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'{{short description|American actress}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Rosalind Chao | honorific_suffix = | image = Rosalind Chao in 2005.jpg | caption = Chao at the ''[[Just like Heaven (film)|Just Like Heaven]]'' premiere in Los Angeles (September 8, 2005) | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|09|23}} | birth_place = [[Anaheim]], [[California]], U.S.| | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1970–present | spouse = [[Simon Templeman]] | children = 2 }} '''Rosalind Chao''' (born September 23, 1957) is an American actress of Chinese ancestry. Chao's best-known roles have been in the mid-1980s [[CBS]] show ''[[AfterMASH]]'' portraying Klinger's South Korean wife Soon-Lee, Rose Hsu Jordan in the 1993 movie ''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]'', the recurring character [[Keiko O'Brien]] on ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' in the 1990s, and Dr. Kim on ''[[The O.C.]]'' in 2003. ==Early life== Rosalind Chao was born on September 23, 1957.<ref name="2018-09-23 Herald & Review" /> Her parents ran a successful pancake restaurant, Chao's, across the street from [[Disneyland]], and employed her there from an early age.<ref name="YTnanking">{{cite video|people=Rosalind Chao|date=February 4, 2007|title=Sundance Film Festival '07 – Nanking Party|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lf7TY8RggHc|format=YouTube|publisher=Greening Productions|location=[[Gilbert, Arizona]], U.S.|accessdate=2008-06-02|time=00:00:50|quote=I grew up with Chinese parents, and I learned nothing about it}}</ref> ==Career== For some time, Chao worked at [[Disneyland]] as an international [[tour guide]].<ref name="disneybio">{{cite web|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2013/12/from-outer-space-to-disney-parks-meet-the-dads-from-abc-tvs-the-neighbors|title= From Outer Space to Disney Parks … Meet the Dads from ABC-TV's 'The Neighbors'|accessdate= 2013-12-06|publisher= Disney Parks Blog}}</ref> Chao's parents were instrumental in her decision to pursue acting;<ref name="fandangobio">{{cite web|url= https://www.fandango.com/search?q=Riosalind+Chao&mode=general|title= Rosalind Chao Biography|accessdate= 2007-12-30|publisher= [[Fandango (ticket service)|Fandango]]}}</ref> she began 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.<ref name="20080201OCR">{{cite news | first = Paul | last = Hodgins | title = A career made from scratch | url = http://www.ocregister.com/entertainment/rosalind-89509-chao-actress.html | work = [[The Orange County Register]] | publisher = [[Terry Horne]] | location = [[Santa Ana, California]], united states | date = February 1, 2008 | accessdate = 2008-02-02 | quote = Former Star Trek actress Rosalind Chao talks about her latest work with playwright Neil LaBute. }}</ref> Deciding not to pursue acting, Chao enrolled in the communications department at the [[University of Southern California]] where she earned her degree in journalism. However, after spending a year as a radio newswriting [[internship|intern]] at the CBS-owned Hollywood radio station [[KNX (AM)|KNX]],<ref name="20080201OCR"/> she soon returned to acting.<ref name="y!bio">{{cite web|url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800126114/bio|title=Rosalind Chao Biography|work=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|publisher=[[Yahoo!|Yahoo! Inc]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060226093517/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800126114/bio|archivedate=February 26, 2006|url-status=dead|accessdate=2007-12-30|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="fandangobio"/> Her big break was with the role of Soon-Lee, a South Korean refugee, in the final episodes of the TV series ''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]''.<ref name="y!bio"/> Soon-Lee [[war bride|married]] longtime starring character [[Maxwell Klinger]] ([[Jamie Farr]]) in the series finale "[[Goodbye, Farewell and Amen]]",<ref name="gf&amen">{{cite episode| title = Goodbye, Farewell and Amen| episodelink = Goodbye, Farewell and Amen| series = M*A*S*H| serieslink = M*A*S*H (TV series) | network = [[CBS]]| airdate = 1983-02-28| season = 11| number = 16}}</ref> the [[List of most-watched television broadcasts#Top 45 network primetime telecasts of all time (1964–2010)|most-watched sitcom television episode of all time]] ({{As of|2017}}). Chao continued playing the character in the ''M*A*S*H'' sequel: 1983's ''[[AfterMASH]]'', her first role billed at co-starring status.<ref name="AfterMASH">{{cite web|url= http://www.mash4077tv.com/articles/aftermash/|title= AfterMASH: Main Article|accessdate= 2007-12-30|author= RJ|format= embedded video|publisher= MASH4077TV.com}}</ref> Chao regularly portrayed the Japanese exo-botanist [[Keiko O'Brien]] (née Ishikawa) on both ''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]]'' and ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' with eight appearances in the former and nineteen in the latter before ''DS9''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s end in 1999. In 2010, a preliminary casting memo for ''The Next Generation'' from 1987 was published, revealing that Chao was originally considered for the part of ''Enterprise'' security chief [[Tasha Yar]].<ref name="trektoday20100826">{{cite web| url = http://www.trektoday.com/content/2010/08/star-trek-the-next-generation-casting-memo-unearthed/| title = Star Trek: The Next Generation Casting Memo Unearthed| author = T'Bonz| date = August 26, 2010| publisher = | location = | accessdate = 2010-08-27}}</ref><!-- to really keep this section, it needs more weight to Ms. Chao, not plot. I've culled and trimmed, and will look for such in Star Trek materials before doing anything with --> In August 2018, Chao joined the upcoming live-action retelling of ''[[Mulan (2020 film)|Mulan]]''.<ref name="FilmingUnderway">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/mulan-production-starting-new-cast-disney-1202444587/|title='Mulan' Rounds Out Cast, Reveals First-Look Photo As Filming Underway On Live-Action Movie|first1=Patrick|last1=Hipes|date=August 13, 2018|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/08/disney-mulan-jimmy-wong-doua-moua-1202445269/|title=Disney's 'Mulan' Casts Jimmy Wong & Doua Moua|first1=Amanda|last1=N'Duka|date=August 14, 2018|publisher=}}</ref> In 2019, Chao was invited to join the [[Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences]] citing her contributions to critically acclaimed films ''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]]'' and ''[[I Am Sam]]''. <ref name="GoldDerby">{{cite web|url=https://www.goldderby.com/article/2019/2020-oscars-new-members-complete-list/|title= Oscars invite 842 new members in 2019: Complete list by branch (and 2014-2018 totals too)|accessdate= 2019-07-11|author= Paul Sheehan|archivedate = 2019-07-01|publisher = Gold Derby|date= July 2, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Deadline">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/07/motion-picture-academy-adds-842-new-members-half-are-women-1202640500/|title= Motion Picture Academy Adds 842 New Members, Half Of Whom Are Women|accessdate= 2019-07-11|author= Pete Hammond|archivedate = 2019-07-01|publisher = Deadline|date= July 2019}}</ref><ref name="Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/academy-reaches-gender-parity-in-2019-new-member-invitations-1203257020/|title= Academy Reaches Gender Parity in 2019 New Member Invitations|accessdate= 2019-07-11|author= MATT DONNELLY and MARC MALKIN|archivedate = 2019-07-01|publisher = Variety|date= July 2019}}</ref> ==Personal life== While doing theatre at the Mark Taper Forum, Chao met [[Simon Templeman]]; the couple would eventually wed.<ref name=Geek>{{cite web |url=http://showbizgeek.com/what-ever-happened-to-the-cast-of-star-trek-the-next-generation |title=What Ever Happened To… the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation? |first=Rory |last=John |website=Showbiz Geek |date=2014-01-17 |access-date=2019-09-22 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150524142635/http://showbizgeek.com/what-ever-happened-to-the-cast-of-star-trek-the-next-generation/ |archivedate=2015-05-24 }}</ref> They have two children, a son, Roland William, and a daughter, Isabelle Rose Yi-Mei.<ref name=Geek/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BpoCEWOHc8w/|title=Rosalind Chao on Instagram: "Halloween pumpkins ❤️#tbt"|website=Instagram|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> Chao's daughter changed her first name to Yi-Mei in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la23-isabelle-rose-yi-mei-templeman-124510|title=ISABELLE ROSE YI-MEI TEMPLEMAN|website=UniCourt|language=en|access-date=2019-07-11}}</ref> ==Filmography== === Television === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Film !Role !Notes |- |1977 |''[[The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries]]'' |Lily |Episode – "The Secret of the Jade Kwan Yin" |- |rowspan="3"|1979 |''[[The Amazing Spider-Man (TV series)|The Amazing Spider-Man]]'' |Emily Chan |Episode – "The Chinese Web" (Part 1 & 2) |- |''Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women |Flower |Television film |- |''[[Emergency!|Emergency! The Convention]]'' |Kathy |Television film |- |rowspan="2"|1981 |''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' |Ming Li |Episode – "Almost American" |- |''[[One Day at a Time (1975 TV series)|One Day at a Time]]'' |Gloria |Episode – "Julie Shows Up: Part 2" |- |1982–83 |''[[Diff'rent Strokes]]'' |Miss Chung |Recurring role (7 episodes)<ref name="y!bio"/> |- |1982 |''Moonlight'' |Daphne Wu |Television film |- |1983 |''[[M*A*S*H (TV series)|M*A*S*H]]'' |Soon-Lee |Recurring role (2 episodes) |- |1983–85 |''[[AfterMASH]]'' |Soon-Lee Klinger |Main cast (30 episodes) |- |rowspan="4"|1986 |''Riptide'' |Lucy |season 3 episode 15 |- |''[[Falcon Crest]]'' |Li Ying |Recurring role (4 episodes) |- |''[[The A-Team]]'' |Alice Heath |Episode – "Point of No Return" |- |''[[American Playhouse]]'' |Ku Ling |Episode – "Paper Angels"<ref name="y!bio"/> |- |1988 |''[[Miami Vice]] |Mai Ying |Episode – "Heart of Night"<ref name=":0">"Rosalind Chao – Ovreview – MSN Movies". ''MSN Movies''. MSN. Retrieved 2010-02-15.</ref> |- |1991–92 |''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] |[[List of recurring Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters|Keiko O'Brien]] |Recurring role (8 episodes)<ref name="fandangobio" /> |- |1993–99 |''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'' |[[List of recurring Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters|Keiko O'Brien]] |Recurring role (19 episodes) |- |1995 |''[[Murder, She Wrote]]'' |Phoebe Campbell |Episode – "Nailed" |- |1999 |''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' |Dr. Chao |Episode – "Humpty Dumpty"<ref name=":0" /> |- |rowspan="2" |2001 |''[[Citizen Baines]]'' |Dr. Judith Lin<ref name=":1">"Rosalind Chao Filmography". ''Fandango.com''.Fandango. Retrieved 2008-04-09.</ref> |Recurring role (3 episodes) |- |''[[The West Wing]]'' |Jane Gentry |Episode – "The Fall's Gonna Kill You" |- |2003–06 |''[[The O.C.]]'' |Dr Kim |Recurring role (6 episodes)<ref name="y!bio"/> |- |2003 |''[[Monk (TV series)|Monk]]'' |Arleen Cassidy |Episode – "Mr. Monk Goes Back to School"<ref name=":1"/> |- |2006 |''[[Ben 10 (2005 TV series)]]'' |Councilwoman Liang |Episode – "Side Effects" (Voice) |- |2007 |''[[Tell Me You Love Me (TV series)|Tell Me You Love Me]]'' |Cynthia |Recurring role (2 episodes)<ref name="y!bio"/> |- |2008 |''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' |Kathleen Patterson |Episode – "All By Myself" |- |2009 |''[[Private Practice (TV series)|Private Practice]]'' |Lillie Jordan |Episode – "Slip Slidin' Away" |- |2010 |''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'' |Michelle Huntley |Episode – "Long Ball" |- |2011 |''[[Law & Order: Criminal Intent]]'' |Mrs. Zhuang |Episode – "Cadaver" |- |rowspan="2"|2012 |''[[Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23]]'' |Pastor Jin |Recurring role (4 episodes) |- |''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'' |Mandy Oh |Episode – "The Suit on the Set" |- |rowspan="2"|2014 |''[[The Neighbors (2012 TV series)|The Neighbors]]'' |Barb Hartley |Episode- "Close Encounters of the Bird Kind" |- |''[[Forever (2014 TV series)|Forever]]'' |Frenchman |Episode – "The Frustrating Thing About Psychopaths" |- |2014 |''[[Intelligence (U.S. TV series)|Intelligence]]'' |Sheng-Li wang |Episode – "Pilot" |- |2015 |''[[Castle (TV series)|Castle]]'' |Mimi Tan |Episode – "Hong Kong Hustle" |- |2016 |''[[Hawaii Five-0 (2010 TV series)|Hawaii Five-0]]'' |Governor Keiko Mahoe |Episode – "Makaukau 'oe e Pa'ani?" |- |2016 |''[[The OA]]'' |Patricia Knowler |Episode – "Champion" |- |2017 |''[[Black-ish]]'' | Dr. Stone | Episode – "Manternity" |- |2017 |''[[The Catch (TV series)|The Catch]]'' | Kohana Takashi (Japanese Consul) | Episode – "The Dining Hall" |} === Film === {| class="wikitable" !Year !Film !Role |- |1979 |''The Ultimate Imposter'' | |- |1980 |''[[The Big Brawl]]'' |Mae |- |rowspan="3"|1981 |''[[An Eye for an Eye (1981 film)|An Eye for an Eye]]'' |Linda Chen |- |''[[The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island]]'' |Hotel Clerk |- |''Twirl'' |Kim King |- |1983 |''[[The Terry Fox Story]]'' |Rika |- |rowspan=2|1987 |''[[Slam Dance (film)|Slam Dance]]'' |Mrs. Bell |- |''[[The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman (film)|The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman]]'' |Lianhua |- |1988 |''White Ghost'' |Thi Hau |- |1990 |''[[Denial (1990 film)|Denial]]'' |Terry |- |rowspan="2"|1991 |''[[Thousand Pieces of Gold (film)|Thousand Pieces of Gold]]'' |Lalu Nathoy/Polly Bemis |- |''[[Megaville]]'' | |- |rowspan="2"|1992 |''Intruders'' | |- |''[[Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film)|Memoirs of an Invisible Man]] |Cathy DiTolla |- |1993 |''[[The Joy Luck Club (film)|The Joy Luck Club]] |Rose |- |rowspan="3"|1994 |''[[Web of Deception]] | |- |''[[Love Affair (1994 film)|Love Affair]]'' |Lee |- |''[[North (1994 film)|North]]'' |Chinese Mom |- |1996 |''To Love, Honor and Deceive'' | |- |1997 |''[[The End of Violence]]'' |Claire |- |1998 |''[[What Dreams May Come (film)|What Dreams May Come]]'' |Leona |- |2000 |''[[Enemies of Laughter]]'' |Carla |- |rowspan="2"|2001 |''Three Blind Mice'' | |- |''[[I Am Sam]]'' |Lily |- |2003 |''[[Freaky Friday (2003 film)|Freaky Friday]]'' |Pei-Pei |- |rowspan="2"|2005 |''[[Life of the Party (2005 film)|Life of the Party]]'' |Mei Lin |- |''[[Just like Heaven (film)|Just like Heaven]]'' |Fran |- |2007 |''[[Nanking (2007 film)|Nanking]]'' |Chang Yu Zheng |- |2009 |''The Rising Tide'' |Narrator |- |2015 |''[[Stockholm, Pennsylvania]]'' |Dr. Andrews |- |2017 |''[[Tragedy Girls]]'' |Mayor Campbell |- | 2019 | ''[[Plus One (2019 film)|Plus One]]'' | Angela |- | 2019 | ''[[The Laundromat (film)|The Laundromat]]'' | Gu Kailai |- |2020 |''[[Mulan (2020 film)|Mulan]]'' | Hua Li |- |2021 |''[[Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings]]'' | TBA |- |TBA |''[[The Starling]]'' | Fawn |- |} ===Theatre=== {| class="wikitable" !2018 !The Great Wave at The National Theatre of Great Britain !Etsuko |- |2008 |[[Some Girl(s)]] |Lindsay |} ==References== {{reflist |refs= <ref name="2018-09-23 Herald & Review">{{cite news |date=2018-09-23 |title=Sept. 23 celebrity birthdays |url=https://herald-review.com/lifestyles/sept-celebrity-birthdays/article_c9dc42f9-678a-5670-98ce-2f04cdcf3f1c.html |url-status=live |work=[[Herald & Review]] |language=en |oclc=1002002031 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402185857/https://herald-review.com/lifestyles/sept-celebrity-birthdays/article_c9dc42f9-678a-5670-98ce-2f04cdcf3f1c.html |archive-date=2019-04-02 |access-date=2019-04-02}}</ref> }} ==External links== {{commons}} * {{IMDb name|0001034|Rosalind Chao}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Chao, Rosalind}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Actresses from California]] [[Category:People from Anaheim, California]] [[Category:American actresses of Chinese descent]] [[Category:American television 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