M.J. Kang is a Canadian playwright and actress.

Early life and education

Born in Seoul, South Korea, Kang immigrated to Toronto, Ontario with her family at the age of two. She studied with the Playwrights Unit at Toronto's Tarragon Theatre.

Career

Kang's plays include Questioning Condoms, Noran Bang: The Yellow Room, Blessings and dreams of blonde & blue. She received a Dora Mavor Moore Award nomination for Outstanding New Play, Independent Theatre Division in 1998 for Noran Bang: The Yellow Room. As an actress, Kang had a regular role in the 1997 television series Riverdale, and made guest appearances in E.N.G., Earth: Final Conflict, The City, Doc, Strong Medicine and Medium. On stage, she has performed in productions of Jean Yoon's The Yoko Ono Project, Laurie Fyffe's The Malaysia Hotel and Oren Safdie's Private Jokes, Public Places. She has performed in productions of Private Jokes, Public Places in Toronto, New York City, London, Los Angeles and Berkeley, California.

Personal life

She is married to Oren Safdie.

Filmography

Film

Television