Khanh Doan is a stage and screen actress from

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Early life and education

Doan was born in

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and moved to the

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as a child. She was a dedicated student following her immigration, but also appreciated theater. She took her first acting class in ninth grade, graduated from

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and began a professional acting career in Seattle, WA in 2003.

Career

Stage

Doan has performed onstage at

5th Avenue Theatre The 5th Avenue Theatre is a landmark theatre located in Seattle's Skinner Building, in the U.S. state of Washington. It has hosted a variety of theatre productions and motion pictures since it opened in 1926. The building and land are owned b ...

in ''

Miss Saigon ''Miss Saigon'' is a stage musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby Jr. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's 1904 opera ''Madame Butterfly'', and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed rom ...

'', at Village Theater in

Jesus Christ Superstar ''Jesus Christ Superstar'' is a sung-through rock opera with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Loosely based on the Gospels' accounts of the Passion, the work interprets the psychology of Jesus and other characters, with ...

, and at the

ACT Theatre ACT Theatre (originally A Contemporary Theatre) is a regional, non-profit theatre organization in Seattle, in the US state of Washington. Gregory A. Falls (1922–1997) founded ACT in 1965 and served as its first Artistic director; at the time ACT ...

in ''

A Christmas Carol ''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. ''A Christmas C ...

.'' In 2012, Doan performed the lead role of Sita in the

staged retelling of the sacred Hindu epic, ''Ramayana.'' Doan performs regularly at the Seattle Children’s Theatre (SCT) and has appeared in: ''

Sleeping Beauty ''Sleeping Beauty'' (french: La belle au bois dormant, or ''The Beauty in the Sleeping Forest''; german: Dornröschen, or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess cu ...

,'' ''Harold and the Purple Crayon,'' ''

Peter Pan Peter Pan is a fictional character created by List of Scottish novelists, Scottish novelist and playwright J. M. Barrie. A free-spirited and mischievous young boy who can fly and Puer aeternus, never grows up, Peter Pan spends his never-ending ...

,'' ''The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, '' ''Art Dog'' ''Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like,'' ''Busytown,'' ''

High School Musical ''High School Musical'' is a 2006 American musical television film directed by Kenny Ortega and written by Peter Barsocchini. The 63rd Disney Channel Original Movie (DCOM) and first installment of the ''High School Musical'' film series, th ...

,'' ''Lyle the Crocodile,'' and ''Go, Dog Go.''

Film

On screen, Doan has appeared with

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in ''

The Knights of Badassdom ''Knights of Badassdom'' is a 2013 American comedy horror film, directed by Joe Lynch, written by Kevin Dreyfuss and Matt Wall. It stars Ryan Kwanten, Steve Zahn, Summer Glau, and Peter Dinklage. Plot In a forest, a group of friends are par ...

'', with

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in ''

Switchmas ''Switchmas'' (earlier titles ''Ira Finkelstein's Christmas'' and ''All I Want Is Christmas'') is an American musical comedy film directed by Sue Corcoran. It tells the story of a Christmas-obsessed Jewish boy on his way to sunny Florida who figu ...

'', with

Timothy Hutton Timothy Tarquin Hutton (born August 16, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He is the youngest recipient of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, which he won at age 20 for his performance as Conrad Jarrett in ''Ordinary People ...

in ''

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'', and with

Antonio Banderas José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Antonio Ba ...

'' in

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.'' Doan has also appeared in several

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projects including ''Simply Fobulous,'' ''God Machine,'' ''Family'' and the

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Fly Film ''Safe Passage.'' Doan currently stars as Khanh, the Red

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Warrior in the Original

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Series, '' Chop Socky Boom''.

Games

Doan voices characters in ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Nancy Drew: Warnings at Waverly Academy.''Khanh Doan
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References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Doan, Khanh American film actresses Living people Filmmakers from Seattle Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women