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Ming-Na Wen

Acting Born Nov 20, 1963 Coloane Island, Macau 24 credits

Biography

Ming-Na Wen (Chinese: 溫明娜; born November 20, 1963) is an American actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, in addition to a  Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She was honoured as a Disney Legend in 2019 and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2023.

Wen's breakthrough role was as June Woo in 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 her voice role as Fa Mulan in the Walt Disney Animated Classic Mulan, as well as its sequel Mulan II, several video games and guest appearances in TV shows such as Sofia the First. Additionally, Wen made a cameo appearance in the live-action remake of Mulan (2020).

Wen is well-known for playing agent Melinda May in the Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020) and has also appeared in the Star Wars franchise as the bounty hunter Fennec Shand, appearing in 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 Street Fighter (1994), Detective Ellen Yin in The Batman (2004–2005), and Camile Wray in Stargate Universe (2009–2011).

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Known for

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

as Li Mei Wu

American Dad!

as Gwen Ling (voice)

Two and a Half Men

as Linda

Young Sheldon

as Carol Lee

ER

as Jing-Mei Chen

The Mandalorian

as Fennec Shand

Phineas and Ferb

as Dr. Hirano (voice)

Hacks

as Janet
Film

Mulan

as Mulan (voice)

Full filmography

  • Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Li Mei Wu
  • Private Practice (2007) as Kara Wei
  • American Dad! (2005) as Gwen Ling (voice)
  • Two and a Half Men (2003) as Linda
  • Young Sheldon (2017) as Carol Lee
  • Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013) as Melinda May
  • ER (1994) as Jing-Mei Chen
  • The Mandalorian (2019) as Fennec Shand
  • Phineas and Ferb (2007) as Dr. Hirano (voice)
  • Boston Legal (2004) as Ming Wang Shu
  • Hacks (2021) as Janet
  • Fresh Off the Boat (2015) as Stephanie
  • Fresh Off the Boat (2015) as Elaine
  • We Bare Bears (2015) as Ranger Zhao (voice)
  • LIVE with Kelly and Mark (1988) as Self - Guest
  • The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (2002) as Peggy Tsu (voice)
  • Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy (2015) as Phyla-Vell (voice)
  • Nashville (2012) as Calista Reeve
  • Sofia the First (2013) as Mulan (voice)
  • Sofia the First (2013) as Vega (voice)
  • Eureka (2006) as U.S. Senator Michaela Wen
  • The Batman (2004) as Detective Ellen Yin (voice)
  • Stargate Universe (2009) as Camille Wray
  • Mulan (1998) as Mulan (voice)