If dissections in high school biology classes hadn’t made her queasy, Jen Huang might not be portraying a doctor in one of New Zealand’s most hotly anticipated theatre shows. Instead, she might be a real-life emergency department physician.
The 31-year-old Taiwanese-Kiwi actor thought about becoming a medic and joining the health profession that her dentist parents Wesley and Grace, and older sister Stephanie, a biomedical researcher, work in.
“When I was younger, I wanted to be a doctor because I just liked helping people, but.