Ming-Na Wen (Chinese: 温明娜; pinyin: Wēn Míngnà); born November 20, 1963) is a Macau-born American actress. She has been credited with and without her family name, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it. She has been known by such variants of her name as Ming-Na, Ming Na, Ming Na Wen and Ming Wen.She is known for voicing Fa Mulan in films Mulan and Mulan II, the video game Kingdom Hearts II, and more recently on a guest appearance in the Disney animated series Sofia the First and as Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen on the medical drama series ER.She was the series lead of the cast of the show Inconceivable, a medical drama that was aired on NBC, but the show was short-lived. The show is one of the few American television shows with an Asian American series lead. She is also known for her roles on the main casts of the animated series The Batman and the sci-fi series Stargate Universe. As of 2013, she stars as Melinda May in the ABC action drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.Besides television, she is notable for starring in the films The Joy Luck Club, Street Fighter, and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
Eric Michael Zee (m. 1995), Kirk Aanes (m. 1990–1993)
Children
Michaela Zee, Cooper Dominic Zee
Parents
Lin Chan Wen
Siblings
Jonathan Wen, Leong Yee
Nominations
Kids' Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star—Family Show, People's Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies
Mulan, Street Fighter, The Joy Luck Club, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Mulan II, The Darkness, One Night Stand, Prom Night, Teddy Bears' Picnic, Hong Kong 97, Push, Super Cyclone, April Rain, Rain Without Thunder, Terminal Voyage, Tempting Fate, BoyBand, Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skate...
TV Shows
Stargate Universe, As the World Turns, ER, The Batman, Vanished, Inconceivable, Disney's House of Mouse, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Single Guy
I'm not one of those actresses that's going to feel like I never achieved my dreams and goals and just get disgruntled and hate everything about the business. I've had so much fun.
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I'm as proud to be Chinese as I am American.
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I'm trying to show I'm a trained actress - I can transform myself into different characters. I'm not just an ingenue.
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What I want is the same opportunities as anyone to get a part.
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Fact
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Her character on Eureka was named after her daughter Michaela Wen.
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Speaks Mandarin, as do her daughter and son.
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One of People Magazine's 100 Most Beautiful People in the World (2008).
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Chosen by Goldsea Asian-American Daily as one of the "100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time" (ranked #49).
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Second child, a boy named Cooper Dominic, was born on 13 October 2005 at 2:23 at St. John Hospital in Santa Monica. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 9 oz.
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First child, daughter Michaela, born on November 21, 2000.
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Graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1981.
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Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.
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She was one of the very first Chinese-American actresses to have a contract role, on the TV series As the World Turns (1956).
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