Julia Ling

A native of Southern California Julia Ling first expressed her creative side at age 3 when she drew pictures of her parents drinking tea By age 6 her artwork had been featured in local magazines festivals and newspapers including the Pasadena Star News which gave her a frontpage spread Also at age 6 Ling wrote and narrated a creative story that won her the Best Storyteller Award by the Chinese World Newspaper By age 9 Ling was performing awardwinning solo dances throughout California and her umbrella dances had aired on national television In high school Ling was student body president and president of German Club Amnesty International Literature Society and Junior Statesmen Debate Team She competed in dance varsity tennis and swimming In 1997 Congressman David Dreier recognized Ling for her community service at the local hospital At age 16 she was selected as a state finalist in the Miss America Pageant and after nine years of playing the piano graduated from the Royal Board of Music She graduated high school second in her class with a 40 GPA and perfect SAT scores Pursuing a career in medicine Ling majored in biomedical chemical engineering at the University of California Los Angeles She was Treasurer of Chemical Engineering Society Vice President of the Engineering Society of UCLA and honorary member of the Society of Women Engineers She left it all to pursue her love of performing In 2003 Julia Ling made her network television debut on Buffy the Vampire Slayer playing opposite Sarah Michelle Gellar Over the next two years she starred in over 20 independent short films and returned to prime time television in roles on House FOX and ER NBC in 2006 She guest starred in the recurring role of Kim Tao on the critically acclaimed Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip NBC Her next major guest starring role was on the television drama ER playing the recurring character of Mae Lee Park a surgical intern She also guest starred in The OC and Greys Anatomy Most notably known for her work on prime time television Ling starred as the popular Anna Wu on NBCs CHUCK After voicing and filming the live action character Izumi for the video game Command and Conquer EA Ling toured the world for autograph signing and charity fundraising In the 2007 Jackie Chan Disciples martial arts competition Ling was selected as one of the top four finalists to compete in the International Top 100 Her performance also won her Best Acting Award In 2011 Ling joined the cast of FOX sitcom I Hate My Teenage Daughter and voiced a sketch for Conan OBrien Most recently she worked on a movie performing opposite Academy Award winner Adrien Brody The movie will premiere in theaters June 2012