Ming-Na
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- This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wen.
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| Born | Ming-Na Wen November 20, 1963 Coloane Island, Macau |
| Spouse(s) | Eric Michael Zee (1995—present) |
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Ming-Na Wen (simplified Chinese: 温明娜; traditional Chinese: 溫明娜; pinyin: Wēn Míngnà; born November 20, 1963) is an American actress. She has been credited with and without her family name, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Personal life
Ming-Na was born on Coloane Island, Macau, to Chinese parents and moved to the United States as a young girl with her mother; her parents divorced when she was a toddler. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, is a nurse.[1] Ming-Na attended high school in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University, the same university that ER producer John Wells attended.
She married American film writer Kirk Aanes in 1990, but divorced in 1993 without children. She got married for the second time on June 16, 1995, with Eric Michael Zee, and has since then had two children. As of 2007, they live in Calabasas, California.
[edit] Career
Ming-Na's most prominent role may be as Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen on the NBC drama series, ER. Ming-Na first guest starred during the first season. 5 years later, she was invited back as a series regular in Season 6 and remained on the show until midway through Season 11. Ming-Na appeared in the movie version of Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club and played Chun-Li in Street Fighter. She also appeared in a supporting role on the comedy series The Single Guy which starred Jonathan Silverman.
Ming-Na also provided the voice for the title character in Disney's animated movie Mulan, and its sequel Mulan II, as well as reprising her role in the Square Enix/Disney videogame Kingdom Hearts II, Aki Ross in the computer animated film Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, and Detective Ellen Yin in the animated series The Batman. She was also the voice actress for Jade, a minor character in the HBO animated series Spawn.
In 2004, she took part in a Hollywood Home Game on the World Poker Tour, and won. In fall 2005, she starred on the NBC drama series Inconceivable as the lead character, Rachel Lu. However, the series was cancelled after only a few episodes. Her next TV role was an FBI agent in the FOX kidnap drama series Vanished, which premiered in the fall of 2006 then was cancelled roughly 3 months later. She also has played a small role as a college teacher in The George Lopez Show.
On October 8 through October 29, 2007, Ming-Na appeared in a four episode arc of CBS' Two and a Half Men playing Linda Harris, a divorced, 40-year-old judge and mother who is a love interest for Charlie Harper, played by Charlie Sheen.
[edit] Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
| 1992 | Rain Without Thunder | "Uudie" Prisoner | |
| 1993 | The Joy Luck Club | Jing-Mei "June" Woo | |
| 1994 | Terminal Voyage | Han | |
| Hong Kong 97 | Katie Chun | ||
| Street Fighter | Chun-Li Zang | ||
| 1997 | One Night Stand | Mimi Carlyle | |
| 1998 | 12 Bucks | Gorgeous | |
| Mulan | Fa Mulan(voice) | Voice Actress | |
| 1999 | Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle | Jade/Lisa Wu (voice) | |
| 2001 | Aki's Dream | Dr. Aki Ross (voice) | |
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within | Dr.Aki Ross(voice) | ||
| 2002 | A Ribbon of Dreams | Mei-Ling (voice) | |
| Teddy Bears' Picnic | Katy Woo | ||
| 2003 | The Bronx Bunny Show s1 e1 | Talkshow | |
| 2004 | Perfection | Woman | |
| Mike's Super Short Show | |||
| Mulan II (V) | Fa Mulan (voice) | Voice Actress | |
| The Batman | Ellen Yin (voice) | Voice Actress | |
| 2005 | The Batman | Ellen Yin (voice) | Voice Actress |
| The World of Mulan | Fa Mulan (voice) | Voice Actress | |
| 2006 | Kingdom Hearts II | Fa Mulan (voice) | Voice Actress |
| 2008 | Prom Night | Dr. Elisha Crowe |
