Ming-Na Biography (1963-)

Born November 20, 1963, in Coloane, Macau; daughter of Lin Chan Wen (a nurse); married Eric Michael Zee (an actor), June 16, 1995; children: Michaela. Addresses: Agent: International Creative Management, 8942 Wilshire Blvd.,Beverly Hills, CA 90211.; Publicist: Baker Winokur Ryder, 9100 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor west, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.; Contact: Hofflund/Polone, 9465 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 820, Beverly Hills, CA 90212; c/o 9903 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 575, Beverly Hills, CA 90212.

Gender: Female
Occupation: Actress
Birth Details: November 20, 1963; Coloane, Macau

Famous Works

CREDITS
Television Appearances
Series
(As Ming-Na Wen) Lien Hughes (#1), As the World Turns, CBS, 1988-1991
Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen, ER, NBC, 1994-1995, 2000-
(As Ming-Na Wen) Trudy Sloane, The Single Guy, NBC, 1995-1997
Voice of Jade/Lisa Wu, Spawn (animated; also known as Todd McFarlane's Spawn), 1997
Voice of Mulan, House of Mouse (animated; also known as Disney's House of Mouse), ABC, 2001
Movies
(As Ming-Na Wen) Mitsuko, "Blind Spot" (also known as "Death in the Family"), Hallmark Hall of Fame, CBS, 1993
(As Ming-Na Wen) Mai, Vanishing Son II, syndicated, 1994
(As Ming-Na Wen) Mai, Vanishing Son IV, 1994
(As Ming-Na Wen) Han, Star Quest (also known as Terminal Voyage), Sci-Fi Channel, 1996
(As Ming-Na Wen) Ellen Moretti, Tempting Fate, ABC, 1998
Specials
Voice of Fa Mulan/Fa Ping, Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates tothe Music of Disney's "Mulan," ABC and The Disney Channel, 1998
Narrator, We Served with Pride: The Chinese American Experience in WWII, PBS, 1999
InStyle Celebrity Moms, NBC, 2001
"Declaration of Independence," Independence Day 2001, ABC, 2001
Pilots
(As Ming-Na Wen) Dr. Sara Kwan, Outreach, The WB, 1999

I Got You, ABC, 2002
Episodic
Royal trumpeter, Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, PBS, 1985
(As Ming-Na Wen) Amy, "Redesigning Women," All-American Girl, 1994
Herself, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, CBS, 2001
Also appeared as voice of Princess Lani, "Puss in Boots," Happily EverAfter: Fairy Tales for Every Child (animated); in an episode of Storytime, PBS.
Film Appearances
(As Ming-Na Wen) `Uudie' prisoner, Rain without Thunder, 1992
(As Ming-Na Wen) Jing-Mei "June" Woo, The Joy Luck Club, Buena Vista, 1993
(As Ming-Na Wen) Chun-Li Zang, Street Fighter (also known as Street Fighter: The Battle for Shadaloo, Street Fighter: The Movie,and Street Fighter: The Ultimate Battle), Universal, 1994
(As Ming-Na Wen) Katie Chun, Hong Kong '97, 1994
(As Ming-Na Wen) Mimi Carlyle, One Night Stand, New Line Cinema, 1997
Voice of Fa Mulan/Fa Ping, The Legend of Mulan (animated; also known as Mulan), Buena Vista, 1998
Gorgeous, 12 Bucks, 1998
Voice, Spawn 3: Ultimate Battle, 1999
Voice of Doctor Aki Ross, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (animated; also known as Fainaru fantaji), Columbia, 2001
Voice of Doctor Aki Ross, Aki's Dream (animated short film), Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2001
Katy Woo, Teddy Bears' Picnic, Magnolia Pictures, 2002
Speaking voice of Fa Mulan, Mulan II (animated), Buena Vista HomeVideo, 2003
Stage Appearances
Lam/young man with ghetto blaster, Tiny Mommy, Playwrights Horizons, New York City, 1987
Black Orpheus, Crossroads Theatre Company, New Brunswick, NJ, 1991
Speed the Plow, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA, 1991
Betty, Luck, Pluck & Virtue, La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego, CA, 1993
Elizabeth Kwong/Eng Eling, Golden Child, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1998
Stage Work
Producer, Exit the Dragon.
RECORDINGS
Video Games
(As Ming-Na Wen) Voice of Chun-Li, Street Fighter: The Movie, 1994

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals

A Magazine, February, 1996
Detour, November, 1996, p. 81
Entertainment Weekly, March 17, 1995, p. 74
People, May 9, 1994

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