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Ming-Na Wen (Chinese: 溫明娜; born November 20, 1963) is an American actress and model. Over the course of her career she has received numerous awards, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, and was also nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2019 she was honored as a Disney Legend, and in 2023 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Wen's breakthrough role was June Woo in the film "The Joy Luck Club" (1993). Other early successes include the role of Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen in the medical drama series "ER" (1995–2004) and voicing Fa Mulan in the Walt Disney animated classic "Mulan," as well as in its sequel "Mulan II," several video games, and cameo appearances in television shows such as "Sofia the First." In addition, Wen made a cameo appearance in the live-action remake of "Mulan" (2020).

Wen is well known for her role as Agent Melinda May in the Marvel series "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." (2013–2020), and also appeared in the "Star Wars" franchise as the bounty hunter Fennec Shand in the series "The Mandalorian" (2019–2020), "Star Wars: The Bad Batch" (2021, 2024), and "The Book of Boba Fett" (2021–2022). Other notable roles include Chun-Li in the film "Street Fighter" (1994), Detective Ellen Yin in the series "The Batman" (2004–2005), and Camile Wray in the series "Stargate Universe" (2009–2011).

The above description is taken from the Wikipedia article "Ming-Na Wen," licensed under CC-BY-SA; the full list of authors is on Wikipedia.

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Interesting facts

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    Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a bachelor's degree in drama.

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    She was born into a Chinese-Malaysian family, but moved to Hong Kong in early childhood due to her parents' divorce. Because of this, in addition to her native Mandarin, she also speaks the Cantonese dialect of Chinese.

Family & relationships

Eric Michael Zee spouse · Children: 2
Kirk Aanes spouse · divorced
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