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How Jenny Yang Scored Her First Action Role — Fighting Michelle Yeoh

The comedian tells all about her path to Netflix’s ‘The Brothers Sun.'

She’d achieved many of her goals — she was a successful stand-up comedian, she’d launched her own comedy festival focused on platforming Asian American talent, she’d worked as a staff writer on Busy Tonight — so she sat down to chart something new. The Brothers Sun, which premiered Jan. 4, sees Yeoh as the matriarch of a family thrust into a Taipei crime syndicate; Yang plays a rival assassin. After college, she worked in community organizing before deciding to go after a long-lingering dream to write and perform, promoting herself as a comedian and later starring in viral videos for BuzzFeed alongside folks like Quinta Brunson that built her a legion of fans across the country.

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