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| image = Lia Chang in NY 2014.jpg

| caption = Lia Chang in New York in 2014.

| birth_date =~~September~~{{birth ~~29,~~date and age|1963|09|29}}

| birth_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]], U.S.

| occupation = ~~Actor~~Actress, ~~Photographer~~photographer, ~~Journalist, Filmmaker~~journalist

| years active = 1981–present

| website = {{URL|www.liachang.com}}

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==Acting and modeling==

Chang began her career as a model, eventually serving as a petite model for [[Liz Claiborne]] for nine years, among other accounts.<ref name=Faung>Lee, [https://~~books~~archive.~~google.com~~org/details/asianamericanact00leej/page/~~books?id=FT34Zr2F7EIC&pg=PA62~~62 "Lia Chang"], pp. 62–68</ref>

Chang made her feature film debut in [[Berry Gordy]]'s ''[[The Last Dragon]]'' in 1984, followed by [[John Carpenter]]'s ''[[Big Trouble in Little China]]'' in 1985.<ref>Yamamoto, J.K. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150716112310/http://www.rafu.com/2015/05/a-little-china-reunion/ "A ''Little China'' Reunion"], ''[[Rafu Shimpo]]'', May 7, 2015</ref> In 1986, Chang made her professional stage debut as Liat in a North American tour of [[Rodgers and Hammerstein]]'s ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'', starring [[Robert Goulet]] and [[Barbara Eden]], and directed by [[Geraldine Fitzgerald]].<ref name=Nugent>Nugent, Patrick. [http://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Pauletta-Pearson-Washington-and-Roscoe-Orman-Lead-Cast-in-Revival-of-Lorey-Hayes-POWER-PLAY-1018-20121016 "Pauletta Pearson Washington and Roscoe Orman Lead Cast in Revival of Lorey Hayes' ''Power Play''"], October 16, 2012, accessed August 1, 2015</ref> In 1990, she made her New York stage debut in Richard Caliban’s ''Famine Plays'' with Cucaracha Theatre Company.<ref>Gussow, Mel. [https://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/03/theater/review-theater-dark-visions-of-america-in-a-modern-depression.html?scp=2&sq=lia%20chang&st=cse "Review/ Theater; Dark Visions of America In a Modern Depression"], ''The New York Times'', November 3, 1990, accessed August 6, 2015</ref> During her association with that company, she appeared in ''[[Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'' (1991)<ref>Holden, Stephen. [https://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/12/theater/review-theater-a-politically-correct-two-gentlemen.html?scp=8&sq=lia%20chang&st=cse "Review/ Theater; A Politically Correct ''Two Gentlemen''], ''The New York Times'', December 12, 1991, accessed August 6, 2015</ref> and the late night theater soap opera ''Underground Soap''.<ref name=Nugent/> She played Angela in ''Waitin' 2 End Hell'', directed by [[Woodie King, Jr.]], at the New Federal Theatre, and starred as Jing-mei Woo in an adaptation of ''[[Two Kinds]]'', directed by [[Isaiah Sheffer]] at [[Symphony Space]], which she also performed for broadcast on [[National Public Radio]].<ref name=BackstageResume>[https://www.backstage.com/liachang/ "Lia Chang"], Backstage.com, accessed August 6, 2015</ref> In 1993, at [[La MaMa]] she played Princess Noel in Lonnie Carter’s ''Gulliver'' in 1993,<ref>Bruckner, D. J. R. [https://www.nytimes.com/1993/10/13/theater/theater-in-review-782193.html?scp=6&sq=lia%20chang&st=cse "Review/Theater: ''Gulliver''"], ''The New York Times'', October 13, 1993, accessed August 6, 2015</ref> and she played Suzie in ''Hot Keys'', by [[Jeff Weiss]], with the Naked Angels Theatre Company with the [[Signature Theatre Company (New York City)|Signature Theatre Company]]. In 1996, she was Sally and Joy in [[Sam Shepard]]'s play ''Chicago'' at the [[Public Theater]].<ref name=Nugent/> In 2005 at the Billie Holiday Theatre she played Carole Barbara in Lorey Hayes' ''Power Play''.<ref name="nydailynews.com">McCallister, Jared. [http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/caribbean-week-set-kick-article-1.619401 "Caribbean Week Set to Kick Off"], ''New York Daily News'', May 29, 2005, accessed August 8, 2015</ref> She reprised her role in the revival of ''Power Play'' at the 2013 [[National Black Theatre Festival]].<ref name="News and Record">DeCwikiel-Kane, Dawn. [http://www.news-record.com/go_triad/article_ca333bfa-f4a2-11e2-8338-0019bb30f31a.html "National Black Theatre Festival: NC Natives Bring ‘Power Play’ to the Festival"], ''News and Record'', July 25, 2013, accessed August 8, 2015</ref>

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;Selected filmography

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| 1985 || ''[[The Last Dragon]] ''|| ''Girl Student''

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In 2010, the "Lia Chang Theater Photography and Other Works Portfolio" was established in the Asian Pacific American Performing Arts Collection housed in the [[Library of Congress]].<ref>[https://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2011/11-133.html "New Anthology of Asian American Plays Is Subject of Book Talk July 27"], Library of Congress, July 15, 2011, accessed July 31, 2015</ref> In 2011, ''In Rehearsal'', a display of 36 photographs drawn from that Portfolio were on view in the Asian Division Reading Room at the Library of Congress,<ref>[http://dc.broadwayworld.com/article/Photo-Flash-Library-of-Congress-IN-REHEARSAL-Exhibit-20110726 "Photo Flash: Library of Congress' ''In Rehearsal'' Exhibit"], Broadwayworld.com, July 26, 2011, accessed August 6, 2015</ref> and her "Portraits of New York Chinatown After 9/11" were featured in a Post 9-11 Commemorative Display for the 10th Anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center.<ref>Lapid, Robin. [http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2011/09/remembering-911-events-and-resource-guide "Remembering 9/11: An Events and Resource Guide"], ''[[Hyphen (magazine)|Hyphen]]'' magazine', September 9, 2011, accessed August 4, 2015</ref> In 2015, in ''[[Playbill]]'', Laura Heywood picked Chang for her top ten list of "Most Useful Theatre Women on Social Media", writing: "Whether it's a live performance, on a red carpet, or behind the scenes at an awards show or opening night, Lia seems to always capture a moment of perfect realness between a star's planned poses. I always feel like I know the subjects more intimately than I did before viewing her photos."<ref>Heywood, Laura. [http://playbill.com/news/article/retweet-broadwaygirlnycs-picks-for-most-useful-theatre-women-on-social-media-355230 "Retweet! BroadwayGirlNYC's Picks For Most Useful Theatre Women on Social Media"], ''Playbill'', July 31, 2015</ref>

Portraits from Chang's Asian American Pioneer Series are published in ''Chinese Americans: The Immigration Experience'' (2000) by Peter Kwong and Dusanka Miscevic.<ref>Kwong, ''passim''. Portraits include [[Ang Lee]], [[David Henry Hwang]], [[Yeohlee]], [[David Chu (designer)|David Chu]], [[Maxine Hong Kingston]] and [[Ti-Hua Chang]].</ref> Portraits by Chang have been published in several other books.<ref name=ChangExhibitsPublications/> A photograph by Chang appeared on the book cover for ''But Still Like Air'' (2010) by Velina Houston.<ref>Houston, Velina. [https://books.google.com/books?id=3RCMjVFYpmEC&pg=PA515 "About the Contributors"], ''But Still Like Air'', Temple University Press (2010), p. 515 {{ISBN|1439906122}}</ref> Her photographs have also appeared in such publications as ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]], [[Women’s Wear Daily]], [[The Paris Review]], [[TV Guide]], [[Daily Variety]], [[Interior Design (magazine)|Interior Design]], [[American Theatre (magazine)|American Theatre]], [[Washington Post]]'', ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]'', ''[[New York Magazine]]'', ''[[Playbill.com]]'', ''Theater Mania'', ''[[USA Today]]'', ''[[The Boston Globe]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[San Diego Union-Tribune]]'', ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[MinnPost]]'', ''[[The Independent Weekly]]'', ''[[The Villager (Manhattan)|The Villager]]'', ''[[Windy City Times]]'', ''[[MPR News]]'', ''[[Chicago Magazine]]'', ''[[Boston.com]]'' and ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]''.<ref name=ChangAbout/><ref name=Photos/><ref>Tran, Diep. [http://www.backstage.com/review/ny-theater/off-off-broadway/knock-me-a-kiss/ "Knock Me a Kiss"], ''[[Backstage (magazine)|Backstage]]'', November 22, 2010, accessed August 1, 2015; Kachka, Boris. [http://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/55479/ "The Impressionist: André De Shields"], ''New York'' magazine, March 22, 2009, accessed August 1, 2015; Clement, Olivia. [http://www.playbill.com/news/article/victory-gardens-new-play-festival-to-feature-solo-show-by-andr-de-shields-350298 "Victory Gardens' New Play Festival to Feature Solo Show by André De Shields"], ''Playbill'', June 1, 2015; [http://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/news/05-2014/cori-thomas-and-daniella-topol-to-participate-in-t_68671.html "Cori Thomas and Daniella Topol to Participate in Talkback for ''When January Feels Like Summer''"], TheaterMania.com, May 27, 2014, accessed August 1, 2015; Freydkin, Donna. [http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-08-07-sarah-jessica-parker_N.htm "A sniff of 'Sex,' a spray of success for Sarah Jessica Parker"], ''USA Today'', August 8, 2007, accessed August 1, 2015; Wada, Karen. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/08/bd-wong-plays-favorites-in-herringbone.html "BD Wong Plays Favorites in ''Herringbone''"], August 1, 2009, accessed August 1, 2015; Espeland, Pamela. [https://www.minnpost.com/artscape/2015/05/couldnt-keep-media-all-over-mn-orchestra-cuba-trip-mondale-collection-northern-clay "Couldn't keep up? Media all over MN Orchestra Cuba trip; Mondale Collection at Northern Clay"], ''MinnPost'', May 19, 2015; Ariail, Kate Dobbs. [http://www.indyweek.com/artery/archives/2014/04/24/theater-review-playmakers-hold-these-truths "Theater review: ''PlayMakers' Hold These Truths''"], ''[[The Independent Weekly]]'', April 24, 2014, accessed August 1, 2015; Stiffler, Scott. [http://thevillager.com/2014/01/23/generating-black-theater-for-todays-generation/ "Generating ‘black theater’ for today’s generation"], January 23, 2014, accessed August 1, 2015; Morgan, Scott C. [http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Talking-with-Victory-Gardens-Chay-Yew/35928.html "Talking with Victory Gardens' Chay Yew"], ''[[Windy City Times]]'', February 1, 2012, accessed August 1, 2015; and English, Bella. [http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2009/09/04/andre_de_shields_is_a_one_man_history_lesson/ "A one-man history lesson"], Boston.com, September 4, 2009, accessed August 1, 2015</ref>

==Journalism==

Chang studied film and communications at [[Hunter College]].<ref name=ChangAbout/> She is an [[Asian American Journalists Association]] Executive Leadership Graduate (2000), a Western Knight Fellow at USC's Annenberg College of Communications for Specialized Journalism on Entertainment Journalism in the Digital Age (2000), a [[National Press Photographers Association]] Visual Edge/Visual Journalism Fellow at the [[Poynter Institute]] for New Media (2001), a [[Scripps Howard]] New Media Fellow at the [[Columbia Graduate School of Journalism]] (2002),<ref name=Lens>[http://v1.asianconnections.com/community/events/2002/05/22/lia.chang.exhibit/ "Through the Lens of Lia Chang"], AsianConnections.com, May 2002, accessed August 3, 2015</ref> and a [[National Tropical Botanical Garden]] Environmental Journalism Fellow (2003).<ref name=ChangAbout/>

She was a syndicated columnist for KYODO News, writing about arts and entertainment in her "~~What’s~~What's Hot in New York" column from ~~1995-2004~~1995–2004.<ref name=ChangAbout/> In 1997 ''Avenue Asia'' magazine named Chang as one of the "One Hundred Most Influential Asian Americans".<ref name=Yellowbridge/> In 2000, she received an [[Organization of Chinese Americans]] Chinese American Journalist Award for an article entitled, "An Active Vision"," which detailed the life of her mother, Beverly Umehara, a secretary and mother of four, who became a labor activist and president of the national executive board of the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance.<ref name=JDANG/> In 2001, she received the [[Asian American Journalists Association]] 2001 National Award for New Media for an article she wrote about her grandmother’s harrowing journey through the Angel Island Immigration Station.<ref name=Lens/>

Chang is an editor and writer for AsianConnections.com,<ref>Joe Kai, Suzanne. [http://www.asianconnections.com/about-us "About us"], AsianConnections.com, accessed August 5, 2015; [http://v1.asianconnections.com/life/features/2002/08/30/recovering.chinatown/ "Documenting a Community on the Brink, New York Chinatown Post-September 11"], AsianConnections.com, 2002, accessed July 31, 2015</ref> Arts and Entertainment reporter for AsAmNews.com<ref>[http://www.asamnews.com/tag/lia-chang/ "Posts by Tag: Lia Chang"], AsAmNews.com, accessed August 8, 2015</ref> and an arts reviewer for ''All Digitocracy''.<ref>Chang, Lia. [http://alldigitocracy.org/inside-china-through-the-looking-glass-at-the-met-part-2/ "Inside ''China: Through the Looking Glass'' at The Met, Part 2"], ''All Digitocracy'', May 26, 2015</ref> She maintains a blog about the arts, culture, style and Asian American issues, ''Backstage Pass with Lia Chang''.<ref>Chang, Lia. [https://liachang.wordpress.com/lia-chang-articles-archive/ "Articles by Lia Chang Archive"], ''Backstage Pass with Lia Chang'', accessed August 5, 2015</ref>

==Awards and honors==

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==Sources==

{{cite book |title= Chinese Americans: The Immigrant Experience by [[Peter Kwong (academic)|Peter Kwong]] and Dusanka Miscevic |year=2000 |isbn= 978-0-88363-128-7|last1=Mišṙevir̈ |first1=Duanka Duana |last2=Miscevic |first2=Dusanka |last3=Kwong |first3=Peter }}

*{{cite book|last=Lee|first=Joann Faung Jean|title=Asian American Actors: Oral Histories from Stage, Screen, and Television|publisher=McFarland|year=2000|isbn=0786407301|chapter=Aspiring Actors|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/asianamericanact00leej}}

== External links ==

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[[Category:American women photographers]]

[[Category:Photographers from San Francisco]]

[[Category:21st-century American women]]