{"id":27171,"date":"2026-07-10T18:40:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=ming-na-wen"},"modified":"2026-07-10T18:40:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T18:40:19","slug":"ming-na-wen","status":"publish","type":"movie_engine_person","link":"https:\/\/lovemoviesnight.com\/?movie_engine_person=ming-na-wen","title":{"rendered":"Ming-Na Wen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ming-Na Wen\u00a0(Chinese:\u00a0\u6eab\u660e\u5a1c; born November 20, 1963)\u00a0is an American\u00a0actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an\u00a0Annie Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Saturn Award, in addition to a \u00a0Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She was honoured as a\u00a0Disney Legend\u00a0in 2019 and a star on the\u00a0Hollywood Walk of Fame\u00a0in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Wen&#8217;s breakthrough role was as June Woo in\u00a0The Joy Luck Club\u00a0(1993). Other early successes include the role of\u00a0Dr Jing-Mei &#8220;Deb&#8221; Chen\u00a0in the medical drama series\u00a0ER\u00a0(1995\u20132004) and her voice role as\u00a0Fa Mulan\u00a0in the\u00a0Walt Disney Animated Classic Mulan, as well as its sequel\u00a0Mulan II, several video games and guest appearances in TV shows such as\u00a0Sofia the First. Additionally, Wen made a cameo appearance in the live-action remake of\u00a0Mulan\u00a0(2020).<\/p>\n<p>Wen is well-known for playing agent\u00a0Melinda May in the\u00a0Marvel\u00a0series\u00a0Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.\u00a0(2013\u20132020) and has also appeared in the\u00a0Star Wars franchise as the bounty hunter\u00a0Fennec Shand, appearing in\u00a0The Mandalorian\u00a0(2019\u20132020)\u00a0Star Wars: The Bad Batch\u00a0(2021, 2024), and\u00a0The Book of Boba Fett\u00a0(2021\u20132022). Other notable roles include \u00a0Chun-Li\u00a0in\u00a0Street Fighter\u00a0(1994),\u00a0Detective Ellen Yin\u00a0in\u00a0The Batman\u00a0(2004\u20132005), and\u00a0Camile Wray\u00a0in\u00a0Stargate Universe\u00a0(2009\u20132011).<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Ming-Na Wen, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ming-Na Wen\u00a0(Chinese:\u00a0\u6eab\u660e\u5a1c; born November 20, 1963)\u00a0is an American\u00a0actress and model. She has won multiple awards throughout her career, including an\u00a0Annie Award\u00a0and a\u00a0Saturn Award, in addition to a \u00a0Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. She was honoured as a\u00a0Disney Legend\u00a0in 2019 and a star on the\u00a0Hollywood Walk of Fame\u00a0in 2023. 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