
Ming-Na
Highest Rated: 87% The Joy Luck Club (1993)
Lowest Rated: 0% Mulan II (2004)
Birthday: Nov 20, 1968
Birthplace: Coloane Island, Macau
This attractive stage-trained performer appeared in a number of off-Broadway shows before making her breakthrough performance in "The Joy Luck Club" (1993) as part of a strong ensemble of Asian actresses. Wen (whose name means enlightenment) began her professional career in the Playwrights Horizon presentation of "Tiny Mommy." She went on to appear for three seasons as Lien Hughes in the on-going daytime serial "As the World Turns" (1956-2010). In her second feature, "Street Fighter" (1994), Wen appeared as a kick-boxing TV reporter opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. She had a recurring role as an ambitious third-year med student during the freshman year of the NBC medical drama "ER" (1994-2009). Wen was subsequently cast as a regular on the sitcom "The Single Guy" (NBC, 1995-97) as Trudy, the caustic owner of a SoHo art gallery. When the series ended, she headed to Broadway where she debuted in David Henry Hwang's "Golden Child" (1998). That same year, Wen also provided the speaking voice for the Disney animated heroine "Mulan" (1998).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Swimming | Unknown (Character) | - | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Breakdance Academy | Unknown (Character) | - | 2017 |
3% | 19% | The Darkness | Wendy (Character) | $10.7M | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 7% | April Rain | Hillary (Character) | - | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 8% | Super Cyclone | Dr. Jenna Sparks (Character) | - | 2012 |
No Score Yet | 80% | BoyBand | Judy Roberts (Character) | - | 2010 |
23% | 42% | Push | Emily Wu (Character) | $31.8M | 2009 |
7% | 38% | Prom Night | Dr. Elisha Crowe (Character) | $43.8M | 2008 |
0% | 42% | Mulan II | Mulan (Voice) | - | 2004 |
44% | 48% | Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Doctor Aki Ross (Voice) | $32.1M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | We Served With Pride: The Chinese-American Experience in WWII | Narrator | - | 1999 |
86% | 85% | Mulan | Mulan (Voice) | $120.6M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 12 Bucks | Gorgeous (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tempting Fate | Ellen Moretti (Character) | - | 1998 |
32% | 38% | One Night Stand | Mimi Carlyle (Character) | $2.6M | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 0% | Star Quest | Han (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 43% | Hong Kong '97 | Katie Chun (Character) | - | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanishing Son IV | Mai (Character) | - | 1994 |
10% | 20% | Street Fighter | Chun-Li Zang (Character) | $33.2M | 1994 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Vanishing Son II | Mai (Character) | - | 1994 |
87% | 89% | The Joy Luck Club | Jing-Mei 'June' Woo (Character) | $32.8M | 1993 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Fennec Shand (Voice) | 2021 |
93% | 91% | The Mandalorian | Fennec Shand (Guest Star) | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2020 2015 |
95% | 91% | Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. | Agent Melinda May (Character) | 2013-2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 2020 2015 |
85% | 55% | 50 States of Fright | Susan (Character) | 2020 |
94% | 77% | Fresh Off the Boat | Stephanie (Guest Star) | 2017-2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrity Family Feud | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Iron Chef America | Judge | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: Mission Break Out | Phyla-Vell (Guest Voice) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sofia the First | Vega (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 87% | We Bare Bears | Ranger Zhao (Guest Voice) | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 91% | Robot Chicken | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2015 2005 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hollywood Game Night | Unknown (Character) | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Real | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Marilyn Denis Show | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Social | Guest | 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Arsenio Hall Show | Guest | 2014 |
90% | 70% | Nashville | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
100% | 93% | Adventure Time | Finn's Mom (Guest Voice) | 2012 |
70% | 72% | Stargate Universe | Camile Wray (Character) | 2009-2011 |
65% | 66% | Two and a Half Men | Linda Harris (Guest Star) | 2010 2007 |
86% | No Score Yet | Ni Hao, Kai-lan | Unknown (Guest Voice) | 2009 |
86% | 90% | Boston Legal | Ming Wang Shu (Guest Star) | 2008 |
51% | 80% | Private Practice | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
62% | No Score Yet | Vanished | Unknown (Character) | 2006 |
No Score Yet | 73% | George Lopez | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |
30% | No Score Yet | Inconceivable | Unknown (Character) | 2005 |
No Score Yet | 80% | ER |
Jing-Mei Chen (Character), Unknown (Guest Star) |
1999-2004 1994-1995 |
78% | 89% | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Li Mei (Guest Star) | 2004 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | Unknown (Voice) | 1997 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Single Guy | Trudy Sloane (Character) | 1995-1997 |
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