Comedian Jenny Yang has leaped from the stand-up stage to the small screen, landing her first major TV role as Xing, an assassin, in Netflix's "The Brothers Sun." Yang's acting journey: Having carved a successful path in comedy as a writer and performer, Yang revealed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that she previously set her sights on becoming an action-comedy star. “All they told me was that it was a gang drama and I wouldn't have to do any accents,” Yang told the outlet.