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Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1962-01-01

Place of Birth

Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, China

Lin Xiao Jie

Biography

Diana Lin Xiaojie (also called Xiaojie Lin) is a Chinese Australian actress. For her performance in Under the Skin she was nominated for the 1994 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. Lin began her career in China where from 14 years old she started training for the Chinese Beijing Opera Company as a singer before going to Shanghai and taking up acting with the city's Theatre Academy. She started taking on film roles such as Shang Jie with the Pearl River Film Studio in Guangzhou. She migrated to Australia in the early 1990s, basing herself in Sydney. Her first featured role there was in the fifth episode of 1993's anthology TV series Under The Skin. Soon after she moved away from acting due to the lack of good Asian roles. She made her return to acting in The Family Law. She then went on to land a major role in the 2019 American film The Farewell.

Known for

Interior Chinatown

Interior Chinatown

Willis Wu, a background character trapped in a police procedural, tries to find his way into the larger story–and along the way discovers secrets about the strange world he inhabits and his family's buried history.

The Long Season

The Long Season

The 12-episode series follows Wang Xiang, an ex-train driver who had worked his whole life at the steel plant in a fictional small town in North China, as he attempts to solve the mystery behind a brutal murder during the autumn of 1998. For more than 20 years, the murder has haunted him and other people who worked at the steel plant as they struggled to come to terms with the loss they’ve experienced.

The Miracles

The Miracles

In Shenzhen, a jobless Lu Da rekindles hope in a 24-hour bookstore; opera star Fan becomes a tech sales whiz in Huaqiangbei; delivery rider Tan earns dignity; drone engineers Zhang Yi and Nuan build love with code; teen Xiao Peng creates a wildlife overpass; planner Wang Pengqian and daughter protect mangroves, with spoonbill Y075 marking eco-change. These stories weave entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainability, showcasing Shenzhen’s 45-year transformation and future promise.

Big World

Big World

Liu Chunhe, suffering from cerebral palsy, bravely breaks through the shackles of body and mind to realize the dream stage for his grandmother, while trying to find the coordinates of his own life. After experiencing a summer transformation, he finally embarked on a new journey.

The Portable Door

The Portable Door

Paul and Sophie, interns at a mysterious London firm, become steadily aware their employers Humphrey and Dennis are anything but conventional – they are disrupting the world of magic by bringing modern corporate strategy to ancient magical practices.

The Farewell

The Farewell

A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all stage an impromptu wedding to see grandma one last time.

Those Days

Those Days

After the sudden loss of her husband, Mingzhu, pregnant and newly married, is forced to confront hidden family secrets. With strength and resilience, she faces numerous challenges and works to rebuild her life, bringing her family together in the process.

The Family Law

The Family Law

Through the eyes of 14-year-old Benjamin, and set over the course of a long, hot, Queensland summer, the Law family navigate a series of sometimes disastrous events which become memorable milestones, and serve as a reminder that at the end of the day family can sometimes feel more like a sentence than a choice.

Fight Against Evil 3

Fight Against Evil 3

Li Hongqi is forced to travel for his wedding but must team up with a local cop to rescue a girl from human traffickers, fighting criminals while racing against his wedding date.

老去的家

老去的家

Siblings Zhou Haifeng and Zhou Haixia, both in their sixties, have long since left their hometown and settled in Beijing, yet they rarely visit or stay in touch. On New Year’s Eve, the brother and sister gather in Beijing with their respective families for a reunion. During the reunion dinner, their mother, Huang Guiyuan, who had recently gone missing, suddenly returns. Though she offers no explanation for her disappearance, only the siblings know the secret behind it—unspeakable truths and tangled emotions lie buried beneath the surface of the festive meal. Huang Guiyuan’s unexpected return upends the siblings’ lives. They struggle to balance their own challenges in Beijing with caring for their elderly mother, who has arrived from their hometown. A series of bittersweet and comedic episodes unfold among the three aging family members as they navigate this new reality.

Whispers of Time

Whispers of Time

In 1978 China, a boy struck by a rusted sickle, leaving him mentally impaired, grows up to share a decades-long journey with a compassionate woman, defying hardships and inspiring others to rediscover life’s meaning.

幸福不是毛毛雨

幸福不是毛毛雨

The Road Not Taken

The Road Not Taken

A celebrated TV host, facing a crumbling marriage and a strained family, discovers she—not her father—has a hereditary disease, forcing her to reclaim her identity before memory fades.

Cops and Desperados

Cops and Desperados

A group of criminals call themselves the "Northern Detachment". They commit several major crimes on the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway. The Public Security Bureau sends Ma Xiaolong after them.

警官与侦探

警官与侦探