Michele Selene Ang

Biography: Michele Selene Ang is a Chinese-Indonesian-American actor and filmmaker. She was born in Surabaya, Indonesia and immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area with her family, eventually becoming a naturalized U.S. citizen. She is most known for starring as Courtney Crimsen in the 2017 Netflix series "13 Reasons Why." Michele was raised in Fairfield, California and attended the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts for Theater. She is also a 2012 National YoungArts Program Silver Award winner in Theater and a 2012 U.S. Presidential Scholar in the Arts. Michele graduated from Fordham University with a BA in Theatre Performance and an array of student productions under her belt. Since then, she has performed on stage in full productions at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, East West Players, and Yale Rep. Her indie film debut; "How I Learned to Fly," received a theatrical run by Film Movement and is now available to watch on Apple TV. As a filmmaker, she has worked on several short films through her production banner; February Face Productions, and is developing more narrative shorts as well as her feature directorial debut.