Vivian Bang (born October 23, 1973)[1][2] is an American actress. She was a main cast member on television shows Sullivan & Son and Swedish Dicks. She had notable minor film roles as a bridal shower planner in
Yes Man (2008) and the hippie girlfriend in
Always Be My Maybe (2019).
She studied experimental theater/performance art at New York University's (NYU)
Tisch School of the Arts.[4][5] She graduated with a BFA in acting in 1996.[6]
Career
Film and television
She was awarded Best Actress for the Asian American Film Lab short film Elizabeth Ong Is Missing.[citation needed]
Bang took on the leading role in the film
White Rabbit, which she co-wrote and co-produced with director
Daryl Wein. The film is about a struggling performance artist (Bang) navigating Los Angeles while financially supporting herself using the eponymous freelancing app,
TaskRabbit. It premiered at the
2018 Sundance Film Festival as part of the out-of-competition NEXT lineup and was later acquired by
Gravitas Ventures.[8][9][10]
Theater
After graduation, she toured with the
Big Art Group, an experimental performance troupe.[5]
Her theater credits include roles in
Velina Hasu Houston's Calling Aphrodite,Please Stand By with Thumping Claw, Big Art Group's Shelf-Life, Flicker, and the
Obie-nominated Benton Kozo.[citation needed]
^A This day in history compilation published in the Oakland Press website states a year of birth as 1973, however an article by Jennifer Brett, who interviewed Bang personally, about Dunwoody High and Bang states her age at 29 in August 2013. See Jennifer Brett (September 8, 2013).
"Another Dunwoody High School success story". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution;
"TODAY IN HISTORY: OCTOBER 23". Archived from
the original on August 12, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2017.