
Diana Lin Xiaojie (also called Xiaojie Lin) is a Chinese Australian actress. For her performance in Under the Skin she was nominated for the 1994 AFI Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama. Lin began her career in China where from 14 years old she started training for the Chinese Beijing Opera Company as a singer before going to Shanghai and taking up acting with the city's Theatre Academy. She started taking on film roles such as Shang Jie with the Pearl River Film Studio in Guangzhou. She migrated to Australia in the early 1990s, basing herself in Sydney. Her first featured role there was in the fifth episode of 1993's anthology TV series Under The Skin. Soon after she moved away from acting due to the lack of good Asian roles. She made her return to acting in The Family Law. She then went on to land a major role in the 2019 American film The Farewell.

Big World
MOVIE • 2024

Interior Chinatown
TV • 2024

The Long Season
TV • 2023

The Miracles
TV • 2025

Those Days
TV • 2025

The Family Law
TV • 2016

Whispers of Time
TV

The Farewell
MOVIE • 2019

Fight Against Evil 3
MOVIE • 2026

The Portable Door
MOVIE • 2023

Cops and Desperados
MOVIE • 1988

Lonely Blue Night
MOVIE • 2020

Australia Day
MOVIE • 2017

人生没有单行道
MOVIE • 1984

Country Folk
MOVIE • 1986

警官与侦探
MOVIE • 1988

幸福不是毛毛雨
MOVIE • 1987

Business Circles
MOVIE • 1989