Dianne Doan

Dianne Doan (born September 8, 1990) is a Canadian actress.

Dianne Doan
Born (1990-09-08) September 8, 1990
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityCanadian
OccupationActress

Early life

Doan was born and raised in Abbotsford, British Columbia to parents of Vietnamese descent.[1] Her grandmother is one-half Chinese making Doan one-eighth Chinese.[2]

She first developed an interest in acting in grade 9 when she took drama classes as an elective. She started technical training in dance at the age of 10.[3]

Career

As a young adult, she later performed as a dancer in the Opening Ceremonies for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and as a back-up dancer for Michael Bublé. In addition, she's worked as a dancer to other music videos for recording artists including Big Time Rush and Marianas Trench as well as worked on Fox's So You Think You Can Dance.[3]

While she's made small appearances on shows like ABC's Once Upon a Time and TV Land's Impastor, her big break came when she was cast in the Disney Channel made-for-television film Descendants as Lonnie, the daughter of Mulan and Li Shang. Disney's Descendants expanded into a successful franchise including prequel live-action mini series (which aired before the initial film), a sequel and an animated spin-off.

In 2016, she was cast in a major recurring role in History Channel's Vikings as Yidu for season four.[4] Following that, she starred in a major role Verizon (go90) and AwesomenessTV's webseries Guidance where she played twin sisters.[5]

In 2017, she joined the main cast of Cinemax's Warrior as the character of Mai Ling as a Series Regular. The series is produced by filmmaker Justin Lin, based on an original concept by the late Bruce Lee.[6]

Personal life

In 2019 she became engaged to actor Manny Jacinto. [7]

Filmography
Television and film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2013 Once Upon a Time Isra Episode: "Selfless, Brave and True"
2013 Impastor Chelsea Episode: "Genesis"
2015 Descendants: School of Secrets Lonnie / Secret Blogger Television shorts; voice role
2015 Descendants Lonnie Television film
2016 Vikings Yidu Recurring role (season 4); 7 episodes
2017 Descendants 2 Lonnie Television film
2017 Guidance Faith and Grace Park-Jensen Web series; main role (season 3)
2017 Legends of Tomorrow Anh Ly Episode: "Welcome to the Jungle"[8]
2019 Good Trouble Kate 3 episodes
2019 Warrior Mai Ling Main role
TBA Last Night in Suburbia Rachel Post-production

References
  1. "Dianne Doan - :: Naluda Interviews". :: Naluda Interviews. July 29, 2015. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  2. "What's an Asian woman doing in a show about Vikings?". February 15, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  3. "Artist Profile: Dianne Doan | Asian Pacific Post | Chinese newspaper -Vancouver, Richmond, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, North York, Montreal". www.asianpacificpost.com. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  4. Petski, Denise (December 17, 2015). "'Vikings' Gets Four More Episodes For Season 4, Premiere Date". Deadline. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  5. "Meet The Cast of 'Guidance' Season 3". AwesomenessTV. August 10, 2017. Archived from the original on November 7, 2017. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  6. Andreeva, Nellie (October 11, 2017). "'Warrior': Cinemax Sets Cast & Director For Bruce Lee-Inspired Martial Arts Series". Deadline. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  7. https://people.com/tv/manny-jacinto-engaged-to-longtime-girlfriend-dianne-doan/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. "The CW Press | DC's Legends of Tomorrow". www.cwtvpr.com. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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