Acting

Michelle Lang

Born 28 November 1980 · Utah, USA · 45

Michelle Misty Lang (born November 28, 1980, in Utah) is an American actress, producer, writer, and stunt performer who grew up in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. A graduate of Northwestern University's acting program with a concentration in business, she is a black belt in Wushu and has worked in both comedy and action genres. Her big break came in 2008 when she was cast as Linda Lee, Bruce Lee's American wife, in the 50-episode television series The Legend of Bruce Lee, for which she traveled across China and the U.S. training with the stunt crew. Her film credits include Date Movie (2006), Epic Movie (2007), Reno 911!: Miami (2007), Disaster Movie (2008), Vampires Suck (2010), Lost on Purpose (2013, which she also produced and which won multiple Best Feature awards at U.S. film festivals), Strangely in Love (2014, in which she produced and starred alongside Amanda Plummer), Waffle Street (2015), Small Town Crime (2017, where she pulled double duty as producer and actress alongside John Hawkes), Boyne Falls (2018), Miss Arizona (2018), and Fatman (2020, a dark comedy action film starring Mel Gibson). On television she co-starred and executive produced the Hulu comedy series Everyone Is Doing Great (2021) alongside James Lafferty and Stephen Colletti, and appeared in BAMF Girls Club (2012). Beyond acting, Lang runs her own production company, RBL Studios, and has served as producer, director, editor, and writer on several of her projects. She also lent her voice to multiple productions and performed motion capture for video games, and has done stage work including a version of Kill Bill in which she portrayed Uma Thurman's character.