Immigrant of the Day: Ming-Na Wen (China)

Ming-Na Wen (born November 20, 1963) is an actress. She was born on Coloane Island, Macau and moved to the United States as a young girl with her mother. Ming-Na Wen attended high school in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from Carnegie-Mellon. Today, Ming-Na Wen lives with her family in Calabasas, California.

Ming-Na Wen’s most prominent role may be as Dr. Jing-Mei “Deb” Chen on the NBC drama series, ER. Ming-Na appeared in the movie version of Amy Tan’s novel The Joy Luck Club and played Chun-Li in Street Fighter. She also appeared in a supporting role on the comedy series The Single Guy.

Ming-Na Wen also provided the voice for the title character in Disney’s animated movie Mulan, and its sequel Mulan II. In 2004, she took part in a Hollywood Home Game on the World Poker Tour, and won.

In fall 2005, Ming-Na Wen starred on the NBC drama series Inconceivable as the lead character, Rachel Lu. Her next TV role was an FBI agent in the FOX kidnap drama series Vanished. Ming-Na Wen appeared in four episodes of CBS’ Two and a Half Men playing a judge who is a love interest of a character played by Charlie Sheen.

KJ