Fala Chen
- Actress
- Director
- Writer
Born in China and raised in Atlanta, Fala Chen started her career as a film and television actor in Asia before attending The Juilliard School where she received her MFA in Drama. Fala's mother tongue is in Mandarin, though she is known to be multilingual, and can speak fluently in English, Cantonese, and Japanese. Fala is internationally known for her Chinese-language work which includes her lead roles in Sound of Dessert, Triumph in The Skies, Moonlight Resonance, and Peg O'my Heart.
She made her US television debut in the HBO limited series The Undoing opposite Nicole Kidman for director Susanne Bier. She then appeared as a series regular opposite Alicia Vikander in Olivier Assayas' limited series adaptation of his feature Irma Vep, for HBO/A24. On the film side, Fala starred as one of the leads in the Marvel feature Shang-Chi and The Legend of Ten Rings for director Destin Daniel Cretton, opposite Awkwafina, Tony Leung, and Simu Liu. She also joined Legendary's Godzilla X Kong: New Empire. Fala will next be seen starring in Edward Berger's upcoming film Ballad of a Small Player for Netflix opposite Colin Farrell and Tilda Swinton.
