Diana Pang

Chinese dancer and actress
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Diana Pang is a former Hong Kong actress and now a politician. She is a member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and is currently the president of the Institute of International Economic Strategy. Her grandfather served as deputy mayor of Zunyi City.

Pang was born on 10 November 1972 in Changsha, Hunan.

She was a member of Beijing Ballet Troupe for three years (1990). Her family moved to the US in 1990, and she entered the Dance Faculty of Juilliard School, New York City, to study ballet. In the 1990s, Pang's acting career began after she moved to Mainland China and starred in a Canadian film Chinese Chocolate (1995) directed by Yan Cui. In Chinese Chocolate, Pang was Jesse, a Chinese immigrant in Canada. The film is about two Chinese women, a dancer and a doctor, and it focused on the bitter and sweet lives of sexuality of Chinese immigrants in Canada. Pang is credited as Diana Peng.

Pang then moved to Hong Kong, with her debut film being Wong Jing's 1995 The Saint of the Gamblers. She starred mostly in Category III films.

Pang's other low-budget films are Evil Instinct (1996), Hong Kong Showgirls (1996), The Imp (1996). She is now retired.

Date of Birth10th November 1972
Age52 Years
Zodiac SignScorpio
CountryChina
Current CityChangsha
Birth PlaceChangsha
NationalityPeople's Republic of China
CitizenshipPeople's Republic of China
Education
Juilliard School
Occupationdancer, actor, film director

Actresses from China born in 1972