Sunday 9 March 2014

Katie Chang Biography

About 

Katie Chang is an American actress, known for her roles in Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring, and Birder's Guide to Everything.Chang is a native of Winnetka, Illinois, and is of one quarter Korean descent. She was trained at the Wilmette Theatre’s Actors Training Center. She attended New Trier High School. 



Career 

Chang earned praise for her portrayal of Rebecca, the group's ringleader. Rolling Stone described her as "mesmerizing", while the Chicago Tribune called her a "performer of serious promise". The Hollywood Reporter said she "marks herself as someone to watch", and the Daily Herald noted her "impressively assured movie debut". Coppola explained her choice of casting such a "fresh face" in a lead role by saying, "There's sort of a naturalness, as opposed to having worked a lot, being kid actors." 

After The Bling Ring, Chang starred in Birder's Guide to Everything, a 2013 movie directed by Rob Meyer that also stars Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Kingsley. She also has a supporting role in the upcoming film Anesthesia (film), directed by Tim Blake Nelson.


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