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Rosalind Chao (born September 23, 1959) is an American actress of Chinese heritage. Chao's most notable roles are as South Korean refugee Soon-Lee Klinger on CBS' AfterMASH, as Keiko O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dr. Kim on The O.C., Rose Hsu Jordan in The Joy Luck Club (1993), and Hua Li, Mulan’s mother, in the live-action version of Mulan (2020). Chao is married to voice actor Simon Templeman; they have 2 children. She began acting at the age of five in a California-based Peking opera traveling company at the instigation of her parents who were already heavily involved, and during the summers they sent her to Taiwan to further develop her acting skills. As a child, she played the daughter of a laundry owner (played by James Hong) on the 1970 episode of Here's Lucy entitled "Lucy the Laundress". For some time, Chao worked at Disneyland as an international tour guide. Deciding not to pursue acting, Chao enrolled in the communications department at the University of Southern California where she earned her degree in journalism. However, after spending a year as a radio newswriting intern at the CBS-owned Hollywood radio station KNX, she soon returned to acting. Her big break was with the role of Soon-Lee, a South Korean refugee, in the final episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H. Soon-Lee married longtime starring character Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr) in the series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", the most-watched U.S. sitcom television episode of all time as of 2021. Chao continued playing the character in the M*A*S*H sequel series: AfterMASH (1983), her first role billed at co-starring status. Chao regularly portrayed the Japanese exo-botanist Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was also originally considered for the part of Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar. She's had recurring roles as Miss Chung on season 5 of Diff'rent Strokes, Li Ying on season 5 of Falcon Crest, Dr. Judith Lin on Citizen Baines, Dr. Kim on seasons 1 & 3 of The O.C., Pastor Jin on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment B, Mrs. Wu on Sin City Saints, Caroline on Better Things, and Tina Tchen on The First Lady. She's guest starred on numerous shows including This is Us, Code Black, The Catch, black-ish, The OA, Hawaii Five-O, Castle, Forever, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Bones, The Event, CSI, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, According to Jim, Six Feet Under, The Parkers, Monk, Without a Trace, Dharma & Greg, Once and Again, The West Wing, Family Law, ER, Brimstone, Chicago Hope, Murder She Wrote, thirty something, Jake & the Fatman, Miami Vice, Beauty and the Beast (1988), The A-Team, St. Elsewhere, Riptide, M*A*S*H,One Day at a Time (1981), Emergency!, The Incredible Hulk (1978), Here's Lucy, and more. She has starred in several movies including The Joy Luck Club, North (1994), What Dreams May Come, Impostor, I Am Sam, Freaky Friday (2003), Just Like Heaven, Mulan (2020) as Mulan’s mother, Together Together, and The Starling. In 2019, Chao was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences citing her contributions to critically acclaimed films The Joy Luck Club and I Am Sam.
Freakier Friday
as Mama P
Sacramento
as Dr. Murray
3 Body Problem
as Ye Wenjie
Not an Artist
as Kimmy
The First Lady
as Tina Tchen
The Starling
as Fawn
Sweet Tooth
as Mrs. Helen Zhang
Together Together
as Dr. Andrews
Mulan
as Hua Li
Magic Camp
as Lorraine (uncredited)
The L Word: Generation Q
as Grace Lee
The Laundromat
as Gu Kailai
Plus One
as Angela Mori
Tragedy Girls
as Mayor Campbell
The OA
as Patricia Knoller
This Is Us
as Anna
Better Things
as Caroline
The Catch
as Kohana Takashi
Code Black
as Jae Eun
The Muppets
as Woman #1
Sin City Saints
as Mrs. Wu
Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Dr. Andrews
black-ish
as Dr. Stone
Forever
as Frenchman
Intelligence
as Sheng-Li Wang
Knife Fight
as Kate - Focus Group Moderator
The Neighbors
as Barb Hartley
Ruth & Erica
as Helen
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
as Pastor Jin
Shameless
as Doctor
Hawaii Five-0
as Governor Keiko Mahoe
The Event
as Doctor
Trauma
as Therapist
Castle
as Mimi Tan
Private Practice
as Lillie Jordan
Tell Me You Love Me
as Cynthia
Nanking
as Chang Yu Zheng
Ben 10
as Councilwoman Liang (voice)
Just Like Heaven
as Fran
Bones
as Mandy Oh
Grey's Anatomy
as Kathleen Patterson
Life of the Party
as Mei Lin
W.I.T.C.H.
as Joan Lin / Mandy (voice)
Center of the Universe
as Dr. Geisler
Medical Investigation
as Dr. Kramer
Century City
as Doctor
10-8: Officers on Duty
as Lt. Maggie Chen
Inhabited
as Ms. Montane
Freaky Friday
as Pei-Pei
The O.C.
as Dr. Kim
Without a Trace
as Helen Collins
MDs
as Angela Yuan
Monk
as Arleen Cassidy
I Am Sam
as Lily
Impostor
as Newscaster (uncredited)
According to Jim
as Sally Wu
Three Blind Mice
as Li Mei Chen
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mrs. Zhuang
Citizen Baines
as Judith Lin
The Man from Elysian Fields
as Female Customer
