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Ming-Na Wen Chinese: 溫明娜; born November 20, 1963 is an American actress and model. She has won numerous awards in her career, including an Annie Award and a Saturn Award, as well as a nomination for a Screen Actors Guild Award. She will be honored as a Disney Legend in 2019 and a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2023.
Wen's breakthrough role was that of Jun Wu in The Joy Luck Club (1993). Her other early successes include the role of Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen in the medical drama series ER (1995–2004) and the voice role of Fa Mulan in the Walt Disney animated classic Mulan, as well as its sequel Mulan II, several video games, and guest roles on TV shows such as Sofia the First. Additionally, Wen played a small role in the live-action remake of Mulan (2020).
Wen is famous for playing Agent Melinda May in the Marvel series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020) and has also appeared in the Star Wars franchise as bounty hunter Fennec Shand, who appears in The Mandalorian (2019–2020), Star Wars: The Bad Batch (2021, 2024) and The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022). Other notable roles include Chun-Li in Street Fighter (1994), Detective Ellen Yin in The Batman (2004–2005), Judge Linda Harris in Two and a Half Men (2007, 2010), and Camille Raye in Stargate Universe (2009–2011).
Early Life, Family, and Education
Wen was born on 20 November 1963 in Coloane, one of Macau's two main islands. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, moved to Macau from Suzhou, China, to escape communism in the 1950s. Her father is of Malaysian Chinese descent. She has an older brother, Jonathan and a younger brother, Leong.
Wen's parents divorced when she was an infant, and she moved with her brother and mother to Hong Kong, where she attended a Catholic school. Her mother worked three jobs to support the family. Her mother remarried Chinese American Sue Lim Yee, and when Wen was four, the family moved to New York City. Her younger brother, Leong, was born there.
Five years later, Wayne's mother and stepfather moved their family to the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, where they purchased and operated the Chinatown Inn restaurant established in 1943 which is still in business.They resided in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania.
Personal Life
In 1990, Wen married American film writer Kirk Eanes. They divorced three years later. On June 16, 1995, Wen married Eric Michael Zee and they have a daughter and a son. Wen's first pregnancy was written into the script of ER, with her character putting the baby up for adoption. Wen's daughter followed in her mother's footsteps into voice acting. She provided the voice of Princess June in the Disney Channel animated series Sofia the First, credited as Michaela Zee.
Wen is trilingual and is fluent in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin. She is Buddhist.
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