Mingjie Zhai(II)
- Actress
Mingjie Zhai is a versatile actor with a diverse range of roles in film, spanning both lead and supporting characters. In 2024, Zhai showcased remarkable talent in short films such as Wendy Tong's Please Touch Me (Lead), produced by UCLA's TFT MFA, and portrayed AA Chairperson in Generation Well, directed by Jack Sierra (NYFA).
She also played comedic roles such as the powerful detective Tahlia Rivers in Crunch (Lead), directed by Jack Schofield of Panther Studios, Ladyboy in LatinX (Supporting), directed by Chris Commons, Girlfriend in Arcasia web series (Supporting) directed by Robert Van, and a singer in Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild (Supporting, Screaming Choir), directed by Daniel Maggio.
Zhai took on complex maternal roles in Dream (Lead) and Memory Lab (Supporting), showcasing emotional depth as well as villain roles including greedy landlord in Across From (Lead), directed by Zhouqian Yu at the New York Film Academy, adulterous widow in Before Starting (Lead), directed by Yaqi Liu (LMU School of Film and TV), and mean supervisor 1st AD in Backstage (Lead), directed by Wayne Wang (LMU School of Film and TV).
In 2023, Zhai started her acting career playing complex villain roles such as the lead role of a Child Trafficker in Molin Liu's Oblation (USC), Serial Killer in web series Stairwells Confessions (Lead), directed by Alexander Henderson, and a Poker Hustler in The Final Hand (Lead), directed by Zoul Williams (NYFA).
Additional 2024 credits include Snake Tongue (Supporting), directed by Joesephine Kim and Andrew Cao at Duke University, Lawyer in Mob of Angry Vaginas (Lead), directed by Jessica McCready (LACC), Willa in Death of a Salesman (Lead), directed by Jiayan He (ArtCenter College of Design) and as Older Woman in a music video, Palaces of Montezuma by Grinderman (Lead), directed Rio De Santo.
Trained in the Meisner Technique at Barron Brown Studios (now in Second Year), Zhai excels in screen acting and speaks Intermediate Mandarin.
She also played comedic roles such as the powerful detective Tahlia Rivers in Crunch (Lead), directed by Jack Schofield of Panther Studios, Ladyboy in LatinX (Supporting), directed by Chris Commons, Girlfriend in Arcasia web series (Supporting) directed by Robert Van, and a singer in Beethoven's Great Great Great Great Great Grandchild (Supporting, Screaming Choir), directed by Daniel Maggio.
Zhai took on complex maternal roles in Dream (Lead) and Memory Lab (Supporting), showcasing emotional depth as well as villain roles including greedy landlord in Across From (Lead), directed by Zhouqian Yu at the New York Film Academy, adulterous widow in Before Starting (Lead), directed by Yaqi Liu (LMU School of Film and TV), and mean supervisor 1st AD in Backstage (Lead), directed by Wayne Wang (LMU School of Film and TV).
In 2023, Zhai started her acting career playing complex villain roles such as the lead role of a Child Trafficker in Molin Liu's Oblation (USC), Serial Killer in web series Stairwells Confessions (Lead), directed by Alexander Henderson, and a Poker Hustler in The Final Hand (Lead), directed by Zoul Williams (NYFA).
Additional 2024 credits include Snake Tongue (Supporting), directed by Joesephine Kim and Andrew Cao at Duke University, Lawyer in Mob of Angry Vaginas (Lead), directed by Jessica McCready (LACC), Willa in Death of a Salesman (Lead), directed by Jiayan He (ArtCenter College of Design) and as Older Woman in a music video, Palaces of Montezuma by Grinderman (Lead), directed Rio De Santo.
Trained in the Meisner Technique at Barron Brown Studios (now in Second Year), Zhai excels in screen acting and speaks Intermediate Mandarin.
