Rosalind Chao

Rosalind Chao

Chao Jyalin

Birth Date

9/23/1957 (68)

Birth Place

Los Angeles, California, USA

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​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. As a child, she played the daughter...

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Acting

Gender

Female

Total Credits

21

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Lily

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Frequent Collaborators

Nicholas Hammond

Nicholas Hammond

1 film together

Amy Tan

Amy Tan

2 films together

Andrew Rhymer

2 films together

Jeff Chan

2 films together

Ronald Bass

Ronald Bass

2 films together

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