---
name: "Naomi Yang"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/naomi-yang"
fi1m_id: "naomi-yang"
imdb_id: "nm6228755"
tmdb_id: 1407997
wikidata_id: "Q124010369"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 March 1989"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T23:10:50.821289+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."
---

# Naomi Yang

## Identity

Naomi Yang

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/naomi-yang
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** naomi-yang
- **IMDb ID:** nm6228755
- **TMDB ID:** 1407997
- **Wikidata ID:** Q124010369
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Yang_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124010369, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6228755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1407997

Actor. Born 19 March 1989 in Beijing, China.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 March 1989, Beijing, China
- **Also known as:** Naomi Yichen Christie, Naomi Yichen Cristie
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi_Yang_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124010369, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm6228755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1407997

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Lilting*](https://film.one/film/lilting.md) (73)

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## 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*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lilting* (2014), Fi1m 73, as Vann — [page](https://film.one/film/lilting.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Under Salt Marsh* (2026), series, as Jess Deng
- *Just Mates* (2025), as Ella
- *Housewarming* (2024), as Jess
- *A Kind of Testament* (2023), as The Main Character (voice)
- *Liaison* (2023), series, as Shahina
- *DI Ray* (2022), series, as Hiroka McGregor
- *Wolfe* (2021), series, as Maggy
- *Grace* (2021), series, as Jessica O'Sullivan
- *Doughnut* (2021), Thanks
- *Brave New World* (2020), series, as Vivian
- *Brassic* (2019), series, as Dr. Nicola Jones
- *National Theatre Live: Top Girls* (2019), as Jeanine
- *Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators* (2018), series, as Helena Mau
- *Simana* (2016), as Visa Officer
- *Lilting* (2014), as Vann — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/lilting.md)
- *Peaky Blinders* (2013), series, as Li — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/peaky-blinders.md)
- *Endeavour* (2013), series, as Dr. Nancy Deveen — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/endeavour.md)
- *Tick Tick Tick*, as Concerned Employee

## Gallery

- ![Naomi Yang](https://film.one/media/person/4166374/gallery-65eb503ecdfd.jpg) Naomi Yang — TheRealKimchi, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Naomi_Yang_October_2025.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Naomi Yang](https://film.one/media/person/4166374/gallery-9bcb721dfe1f.jpg) Naomi Yang — Image via TMDB

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