Samantha and director Emily Chase chat all things ACCORDING TO THE CHORUS with Julio Martinez, host of Arts in Review at KPFK 90.7. Excerpt from the live broadcast on Fri Nov 4, 2022.
ACCORDING TO THE CHORUS runs Fri/Sat 8pm and Sun 2pm until Dec 11, 2022. Book at roadtheatre.org.
“The three dressers in particular-empathetic recovering actor-cum-aspiring playwright KJ (Samantha Tan); aging, salty, over-it Brenda (Amy Tolsky); and forthright but frustrated everywoman Audrey (Avery Clyde)-are standouts, grounding the action while the frivolous chorines gossip about their dramas and feel superior to their blue-collar valets.”
Samantha leads an ensemble cast in the world premiere of ACCORDING TO THE CHORUS by Arlene Hutton, running at Road Theatre in North Hollywood every Fri-Sun until Dec 11, 2022. Tickets here!
Samantha stars as Susan opposite Kristen Bell, in this PAW Patrol commercial directed by Emmy-winning director Morgan Sackett!
Samantha discusses Ally Chia with hosts KLT and Whiz of Guess Who Came To Dinner, an interracial love and food podcast.
Also featuring real life couple James Yi and Sandra, and real Malaysian food from Samantha's home-catering business Sam Tan's Kitchen!
Recorded live on Zoom June 17th 2020, in partnership with Inside Lands.
South China Morning Post’s Stephen McCarty gives ALLY CHIA a rave review!
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ALLY CHIA on Amazon Prime Video. Still by Suzaine Aguirre, poster design by Yoshie Hozumi.
ALLY CHIA, a short film written, directed, produced by and starring Samantha Tan, is now streaming on Amazon Prime Video across the US and UK!
ALLY CHIA tells the tale of a young Malaysian chef struggling to juggle an interracial relationship, an overbearing mother and a series of unexpected obstacles as she tries to deliver the most important food order of her career. It is loosely inspired by Samantha’s real life struggles as a chef, and was shot in one day with an all-female crew.
Run time: 18 mins. Free with any Amazon Prime membership. Non-Prime subscribers can try a 30-day free trial.
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Catch Samantha Tan on ABC's FRESH OFF THE BOAT tonight at 8pm, in their 100th episode!
Hope you'll tune in!
“Samantha now joins a prestigious club led by presidents Al Pacino, Harvey Keitel and Ellen Burstyn, with Martin Landau and Mark Rydell as co-artistic directors in Los Angeles. Fellow members include a string of famous names such as Robert De Niro, Jack Nicholson, Mickey Rourke, Dustin Hoffman, Melissa Leo, Whoopi Goldberg, John Malkovich, Sally Field, Jessica Chastain, and fellow drama school alumnus, Bradley Cooper.”
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Samantha's speaks to journalist Ai Chin Paw from Sin Chew Jit Poh, in her first ever feature for a Chinese language newspaper.
For an English translation (with thanks to Sebastian Ng), click here.
"If there's a lesson to be learnt from Samantha's incredible journey, it's one's tenacity, resolve and steadfastness which determine his or her success in overcoming the hurdles."
Acclaimed SOPA award-winning journalist R. Nadeswaran chronicles Samantha's journey in his Citizen Nades column. 26 May 2014 in The Sun Daily.
“Acting requires that you be an emotional athlete, combining discipline, compassion, empathy, a desire to understand the human race and a willingness to be vulnerable in front of an audience or a camera”
Samantha talks craft with Marie Claire Malaysia in their March 2014 issue. Photos courtesy of Matthew Ong.
An in-depth 33 minute chat on BFM 89.9's "The Bigger Picture", with the lovely Meera Sivasothy.
Click here to listen or download the full audio clip.
Transcript and full audio clip of Samantha's first interview Down Under, with Radio Australia presenter Sen Lam.
Australia Network News finds out what it took for Samantha to become the first Malaysian at the Actors Studio Drama School, and how she plans to repay the generosity she has received.
FZ.com journalist Kristina Mariswamy seeks to uncover the qualities that drive Samantha to become the successful artist she is.
Samantha's first talk show appearance, where she discusses acting, her successful fundraising campaign and much more, with hosts Jonathan Putra and Lisa Wong.
Samantha meets entertainment journalist Bissme S. to discuss her incredible journey, the meaning of acting and the kind of artist she hopes to be.
