Ming-na Wen
Ming-Na Wen (born November 20, 1963 in Coloane , Macau ) is an American actress of Chinese origin.
Life and accomplishments
After separating from her husband, Ming-Na Wen's mother moved to Hong Kong . At the age of four she came to the United States , where she initially lived in New York City . At the age of nine, Wen moved to nearby Pittsburgh , where she attended high school. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with an acting degree .
Wen made her debut in the television series Young and Passionate - As Life Goes on , in which she appeared from 1988 to 1991. 1992 followed an appearance in the film Silent Rain with Jeff Daniels and Linda Hunt in other supporting roles. In 1994 she played a bigger role in the action film Street Fighter alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raúl Juliá . In 1997 she was seen in One Night Stand as Mimi , the betrayed wife of Max Carlyle ( Wesley Snipes ).
In the television series Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme Wen first played as a guest in some episodes of the first season (1994-1995) and then permanently from 2000 to 2004. For this role, she was nominated for the 2001 Screen Actors Guild Awards together with the cast . She also appeared in the television series A Single Always Comes Alone and Inconceivable (2005) and gave her voice to cartoons such as The Batman (2004-2005). In 2009 she took on a permanent supporting role in the series Stargate Universe .
Since 2013 she was part of the main cast of the series Marvel's Agents of SHIELD . The series ended in 2020.
In 2017 she was accepted into the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the Oscars every year.
Ming-Na Wen has been married to actor Eric Michael Zee since 1995 and has two children.
Filmography (selection)
- 1992: Rain Without Thunder
- 1993: Deadly Addiction (Blind Spot)
- 1993: Daughters of Heaven (The Joy Luck Club)
- 1994: Mission Voyager - death flight to the planet Trion (Terminal Voyage)
- 1994: Street Fighter: The Movie
- 1994: All-American Girl (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 1995–1997: A single always comes alone ( The Single Guy , TV series, 43 episodes)
- 1995, 2000–2004: Emergency Room - Die Notaufnahme ( ER , TV series, 118 episodes)
- 1997: One Night Stand
- 1998: Mulan (voice)
- 2001: Final Fantasy: The Powers Within You ( Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within , voice)
- 2002: Teddy Bears' Picnic
- 2004: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV series, episode 6x02)
- 2004: Mulan 2 (voice)
- 2005-2011: Robot Chicken (TV series, 2 episodes, voice)
- 2007–2010: Two and a Half Men (TV series, 5 episodes)
- 2008: Prom Night
- 2008: Private Practice (TV series, episode 2x05)
- 2008: Boston Legal (TV series, episode 5x08)
- 2009: Push
- 2009–2011: Stargate Universe (TV series, 31 episodes)
- 2010: Breakdance Academy (BoyBand)
- 2011–2012: Eureka - The Secret City ( Eureka , TV series, 7 episodes)
- 2012: Super Cyclone
- 2013: Nashville (TV series, episode 1x11)
- 2013: April Rain
- 2013-2020: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (TV series)
- 2014-2018: Sofia the First Princess ( Sofia the First , TV series, 6 episodes, voice)
- 2016: The Darkness
- 2016: Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: Slingshot (TV series, 2 episodes)
- 2017-2018: It's always worse with Milo Murphy (Milo Murphy's Law, TV series, 7 episodes, voice)
- 2017-2019: Fresh Off the Boat (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 2018: We Bare Bears ( We Bare Bears , TV series, episode 3x35, voice)
- 2018: Guardians of the Galaxy (TV series, 4 episodes, voice)
- 2018: Marvel Rising - Secret Warriors (TV movie, voice)
- 2018–2019: Hot Streets (TV series, 6 episodes, voice)
- 2019: The Mandalorian (TV series, episode 1x05)
- 2019: Marvel Rising - Heart of Iron (TV movie, voice)
- 2020: Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (TV series, episode 1x06)
- 2020: 50 States of Fright (TV series, 3 episodes)
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Ming-Na Wen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ming-Na Wen in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Biography for Ming-Na. In: imdb.com. Internet Movie Database , accessed April 26, 2009 .
- ↑ "Class of 2017". Accessed June 30, 2017. http://www.app.oscars.org/class2017/ .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wen, Ming-Na |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 20, 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Coloane , Macau , People's Republic of China |