Vivian Bang (born October 23, 1973) is an American actress. She was a main cast member on television shows ''

Sullivan & Son ''Sullivan & Son'' is an American sitcom created by Steve Byrne and Rob Long that was broadcast on TBS. It starred Byrne as Steve Sullivan, who surprises his parents when he leaves his job as a corporate lawyer to take over a bar owned by his ...

'' and ''

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''. 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). Her film ''White Rabbit'', directed by

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, premiered at

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in 2018.

Early life

Born in

Seoul Seoul, officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital city, capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Metropolitan Area, encompassing Seoul, Gyeonggi Province and Incheon, emerged as the world's List of cities b ...

, South Korea, Bang's family first moved to San Francisco in 1980 before settling down In

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. Bang graduated from Dunwoody High School. She studied experimental theater/performance art at New York University's (NYU)

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. She graduated with a BFA in acting in 1996.

Career

Film and television

She was awarded Best Actress for the Asian American Film Lab short film ''Elizabeth Ong Is Missing''. Bang played

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's sister on the TBS sitcom ''

''. Bang took on the leading role in the film ''White Rabbit'''','' which she co-wrote and co-produced with director

. 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 The 2018 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 18 to January 28, 2018. The first lineup of competition films was announced on November 29, 2017. Awards The following awards were presented: * U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize Award: '' T ...

as part of the out-of-competition NEXT lineup and was later acquired by

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Theater

After graduation, she toured with the

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, an experimental performance troupe. Her theater credits include roles in

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's ''Calling Aphrodite,'' ''Please Stand By'' with Thumping Claw, Big Art Group's ''Shelf-Life'', ''Flicker'', and the

Obie The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given since 1956 by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theater artists and groups involved in off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway productions in New York City. Starting just after th ...

-nominated ''Benton Kozo''.

Filmography

Film

*1997: ''

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'' *2000: ''Useless'' (short film) *2001: ''The Mitten'' (short film) *2003: ''

Robot Stories ''Robot Stories'' is a 2003 American independent anthology science fiction comedy-drama film written and directed by Greg Pak. The film consists of four stories in which human characters struggle to connect in a world of robot babies and android o ...

'' *2004: '' Little Black Book'' *2004: ''Our Time Is Up'' (short film) *2008: ''Cute Couple'' (short film) *2008: '' Yes Man'' *2009: ''Time's otUp'' (short film) *2010: ''Jeffie Was Here'' *2010: ''The Talking Head'' (short film) *2011: ''Coming & Going'' *2011: ''Boy Toy'' *2011: ''A Holiday Heist'' *2013: ''Slightly Single in L.A.'' *2014: ''Someone Marry Barry'' *2014: ''Sleepover LA'' (short film) *2014: ''If You Lived Here You'd Be Home Already'' (short film) *2018: ''

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'' *2018: '' We the Coyotes'' *2019: ''

Always Be My Maybe ''Always Be My Maybe'' is a 2019 American romantic comedy film, written by Ali Wong, Randall Park and Michael Golamco and directed by Nahnatchka Khan. It stars Park and Wong as childhood friends Marcus and Sasha, who have not been in touch si ...

'' *2020: ''Runt'' *2025: ''

The Parenting ''The Parenting'' is a 2025 American comedy horror film directed by Craig Johnson (director), Craig Johnson and written by Kent Sublette. It stars Nik Dodani, Brandon Flynn, Parker Posey, Vivian Bang, Lisa Kudrow, Dean Norris, Brian Cox (actor) ...

Television

* 2000: ''

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'' (TV mini-series, 1 episode) * 2000: ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2003: ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2005: ''House'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2006: ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2006: ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2008: ''Outsourced'' (TV series) * 2009: ''Kath & Kim'' (TV series, 2 episodes) * 2009: ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2009: ''

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'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2009: ''Medium'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2009–2010: ''Better Off Ted ''(TV series, 3 episodes) * 2010: ''ACME Hollywood Dream Role'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2010: ''The LXD: The Legion of Extraordinary Dancers'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2010: ''Ktown Cowboys'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2011: ''

Retired at 35 ''Retired at 35'' is an American sitcom on TV Land starring George Segal, Jessica Walter, Johnathan McClain, Josh McDermitt, Marissa Jaret Winokur, and Ryan Michelle Bathe. It is the network's second original scripted series after ''Hot in Clevel ...

'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2011: ''Mythomania'' (TV series, 4 episodes) * 2011:'' Matumbo Goldberg'' (TV series, 5 episodes) * 2012–2014: ''

'' (TV series, cast member) * 2013: ''Status Updates'' (TV series, 9 episodes) * 2014: ''Almost Asian'' (TV series, 1 episode) * 2016-2017: ''

'' (TV series, main cast)

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