Jing Xiang (; ; born 12 February 1993) is a Chinese

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Biography

Jing Xiang was born in

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. She speaks native

and

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, and speaks

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as a foreign language. From 2009 to 2012 she took acting, dancing and singing lessons at the ''Academy'' art school in Berlin-Kreuzberg. In 2012 she graduated from the in

Berlin-Friedenau Friedenau () is a locality (''Ortsteil'') within the borough (''Bezirk'') of Tempelhof-Schöneberg in Berlin, Germany. Relatively small by area, its population density is the highest in the city. Geography Friedenau is part of the southwestern s ...

with an

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. Afterwards she studied at the

Rostock University of Music and Theatre The Rostock University of Music and Theatre (short HMT, Hochschule für Musik und Theater Rostock in German) is a college of music in Rostock, Mecklenburg, Germany. It opened in 1994 and is situated in a former abbey called ''Katharinenklos ...

, graduating in 2017 with an Artist Diploma. During her studies Xiang had guest performances at the

Rostock People's Theatre The Volkstheater Rostock ( en, Rostock People's Theatre, link=no) is the municipal theatre of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. It has three venues: the ''Großes Haus'', the ''Theater im Stadthafen'' and the ''Kleine Komödie'' and puts on plays, ...

. Xiang became a member of the

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ensemble in 2018. Among other roles, she played the first gravedigger in

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’ ''

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'' production, which had been invited to the 57th Berliner Theatertreffen. Xiang also took a role in a ''

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'' episode and in a series. She became known to a larger audience through the

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series ''

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'', in which she plays the role of Chen-Lu.

Filmography

References

External links

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Xiang, Jing Living people 1993 births 21st-century German actresses 21st-century Chinese actresses German stage actresses Chinese stage actresses German television actresses Chinese television actresses Actresses from Berlin People from Rostock People from Bochum German people of Chinese descent