Biography

Michelle Krusiec

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Interests include Asian cultures, African dance and world music, all a result of having traveled around the world.
Speaks English primarily and Mandarin Chinese as a second language.
Michelle is an "extreme sports" enthusiast who enjoys hang-gliding and snowboarding.
Although her surname is Western, she is fully ethnically Chinese who was raised in the United States by adopted parents - her Taiwanese aunt and American uncle (hence the Krusiec surname). Her Taiwanese parents sent her to live with her aunt when she was five, so that her mother could better cope with Krusiec's two other siblings. In Taiwan, she is better known by her Chinese name, Yang Ya-Huei, with Yang being her biological father's surname.
Received her undergraduate degree in Theatre Arts and English from Virginia Tech in 1995.

Girl Power! to me is about making the most of your potential in life. It is important to have fun and work hard, but I believe everyone has gifts and talents. It's up to each of us to turn our talents into something truly special.
"It is different because there is something delicate about it, at least the way we played it. We were both a little shy, both a little awkward. Alice specifically said Wil may not be the same way in bed as she may carry herself outside. Meaning that she may not be so awkward. She might actually come out a little bit more, in terms of her aggressiveness. So once I got that sort of understanding, it was a little bit easier for me to guide myself through the emotions of the scene. You know, when you call, 'Cut,' you're just hanging out and talking to each other. After a period you do get a little more comfortable. There's carbonation to it." (on love scenes with women vs. love scenes with men, regarding her character in the 2004 film "Saving Face")
[on being nude in Saving Face] I've done nudity before and when it supports the character and the credibility of the story at hand, I think it shouldn't be a huge concern.

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