Biography
Naomi Yang, born Yang Yichen on 19 March 1989 in Beijing, China, is a Chinese-born British actress. She moved to the United Kingdom at the age of six and grew up in Manchester. Before entering acting she worked as a primary school teacher.
Yang made her screen debut as Vann in the 2014 film Lilting. Her television credits include Li in Peaky Blinders (2013), roles in Endeavour (2013), Chimerica (2019) as Joy Fu, Brassic (2019), Brave New World (2020), Maternal (2023) as Mae Zhang, Liaison (2023), DI Ray (2022) and Grace (2021). She has also appeared in Wolfe (2021) and is set to feature in Under Salt Marsh (2026).
In 2020 she was selected for BAFTA Elevate. Yang has performed on stage as Tsukiko in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of My Neighbour Totoro and provides voices for video games including Sage in Valorant and Needle Knight Leda in Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree.
