Angela Kang Biography
Angela Kang is an American television writer best known for acting as showrunner for the final three seasons of the AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead. Her first job in the television industry was as an intern for the ABC medical dramas Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice.
Angela Kang Age
She was born on 23 March 1976, in Irvine, California, United States. Angela is 47 years old as of March 2023.
Angela Kang Education
In 1998, she earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Theater from Occidental College in Los Angeles, California. She later returned to school and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in screenwriting from the University of Southern California, where she was awarded the Annenberg Graduation Fellowship.
Angela Kang Family- Son
Kang was born and raised in Irvine, California, the daughter of Korean immigrants.
Angela Kang Career
Her first job in the television industry was as an intern for the ABC medical dramas Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice. Her first job out of graduate school as a staff writer was for the unaired NBC post-apocalyptic series Day One. She was soon hired as a staff writer for the short-lived FX series Terriers, for which she wrote two episodes. She joined the writing staff of the critically renowned AMC horror drama series The Walking Dead as a story editor for season two in 2011. She was promoted to producer for Season 3 (2012-2013), co-executive producer for Season 5 (2014-2015), and showrunner for Seasons 9–11 (2018-2022).
She published various short tales and poetry, as well as a number of plays. Kang appeared on Talking Dead, a chat program about The Walking Dead and Fear the Walking Dead, in addition to working on The Walking Dead and other shows (2011-2019). She also wrote the short films Harlequin (2004) and Slow Pitch in Relief (2009). Kang was supposed to become the showrunner of a spin-off series focusing on Daryl Dixon (Norman Reedus) and Carol Peletier (Melissa McBride) set to broadcast in 2023 after the conclusion of the 11th and final season of The Walking Dead. She left the project as a showrunner in April 2022 but remained an executive producer.
Angela Kang’s Net Worth
Kang has an estimated net worth of 3 million dollars as of 2023.