---
name: "Melissa Tang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/melissa-tang"
fi1m_id: "melissa-tang"
imdb_id: "nm2878390"
tmdb_id: 212778
wikidata_id: "Q6812893"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 May 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 64
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T21:31:18.339699+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."
---

# Melissa Tang

## Identity

Melissa Tang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/melissa-tang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** melissa-tang
- **IMDb ID:** nm2878390
- **TMDB ID:** 212778
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6812893
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Tang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2878390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212778

Actor. Born 7 May 1985 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 May 1985, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 2011–2013
- **Also known as:** 梅丽莎·唐
- **Average Fi1m score:** 64, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 62 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 2, Action 1, Drama 1, Romance 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $319m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melissa_Tang, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6812893, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2878390/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212778

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Beginners*](https://film.one/film/beginners.md) (79)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Melissa Tang is an American actress. She was born on 7 May 1985 in Los Angeles, California, and graduated with a BFA in acting from Carnegie Mellon University in 2007.

Tang has appeared in the films *Beginners* (2010) as Liz and *A Good Day to Die Hard* (2013) as Lucas. On television she played April Cho in the Fox sitcom *The Goodwin Games* (2013) and Margaret in *The Kominsky Method* (2018–2021). She has also guest-starred in episodes of *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), *Mom* (2013), *Young Sheldon* (2017) and *New Girl* (2011).

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *A Good Day to Die Hard* (2013), Fi1m 32, as Lucas — [page](https://film.one/film/a-good-day-to-die-hard.md)
- *Beginners* (2011), Fi1m 79, as Liz — [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, as Jenn — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage* (2024), series, as Jackie
- *Who Invited Them* (2022), as Margo
- *B Positive* (2020), series, as Megyn
- *The Act* (2019), series, as Ashley Longham
- *The Kominsky Method* (2018), series, as Margaret
- *Magnum P.I.* (2018), series, as Erin Hong
- *Deb* (2018), as Ada
- *9JKL* (2017), series, as Brittany
- *Young Sheldon* (2017), series, as Ms. Fenley
- *Adam Ruins Everything* (2015), series, as Racheal
- *Extant* (2014), series, as Mei Fong
- *Mom* (2013), series, as Suzanne
- *The Goodwin Games* (2013), series, as April Cho
- *A Good Day to Die Hard* (2013), as Lucas — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/a-good-day-to-die-hard.md)
- *Beauty and the Beast* (2012), series, as Grace Rose
- *Baby Daddy* (2012), series, as Katie
- *New Girl* (2011), series, as Jenn — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *Inside* (2011), as Jennifer Myer
- *Beginners* (2011), as Liz — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/beginners.md)
- *Harry's Law* (2011), series, as Marnie Russert
- *Hawaii Five-0* (2010), series, as Erin Hong — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/hawaii-five-0.md)
- *Good Luck Charlie* (2010), series, as Rita
- *Post Grad* (2009), as College Friend #1
- *Lie to Me* (2009), series, as Young Woman
- *The Big Bang Theory* (2007), series, as Mandy Chao — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-big-bang-theory.md)
- *The Unit* (2006), series, as Anna
- *How I Met Your Mother* (2005), series, as Amanda — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/how-i-met-your-mother.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Erin Nagano

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