Christina Chang is a Taiwanese-born American actress, best known for her television roles in 24, Computer Society of India: Miami, and Nashville.
Background
Chang, a Taiwanese American, was born in Taipei, Taiwan to a Chinese Filipino father and an American mother. She grew up in Taipei, and at the age of 17, she moved to the United States to study theatre and film in her mother"s home state of Kansas.
Education
Later, she moved to Seattle, Washington where she graduated from the University of Washington.
Career
After graduation, she got her first acting role in Naomi"s Road at the Children"s theatre in Seattle. and then appeared in an off-broadway play by Tina Landau. Chang later moved to New York City and guest starred in various television programs including Cosby and As the World Turns. She earned feature film roles in such films as 28 Days and Random Hearts.
Chang is best known for her roles on television
She had a regular role on American Broadcasting Company series Dragnet (2003–2004), and played recurring roles on 24 as Doctor Sunny Macer, and as State Attorney Rebecca Nevins on Computer Society of India: Miami. In 2010, Chang was cast as a regular in American Broadcasting Company"s series Number Ordinary Family, but exited after two episodes.
She also appeared in Once and Again, Boston Legal, Close to Home, Brothers & Sisters, Private Practice, Suits, and Desperate Housewives. In 2013 she was cast in another recurring role, in the second season of the American Broadcasting Company drama series Nashville, as Megan Vannoy, Charles Esten"s character"s love interest.
In 2014, Chang was cast as regular in the American Broadcasting Company drama pilot Sea Of Fire, opposite Jennifer Carpenter.