Ming-Na Wen
Known For: The Book of Boba Fett, The Mandalorian, Karate Kid: Legends, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Mulan, Street Fighter, The Joy Luck Club
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Ming-Na Wen first won attention with her touching and critically acclaimed performance as ‘June’ in the feature film The Joy Luck Club.
She received the first contract role for an Asian-American actor in a daytime drama when she won the part of ‘Lien Hughes’ on As the World Turns. The diverse actress proved she was able to play more than the gentle wallflower June in The Joy Luck Club, when she tackled the roles of ‘Chun-Li’, the butt-kicking female lead in Streetfighter; and as wife Mimi in director Mike Figgis' film One Night Stand.
Ming-Na is also known for her role in the Star Wars universe as Fennec Shand in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and Star Wars: The Bad Batch. In the Marvel universe she portrays the role of Melinda May in Joss Wehdon’s Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Ming-Na is also proud to be the title voice of Mulan, Disney's animated feature (for which she won an Annie Award) as well as the lead voice of Aki Ross in the stunning CGI animated film Final Fantasy. The talented actress has also has lent her voice for the shows Phineus and Ferb and Ni Hao, Kai Lan; as well as documentaries and children’s books.
Additional credits include ER where she played the role of ‘Dr. Jing-Mei Chen’; ‘Camile Wray’ in the SGU Stargate Universe; ‘U.S. Senator Michaela Wen’ in Eureka; ‘Agent Lin Mei’ in Vanished; ‘Wendy Richards’ in The Darkness; ‘Dolly Yu’ in Mech Cadets; ‘May Lee’ Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai; and ‘Li Fong’s Mother’ in Karate Kid: Legends.
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