---
name: "Diana Lin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lin-xiao-jie"
fi1m_id: "lin-xiao-jie"
imdb_id: "nm1257707"
tmdb_id: 2309752
wikidata_id: "Q122840025"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-18T00:04:15.381519+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Diana Lin

## Identity

Diana Lin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lin-xiao-jie
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lin-xiao-jie
- **IMDb ID:** nm1257707
- **TMDB ID:** 2309752
- **Wikidata ID:** Q122840025
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Lin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122840025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1257707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2309752

Actor. Born 1 January 1962 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1962, Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China
- **Also known as:** Lin Xiao Jie, Xiaojie Lin, 林晓杰
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Lin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q122840025, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1257707/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2309752

## Biography

Diana Lin, also credited as Xiaojie Lin or Lin Xiao Jie (Chinese: 林晓杰), is a Chinese-Australian actress. She is known for her role as Lu Jian in the 2019 film *The Farewell*.

Born in 1962 in Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China, Lin trained from the age of 14 with the Chinese Beijing Opera Company before studying acting at the Shanghai Theatre Academy. She began her career in Chinese film and television in the 1980s, including roles in *Women's Story* (1989). She migrated to Australia in the early 1990s and appeared in the anthology series *Under the Skin* (1993), for which she received an AFI Award nomination.

After a hiatus, Lin returned to acting in the Australian comedy series *The Family Law* (2016–2019), earning Equity Ensemble Awards. Her later credits include *The Portable Door* (2023), *The Long Season* (2023), *Big World* (2024) and *Interior Chinatown* (2024).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Farewell* (2019), Fi1m 84, as Lu Jian — [page](https://film.one/film/the-farewell.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Road Not Taken* (2026), Actor
- *Fight Against Evil 3* (2026), as Wang Xiuqin
- *The Miracles* (2025), series, as Zhang Li Fen
- *Those Days* (2025), series, as Yue Xiu'e
- *Big World* (2024), as Chen Suqun
- *Interior Chinatown* (2024), series, as Lily Wu
- *The Long Season* (2023), series, as Luo Meisu
- *The Portable Door* (2023), as Mrs. Dao
- *Lonely Blue Night* (2020), as Mother
- *The Farewell* (2019), as Lu Jian — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-farewell.md)
- *Australia Day* (2017), as Madam
- *The Family Law* (2016), series, as Maisy
- *Suicide Club in Southeast Asia* (1990), Actor
- *Women's Story* (1989), as Pregnant Woman
- *Business Circles* (1989), Actor
- *Cops and Desperados* (1988), as 梅容
- *警官与侦探* (1988), Actor
- *幸福不是毛毛雨* (1987), Actor
- *Country Folk* (1986), as 白银
- *人生没有单行道* (1984), Actor
- *Summer Never Ends*, as Grandma
- *Whispers of Time*, series, Actor
- *老去的家*, series, as Lin Haixia

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