimi • 2017 — Xin — Elaine — Short film • 2017 — Scandal — Madeline Stewart — TV series (1 episode) • 2017 — Catching the Break — Kim Chan — TV series (1 episode) • 2017 — The Bold and the Beautiful — Dr. Campbell — TV series (6 episodes) • 2018 — Arrow — Kimberly Hill — TV series (6 episodes) • 2018 — A Night to Regret — Detective Morita — TV film • 2020–present — Days of Our Lives — Melinda Trask — Recurring Role • 2020 — Grey's Anatomy — Roxanne — Episode:"A Hard Pill to Swallow" • 2021 — Star Wars: The Bad Batch — ES-02 (voice) — TV series (3 episodes) • 2023 — NCIS — Captain Boggs — Episode:"Butterfly Effect

• 2015: Fairy Tale Theatre: 18 & Over, ACME Theatre/Groundlings Theatre, Los Angeles • 2014: Iamafest, IAMA Theatre Company, Los Angeles • Mr. Fujiyama's Electric Beach, Cutting Ball Theater, San Francisco • Stairway to Heaven, Campo Santo, San Francisco • 2010: Immortal Heart, Word for Word, San Francisco • 2010: Oregon Trail Live!, San Francisco • Kaspar Hauser, American Theatre of Actors, New York City • A Midsummer Night's Dream, Wildflower Productions, New York City • Talk to Me like the Rain and let Me listen, NYU Tisch, New York City • Machinal, The Currican Theatre, New York City