Actor

Rosalind Chao

September 23, 1957 · Los Angeles, California, USA

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.

Notable work

8.2
Grey's Anatomy (2005)
as Kathleen Patterson
6.8
Mulan (2020)
as Hua Li
6.6
Freaky Friday (2003)
as Pei-Pei
8.2
Bones (2005)
as Mandy Oh
8.2
Shameless (2011)
as Doctor
7
Just Like Heaven (2005)
as Fran
7.2
What Dreams May Come (1998)
as Leona
7.6
I Am Sam (2001)
as Lily
8
Castle (2009)
as Mimi Tan
7.7
Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
as Governor Keiko Mahoe
8.2
Ben 10 (2005)
as Councilwoman Liang (voice)
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987)
as Keiko Ishikawa and as Keiko O'Brien

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