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| name = Lia Chang

| image = Lia Chang in NY 2014.jpg

| caption = Lia Chang in [[Manhattan]]New York in 2014.

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

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

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'''Lia Chang''' (born September 29, 1963) is an American actress, journalist, and photographer.<ref name=Getting>[http://www.jademagazine.com/106me_chang.html "Getting Personal with Lia Chang and her Asian American Arts World"], ''Jade Magazine'', March–April 2014.</ref> After beginning her career modeling and acting in New York and on tour, Chang added parallel careers as a portrait and botanical photographer and journalist.

Chang's photographs have been exhibited in the United States and elsewhere and published in various media. 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]]. She has written as a syndicated columnist and as a writer and editor for AsianConnections.com, is a writer for AsAmNews.com and maintains a blog about the arts, culture, style, and [[Asian American]] issues.

==Early life==

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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://archive.org/details/asianamericanact00leej/page/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&amp;sq=lia%20chang&amp;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&amp;sq=lia%20chang&amp;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>

She has played the recurring character of Nurse Lia on the daytime soap operas ''[[One Life to Live]]'' and ''[[As the World Turns]]'', guest roles on other television shows and minor characters in several feature films.<ref name=Nugent/> In 2015, Chang co-produced, co-wrote and co-starred in the independent short film, ''Hide and Seek''.<ref name=Shootout>[http://www.prlog.org/12478513-the-winners-of-film-labs-11th-annual-72-hour-shootout-announced.html "The Winners of Film Lab's 11th Annual 72 Hour Shootout Announced!"], Prlog.org, July 25, 2015; [http://www.asianamericanfilmlab.com/72-hour-shootout/ "72-hour-shootout"], Asian American Film Lab, July 25, 2015, accessed August 3, 2015</ref><ref name=Nominee>[http://www.asamnews.com/2015/07/29/behind-the-scenes-with-actress-lia-chang/ "Playing Hide and Seek with Actress Lia Chang"], Asamnews.com, July 29, 2015; [https://liachang.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/hide-and-seek-final-copy.jpg ''Hide and Seek'' poster, showing awards], Bev's Girl Films, accessed August 8, 2015</ref> She is included in Joann Faung Jean Lee's 2000 book ''Asian American Actors: Oral histories from stage, screen, and television''.<ref name=Faung/>

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She was a syndicated columnist for KYODO News, writing about arts and entertainment in her "What's Hot in New York" column from 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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* 2011: "Portraits of New York Chinatown After 9/11" in the Asian Division Reading Room, Library of Congress, Washington DC<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"], ''hyphenmagazine.com'', San Francisco, September 9, 2011</ref>

* 2012: "In Rehearsal" in the Asian Division Reading Room of the Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

==See also==

* [[Chinese people in New York City]]

* [[New Yorkers in journalism]]

==References==