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Rosalind Chao

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.

Personal information

Birthday

1957-09-23

Birth Place

Anaheim, California, USA

Movies and TV shows :

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10-8: Officers on Duty

2003

9.5

TV
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3 Body Problem

2024

7.5

TV
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A Man Called Sloane

1979

5.0

TV
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ABC Afterschool Special

1972

6.4

TV
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According to Jim

2001

6.5

TV
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AfterMASH

1983

5.1

TV
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Against the Law

1990

6.0

TV
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American Playhouse

1982

6.0

TV
An Eye for an Eye

An Eye for an Eye

1981

5.2

Movie
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Anna and the King

1972

6.5

TV
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Arliss

1996

6.5

TV
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Battle of the Network Stars

1976

7.2

TV
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Beauty and the Beast

1987

7.5

TV
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Ben 10

2005

8.2

TV
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Better Things

2016

7.2

TV
Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

1997

0.0

Movie
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black-ish

2014

7.2

TV
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Bones

2005

8.2

TV
Bride of the Incredible Hulk

Bride of the Incredible Hulk

1980

6.8

Movie
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Brimstone

1998

7.5

TV
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Bring 'Em Back Alive

1982

5.7

TV
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Castle

2009

8.0

TV
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Center of the Universe

2004

7.0

TV
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Century City

2004

7.0

TV
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Chicago Hope

1994

7.2

TV
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Citizen Baines

2001

0.0

TV
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Code Black

2015

7.7

TV
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

2000

7.6

TV
Denial

Denial

1990

4.0

Movie
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Dharma & Greg

1997

6.4

TV
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Diff'rent Strokes

1978

7.0

TV
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Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

2012

6.7

TV
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Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

1990

6.1

TV
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Emergency!

1972

7.8

TV
Enemies of Laughter

Enemies of Laughter

2000

5.5

Movie
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ER

1994

7.8

TV
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Falcon Crest

1981

5.6

TV
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Family Law

1999

8.2

TV
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Forever

2014

7.8

TV
Freakier Friday

Freakier Friday

2025

0.0

Movie
Freaky Friday

Freaky Friday

2003

6.5

Movie
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Get Real

1999

7.3

TV
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Gideon's Crossing

2000

6.0

TV
Going Berserk

Going Berserk

1983

5.1

Movie
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Grey's Anatomy

2005

8.2

TV
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Hawaii Five-0

2010

7.7

TV
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Here's Lucy

1968

6.9

TV
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How the West Was Won

1977

7.0

TV
I Am Sam

I Am Sam

2001

7.6

Movie
Impostor

Impostor

2001

6.1

Movie
Inhabited

Inhabited

2003

6.3

Movie
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Intelligence

2014

6.5

TV
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Intruders

1992

6.8

TV
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Jack and Mike

1986

5.0

TV
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Jake and the Fatman

1987

5.9

TV
Just Like Heaven

Just Like Heaven

2005

7.0

Movie
Knife Fight

Knife Fight

2013

5.2

Movie
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Kojak

1973

6.9

TV
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Kung Fu

1972

7.6

TV
Last Flight Out

Last Flight Out

1990

0.0

Movie
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001

7.6

TV
Life of the Party

Life of the Party

2005

6.0

Movie
Love Affair

Love Affair

1994

5.4

Movie
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M*A*S*H

1972

7.9

TV
Magic Camp

Magic Camp

2020

6.9

Movie
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Max Headroom

1987

6.8

TV
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MDs

2002

10.0

TV
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Medical Investigation

2004

6.6

TV
Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

1992

5.9

Movie
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Miami Vice

1984

7.5

TV
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Monk

2002

7.9

TV
Moonlight

Moonlight

1982

6.0

Movie
Mulan

Mulan

2020

6.9

Movie
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Murder, She Wrote

1984

7.5

TV
Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

1979

2.9

Movie
Nanking

Nanking

2007

7.2

Movie
North

North

1994

5.0

Movie
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Once and Again

1999

6.8

TV
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One Day at a Time

1975

6.7

TV
Plus One

Plus One

2019

6.8

Movie
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Private Eye

1987

4.2

TV
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Private Practice

2007

7.6

TV
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Riptide

1984

6.8

TV
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Ruth & Erica

2012

8.0

TV
Sacramento

Sacramento

2024

0.0

Movie
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Shameless

2011

8.2

TV
Shooter

Shooter

1988

5.5

Movie
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Sin City Saints

2015

6.2

TV
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Six Feet Under

2001

8.1

TV
Slam Dance

Slam Dance

1987

4.9

Movie
Special Report: Journey to Mars

Special Report: Journey to Mars

1996

5.0

Movie
Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

1981

5.3

Movie
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Spies

1987

0.0

TV
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St. Elsewhere

1982

5.4

TV
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

1993

7.9

TV
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Star Trek: The Next Generation

1987

8.4

TV
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Stingray

1985

7.3

TV
Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

2015

5.4

Movie
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Sweet Tooth

2021

7.8

TV
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Tell Me You Love Me

2007

6.7

TV
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The A-Team

1983

7.5

TV
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The Amazing Spider-Man

1978

5.9

TV
The Big Brawl

The Big Brawl

1980

5.9

Movie
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The Catch

2016

6.5

TV
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The Daily Show

1996

6.4

TV
The End of Violence

The End of Violence

1997

5.3

Movie
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The Event

2010

6.4

TV
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The First Lady

2022

6.3

TV
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

1977

7.0

TV
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

1981

5.4

Movie
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The Incredible Hulk

1977

7.2

TV
The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club

1993

7.1

Movie
The Joy Luck Club 2

The Joy Luck Club 2

0.0

Movie
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The L Word: Generation Q

2019

7.7

TV
The Laundromat

The Laundromat

2019

6.0

Movie
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The Magic School Bus

1994

7.6

TV
The Man from Elysian Fields

The Man from Elysian Fields

2001

5.9

Movie
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The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

1979

5.0

TV
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The Muppets

2015

6.9

TV
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The Neighbors

2012

6.4

TV
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The O.C.

2003

7.8

TV
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The OA

2016

7.5

TV
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The Parkers

1999

8.2

TV
The Starling

The Starling

2021

7.0

Movie
The Terry Fox Story

The Terry Fox Story

1983

6.1

Movie
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962

7.4

TV
The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman

The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman

1987

6.0

Movie
The Ultimate Impostor

The Ultimate Impostor

1979

5.0

Movie
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The West Wing

1999

8.3

TV
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thirtysomething

1987

6.3

TV
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This Is Us

2016

8.2

TV
Thousand Pieces of Gold

Thousand Pieces of Gold

1991

6.8

Movie
Three Blind Mice

Three Blind Mice

2001

4.8

Movie
To Love, Honor and Deceive

To Love, Honor and Deceive

1996

5.6

Movie
Together Together

Together Together

2021

6.4

Movie
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Tour of Duty

1987

8.0

TV
Tragedy Girls

Tragedy Girls

2017

6.0

Movie
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Trauma

2009

7.3

TV
Twirl

Twirl

1981

6.0

Movie
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Under Suspicion

1994

7.5

TV
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W.I.T.C.H.

2004

7.4

TV
Web of Deception

Web of Deception

1994

3.0

Movie
What Dreams May Come

What Dreams May Come

1998

7.2

Movie
White Ghost

White Ghost

1988

4.4

Movie
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Without a Trace

2002

7.3

TV