“Funny, clever
& incredibly
entertaining”
-Australian Theatre
My mum wanted me to be a doctor, I became an actor.
My mum is now my biggest fan, and she wants to be an actor too.
I am a creative entrepreneur. What does that mean? I am a comedian, writer, personal branding consultant, theatre maker, guest speaker, MC and performer, all above. This includes creating LinkedIn content creator with 78k followers and working on my Personal Branding business called The Launch Off. I am known as #DancingDiana, and I host The SnortCast, a live interview and podcast show.
In 2021 I was award the Overall Asian Australian influential Asian Australian Leadership award for 2021. My mum still doesn't know about this award!
In the past few years of the pandemic, I've been writing, including Alice Pung's book Laurinda which was co-adapted and world premiered at Melbourne Theatre Company in August 2022. I am currently writing Phi and Me Too (8x22minutes) TV show with Screen Australian development funding and produced by Northern Pictures. (Love on the Spectrum Netflix) I am the co-creator and executive producer of #PhiandMeTV, the first ever Vietnamese Australian family comedy series released June 16th 2019. Watch all 5 episodes www.phiandme.tv.
I’ve appeared on The Project, ABC Q&A in 2012, Fox Footy and Friday Front Bar is guest panelist. Since going back to school in 2016, I now work creatively full time, and have toured all over Australia, Orange County/USA and Edinburgh/Scotland.
In my spare time I play basketball and I am learning to surf.
“diana nguyen’s
naked is a little
gem of a show”
-The Plus One