“Nguyen’s charm is off the charts and out of this world.”
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Actor
2006 to present
Co-creator/Executive Producer/Actor
I am an actor, comedian, clown doctor.
I’ve been performing in Melbourne for 14 years since finishing my Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Theatre Studies, and in 2016 I studied John Bolton Theatre school full time.
Screen credits Include: TV panelist on Q&A (ABC), TV panelist on Friday Front Bar and Fox Footy 360 as AFL Multicultural Ambassador.
Her TV credits include – The Whistle Blower, Five Bedroom (Channel 10), Upper Middle Bogan, Fancy Boy, Please Like Me, pilot tv show Clean and Jerk, Underbelly, Jack Irish and Bollywood Chak De India.
Writer
I have written and produced my own shows including my stand up shows Dirty Diana, NAKED, Phi and Me series (MICF), Viet Kieu (cabaret), Singing 10 ways to disappoint your Vietnamese mother, and has toured around Australia, USA and recently Edinburgh Fringe 2017.
In 2020, Petra Kalive and I were commissioned by Melbourne Theatre Company to co-adapt Laurinda, an award winning book by Alice Pung.
Contact Me
Email: info@diananguyen.com.au
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/beingdiana
CV
| Height | 167cms |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Brown |
Training
| Singing | |
| 2006 | Jannz Singing School |
| Drama | |
| 2019 | Justin Lehmann |
| 2016 | John Bolton Theatre School Full-time |
| 2014-2016 | 16th Street Acting School |
| 2010-present | Melbourne PlayBack Theatre Company |
| 2003-2005 | Monash University – Major in Drama and Theatre Studies |
| May 2009 | New York City – Theatre of the Oppressed with Julian Boal |
Screen
| TV | |
| How to stay married (Ch10) | Kathy Wong- Cast |
| 5 bedrooms (Ch10) | Kerri Chen – Cast |
| Fat Pizza (Ch7) | Linh – Cast |
| The Project (Ch10) | Guest Panelist |
| Fox Footy (Foxtel) | Guest Panelist |
| Clean and Jerk (TV pilot) | Mrs Nguyen – Main Cast |
| Friday Front Bar (Ch 7) | Diana Nguyen – Guest Panelist |
| Q and A (ABC) | Panelist on April 30th 2012 |
| Please Like Me (ABC) | Waitress – Bit Part |
| Upper Middle Bogan (ABC) | Nurse – Bit Part |
| Fancy Boy (ABC) | Leanne – Bit Part |
| Jack Irish (ABC) | Thai Flight attendant – Bit Part |
| Underbelly Files (Ch 9) | Waitress – Bit Part |
| Feature Film | |
| The WhistleBlower – Chinese/Australia feature | Rose – Bit Part |
| Chak De India – Bollywood movie | Korean hockey player – Extra with Shah Rukh Khan and Dir. Shimit Amin |
| Short Films | |
| Freq Beats | Bain – Main Cast |
| Life’s on Hold | Christine – Main Cast |
| Slowly but Happy | Prostitute – Main Cast |
| Autumn | Prostitute – Bit Part |
| Advertisement | |
| Energy Australia | Woman with dog |
| RACV | Married Couple |
| Coles | Coles Customer Service |
| Gamblers Help | Girlfriend |
| ANZ | Annabelle – ANZ customer |
Theatre
| KIDS by Sean McIntyre | Melbourne Theatre Company Neon Season Reading |
| Melbourne Playback Theatre | Ensemble |
| Phi and Me, Phi and Me Too, Phil and Me | Kim Huong Nguyen – Main Principle |
| Public | Ensemble – DIR Tamara Saulwick Green Room Nominated |
| Viet Kieu – Cabaret | Viet Kieu – Solo |
| 5 ways to disappoint your Vietnamese mother | Diana Nguyen – Solo |
| Our Man in Beijing | Ding Mei Ling – Main Principle |
| Tunnel Rat | Linh – Main Principle |
| I could be you | Lawyer – Main Principle |
| Silence | Ma – Main Principle |
| Miss Saigon | Ensemble – Nominated for Best Musical |
| The People Upstairs | Swee Chin – Main Principle. Nominated for Best Actress |
| Trilling Hostage Melodrama | Gills – Main Principle |
| Death by 1000 cuts | Angela – Main Principle – Nominated for Best Actress |
| King Turd | Queen Wetush – Main Principle |
| Fat Camp | Yukatowa – Main Principle. Sisters Grimm |