Vivian Bang co-wrote, co-produced, and stars in the Sundance 2018's Indie Feature: "White Rabbit." She is Jenny in Netflix's Romantic Comedy, "Always Be My Maybe." She was Susan Sullivan on TBS hit comedy series, "Sullivan and Son" for 3 seasons (2012-2014) and plays the North Korean Landlady turned Detective named Sun in POP TV's comedy series, "Swedish Dicks" (2016-2018). Some of her best-known supporting roles were Soo-Mi in Warner Brother's comedy "Yes Man" and the recurring role as Debbie on ABC's comedy "Better Off Ted." She received her first Screen Acting job with NY Director Hal Hartley in his indie feature, "Henry Fool" while she was still in college. One of her first jobs as a teenager was playing the Chinese Take-Out Lady in "Sex & the City." She is a graduate of NYU Tisch School of the Arts.
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Biography from IMDb.
- October 23, 1983 (43)
- Seoul, South Korea
- Actor, also producer and writer
- 24 on MovieCove · 43 credits in all
What are Vivian Bang's films like?
Across their 8 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 2 · Earnest 5
Light 6 · Serious 1 · Dark 0
Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0
Gentle 4 · Charged 3 · Intense 0
Steady 5 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 1
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 3
Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 7 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 5 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 0
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0
Roles they play
Usually the Ally: 2 of 3 analyzed roles.
- Allyas Sun in Swedish Dicks (2016)
- Heroas Sophia in White Rabbit (2018)
- Allyas Jenny in Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Moods and endings
- Happy4
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Vivian Bang's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 16 of their 24 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (7).
Subscription and free streaming for Vivian Bang's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
43 credits, 24 with a MovieCove page.
I Want to Feel Fun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Parenting(2025)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Runt(2019)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Always Be My Maybe(2019)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
We the Coyotes(2018)
Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films
Too Long at the Fair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Stuck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
End of the Line (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
White Rabbit(2018)
Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films
Room 104(2017)
Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all shows
The Bird Who Could Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Bipolar and Cheese (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Swedish Dicks(2016)
Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all shows
A to Z (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Sleepover LA (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Someone Marry Barry(2014)
Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films
Slightly Single in L.A.(2013)
Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films
Sullivan & Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
A Holiday Heist(2011)
Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films
Boy Toy(2011)
Midcredits score: 6th percentile of all films
Coming & Going(2011)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Jeffie Was Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Better Off Ted(2009)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Yes Man(2008)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
Kath & Kim (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Cute Couple (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
iCarly(2007)
Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows
How I Met Your Mother(2005)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Numb3rs(2005)
Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows
Medium(2005)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows
House(2004)
Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows
Our Time Is Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Little Black Book(2004)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
Robot Stories (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)
Monk(2002)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
The Corner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)
Becker (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)
Henry Fool(1997)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Sex and the City(1998)
Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
Avalanche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
I Want to Feel Fun (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Song of the Bigfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
Star power in the 88th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 43 titles, 40 of them dated from 1998 to 2025; peak year 2019.
Film career
Peak 2019 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.
- 2004Screen debut· Little Black Book
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.
How do Vivian Bang's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 36th percentile, the median of all 13; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 34th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up5
- 50th to 74th8
- 25th to 49th6
- Below 25th5
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 24 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved4
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed12
Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 76, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Vivian Bang work with?
People who share at least 2 of Vivian Bang's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Christie Will Wolf shares the most, 2.
Directors
- Christie Will WolfShared titles: Slightly Single in L.A. (2013), Boy Toy (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Christie Will Wolf
Actors
- Keanu ReevesShared titles: Always Be My Maybe (2019), Swedish Dicks (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Keanu Reeves
- Mircea MonroeShared titles: Slightly Single in L.A. (2013), Boy Toy (2011)See all 2 shared titles with Mircea Monroe
