Michelle Krusiec

Michelle Krusiec (Xi Yan) is making her SCR debut after performing the lead role of Xi Yan in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre production. Krusiec is best known for her starring role opposite Joan Chen in the romantic comedy Saving Face, directed by Alice Wu. The role garnered her a Best Actress nomination for the Chinese Language Oscar, also known as the Golden Horse, in 2005. On stage she originated her tour-de-force solo show Made in Taiwan, which premiered at the 2002 HBO Aspen Comedy Arts Festival,… Show more the 2003 LA Women’s Theatre Festival, the 2005 New York Asian American Theatre Festival and the 2010 New York International Fringe Festival and Fringe Encores. Her selected film credits include Duplex, Far North, A Helping Hand, Henry Poole Is Here, Knife Fight, Nanking, Nixon, Pumpkin, Saving Face, Sweet Home Alabama, What Happens in Vegas, and Zoom Hunting (Taiwan). On television, she starred in the series “One World,” “Travelers,” and her favorite recurring/guest appearances include “Blue Bloods,” “Community,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “Fringe,” “Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Mind of the Married Man,” “Monk,” “Nip/Tuck,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” “Touch” and “Weeds.”

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