Rosalind Chao

Rosalind Chao 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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Anaheim, California, USA, 1957-09-23

Died: null

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1979	The Ultimate Impostor	Lai-Ping	50
2	1979	Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women	Flower	29
3	1980	Bride of the Incredible Hulk	Receptionist	68
4	1980	The Big Brawl	Mae	59
5	1981	Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge	Emily Chan	54
6	1981	The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island	Hotel Clerk	47
7	1981	An Eye for an Eye	Linda Chan	52
8	1981	Twirl	Kim King	35
9	1982	Moonlight	Daphne Wu	60
10	1983	The Terry Fox Story	Rika Noda	61
11	1983	Going Berserk	Kung Fu Girl	50
12	1987	The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman	莲花 (Lian Hua)	60
13	1987	Slam Dance	Mrs. Margaret Bell	48
14	1988	Shooter	Lan	55
15	1988	White Ghost	Thi Hau	45
16	1990	Denial	Terry	52
17	1990	Last Flight Out	Tra Duong	0
18	1991	Thousand Pieces of Gold	Lalu / Polly	68
19	1992	Memoirs of an Invisible Man	Cathy DiTolla	59
20	1993	The Joy Luck Club	Rose Hsu Jordan	71
21	1994	Web of Deception	Dr. Sheila Prosser	30
22	1994	North	Chinese Mom	50
23	1994	Love Affair	Lee	54
24	1996	Special Report: Journey to Mars	Dr. Lin Yo Yu	50
25	1996	To Love, Honor and Deceive	Sydney's Best Friend	58
26	1997	Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western	Self	0
27	1997	The End of Violence	Claire	53
28	1998	What Dreams May Come	Leona	72
29	2000	Enemies of Laughter	Carla	55
30	2001	The Man from Elysian Fields	Female Customer	59
31	2001	Three Blind Mice	Li Mei Chen	48
32	2001	Impostor	Newscaster (uncredited)	61
33	2001	I Am Sam	Lily	76
34	2003	Freaky Friday	Pei-Pei	65
35	2003	Inhabited	Ms. Montane	63
36	2005	Life of the Party	Mei Lin	60
37	2005	Just Like Heaven	Fran	70
38	2007	Nanking	Chang Yu Zheng	72
39	2013	Knife Fight	Kate - Focus Group Moderator	51
40	2015	Stockholm, Pennsylvania	Dr. Andrews	53
41	2017	Tragedy Girls	Mayor Campbell	60
42	2019	Plus One	Angela Mori	68
43	2019	The Laundromat	Gu Kailai	60
44	2020	Magic Camp	Lorraine (uncredited)	68
45	2020	Mulan	Hua Li	69
46	2021	Together Together	Dr. Andrews	64
47	2021	The Starling	Fawn	69
48	2023	Not an Artist	Kimmy	0
49	2025	Sacramento	Dr. Murray	63
50	2025	Freakier Friday	Pei-Pei	0
51		The Joy Luck Club 2	Rose Hsu Jordan	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
2	1968	Here's Lucy	Linda Chang Wong	67
3	1972	Emergency!	Kathy	78
4	1972	Anna and the King	Princess Serena	65
5	1972	MAS*H	Soon-Lee	79
6	1972	ABC Afterschool Special	The Kurmese Ambassador's Daughter	64
7	1973	Kojak	Grace Chen	70
8	1975	One Day at a Time	Gloria	67
9	1976	Battle of the Network Stars		72
10	1977	The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries	Lily	71
11	1977	How the West Was Won	Li Sin	69
12	1977	The Incredible Hulk	Receptionist	73
13	1978	The Amazing Spider-Man	Emily Chan	60
14	1978	Diff'rent Strokes	Miss Chung	70
15	1978	Diff'rent Strokes	Ming Li	70
16	1979	A Man Called Sloane	Soom Nuk	50
17	1979	The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo	Leslie Chiu	51
18	1981	Falcon Crest	Li-Ying Chi	55
19	1982	American Playhouse	Ku Ling	63
20	1982	Bring 'Em Back Alive	Shala	57
21	1982	St. Elsewhere	Mary Wilson	55
22	1983	The A-Team	Alice Heath	75
23	1983	AfterMASH	Soon-Lee Klinger	51
24	1984	Riptide	Lucy	67
25	1984	Miami Vice	Mai Ying	75
26	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Phoebe Campbell	75
27	1985	Stingray	Colette Tran	72
28	1986	Jack and Mike	Holly Sykes	50
29	1987	Spies		0
30	1987	Max Headroom	Angie Barry	69
31	1987	Private Eye	Kai-Lee	42
32	1987	Tour of Duty	Li Kiem	80
33	1987	Beauty and the Beast	Lin Wong	75
34	1987	Jake and the Fatman	Elaine Nakasone	60
35	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Keiko Ishikawa	84
36	1987	Star Trek: The Next Generation	Keiko O'Brien	84
37	1987	thirtysomething	Willa Camden	63
38	1990	Drug Wars: The Camarena Story	Thanh Steinmetz	61
39	1990	Against the Law	Toy Feng	60
40	1992	Intruders	Dr. Jenny Sakai	67
41	1993	Star Trek: Deep Space Nine	Keiko O'Brien	79
42	1994	The Magic School Bus	Mrs. Li (voice)	76
43	1994	Under Suspicion		75
44	1994	Chicago Hope	Allison Granger	72
45	1994	ER	Dr. Theresa Chow	78
46	1996	The Daily Show	Self	64
47	1996	Arliss	Karen	67
48	1997	Dharma & Greg	Patricia	64
49	1998	Brimstone	Nina Chou	76
50	1999	The Parkers	Prof. Thornhill	82
51	1999	Get Real	Anne Collins	73
52	1999	Family Law	Dr. Seabourne	82
53	1999	Once and Again	Tami Seitz	68
54	1999	The West Wing	Jane Gentry	83
55	2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Michelle Huntley	76
56	2000	Gideon's Crossing	Claire Hines	60
57	2001	Six Feet Under	Cindy	81
58	2001	Citizen Baines	Dr. Judith Lin	0
59	2001	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mrs. Zhuang	76
60	2001	According to Jim	Sally Wu	65
61	2002	Monk	Arleen Cassidy	79
62	2002	MDs	Angela Yuan	75
63	2002	Without a Trace	Helen Collins	72
64	2003	The O.C.	Dr. Kim	77
65	2003	10-8: Officers on Duty	Lt. Maggie Chen	91
66	2004	Century City	Doctor	63
67	2004	Medical Investigation	Dr. Kramer	65
68	2004	Center of the Universe	Dr. Geisler	70
69	2004	W.I.T.C.H.	Joan Lin / Mandy (voice)	74
70	2005	Grey's Anatomy	Kathleen Patterson	82
71	2005	Bones	Mandy Oh	82
72	2005	Ben 10	Councilwoman Liang (voice)	82
73	2007	Tell Me You Love Me	Cynthia	67
74	2007	Private Practice	Lillie Jordan	75
75	2009	Castle	Mimi Tan	80
76	2009	Trauma	Therapist	72
77	2010	Hawaii Five-0	Governor Keiko Mahoe	78
78	2010	The Event	Doctor	64
79	2011	Shameless	Doctor	82
80	2012	Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23	Pastor Jin	67
81	2012	Ruth & Erica	Helen	80
82	2012	The Neighbors	Barb Hartley	63
83	2014	Intelligence	Sheng-Li Wang	65
84	2014	Forever	Frenchman	78
85	2014	black-ish	Dr. Stone	72
86	2015	Sin City Saints	Mrs. Wu	60
87	2015	The Muppets	Woman #1	70
88	2015	Code Black	Jae Eun	77
89	2016	The Catch	Kohana Takashi	65
90	2016	Better Things	Caroline	72
91	2016	This Is Us	Anna	82
92	2016	The OA	Patricia Knoller	75
93	2019	The L Word: Generation Q	Grace Lee	77
94	2021	Sweet Tooth	Mrs. Helen Zhang	78
95	2022	The First Lady	Tina Tchen	64
96	2024	3 Body Problem	Ye Wenjie	75

Rosalind Chao

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