Rosalind Chao
Nascimento : 1957-09-23, Anaheim, California, USA
História
Rosalind Chao is an American actress of Chinese heritage. Chao's most notable roles are as South Korean refugee Soon-Lee Klinger on CBS' AfterMASH, as Keiko O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dr. Kim on The O.C., Rose Hsu Jordan in The Joy Luck Club (1993), and Hua Li, Mulan’s mother, in the live-action version of Mulan (2020). Chao is married to voice actor Simon Templeman.
She began acting 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. As a child, she played the daughter of a laundry owner (played by James Hong) on the 1970 episode of Here's Lucy entitled "Lucy the Laundress".
For some time, Chao worked at Disneyland as an international tour guide.
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 intern at the CBS-owned Hollywood radio station KNX, she soon returned to acting.
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. Soon-Lee married longtime starring character Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr) in the series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", the most-watched U.S. sitcom television episode of all time as of 2021. Chao continued playing the character in the M*A*S*H sequel series: AfterMASH (1983), her first role billed at co-starring status.
Chao regularly portrayed the Japanese exo-botanist Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was also originally considered for the part of Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar.
She's had recurring roles as Miss Chung on season 5 of Diff'rent Strokes, Li Ying on season 5 of Falcon Crest, Dr. Judith Lin on Citizen Baines, Dr. Kim on seasons 1 & 3 of The O.C., Pastor Jin on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment B, Mrs. Wu on Sin City Saints, Caroline on Better Things, and Tina Tchen on The First Lady.
She's guest starred on numerous shows including This is Us, Code Black, The Catch, black-ish, The OA, Hawaii Five-O, Castle, Forever, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Bones, The Event, CSI, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, According to Jim, Six Feet Under, The Parkers, Monk, Without a Trace, Dharma & Greg, Once and Again, The West Wing, Family Law, ER, Brimstone, Chicago Hope, Murder She Wrote, thirty something, Jake & the Fatman, Miami Vice, Beauty and the Beast (1988), The A-Team, St. Elsewhere, Riptide, M*A*S*H,One Day at a Time (1981), Emergency!, The Incredible Hulk (1978), Here's Lucy, and more.
She has starred in several movies including The Joy Luck Club, North (1994), What Dreams May Come, Impostor, I Am Sam, Freaky Friday (2003), Just Like Heaven, Mulan (2020) as Mulan’s mother, Together Together, and The Starling.
In 2019, Chao was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences citing her contributions to critically acclaimed films The Joy Luck Club and I Am Sam.
Fawn
Uma mulher que tenta superar uma perda precisa lidar com um pássaro genioso que invadiu seu jardim — e um marido que luta para seguir em frente.
Dr. Andrews
Quando Anna é contratada como barriga de aluguel de Matt, um homem solteiro que deseja um filho, esses dois estranhos percebem que seu relacioNamento irá rapidamente desafiar suas percepções de conexão, limites e outros detalhes do amor.
Hua Li
Hua Mulan é a espirituosa e determinada filha mais velha de um honrado guerreiro. Quando o Imperador da China emite um decreto que um homem de cada família deve servir no exército imperial, Mulan decide tomar o lugar de seu pai, que está doente. Assumindo a identidade de Hua Jun, ela se disfarça de homem para combater os invasores que estão atacando sua nação, provando-se uma grande guerreira.
Lorraine (uncredited)
Um grupo de campistas desajustados ajuda um mágico azarado a redescobrir seu amor pela mágica, uma comédia emocionante sobre encontrar alegria e confiança na autoaceitação.
Gu Kailai
Por debaixo da superfície do mundo financeiro, um grande esquema de lavagem de dinheiro envolvendo as principais figuras políticas mundiais fluía desde 1970. Em 2017, o Consórcio Internacional de Jornalistas de Investigação publicou o maior vazamento de corrupção da história, baseado em 11,5 milhões de arquivos secretos obtidos a partir do escritório de advocacia Mossack Fonseca, no Panamá. A descoberta balança com vigor a esfera pública, causando uma crise na política internacional.
Angela Mori
Para sobreviver a um verão cheio de casamentos, os amigos de longa data Ben e Alice concordam em ser o acompanhante um do outro nos casamentos para os quais foram convidados.
Mayor Campbell
McKayla Hooper (Alexandra Shipp) e Sadie Cunningham (Brianna Hildebrand) são duas jovens que tem um canal online e são obcecadas com a morte. Através dos seus vídeos, as duas decidem criar um verdadeiro caos em sua cidade para que possam se tornar verdadeiras lendas do terror local.
Dr. Andrews
Leanne foi sequestrada aos seis anos de idade. Quando se reúne com seus pais, 17 anos depois, eles terão que se adaptar à nova realidade de uma filha que já não os reconhece e que sente mais apego por seus sequestradores que por eles.
Chang Yu Zheng
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens of thousands of Chinese. In the midst of this horror, a small group of Western expatriates banded together to save 250,000. Nanking shows the tremendous impact individuals can make on the course of history.
Fran
Quando David aluga um novo apartamento, a última coisa que ele quer é companhia. Então Elizabeth aparece, insistindo que o apartamento é dela... até que ela desaparece bem na frente de seus olhos. Ele se convence de que ela é um espírito. Mas ela está convencida de que ainda está viva. À medida que buscam saber a verdade sobre o passado de Elizabeth, o relacionamentos dele muda de ressentimento para romance.
Mei Lin
A group of friends plan an intervention to help their pal address his drinking problem. Things go awry when the shrink they hired fails to show up
Ms. Montane
After Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of neglect, they're happy that cheerful teenage son Tyler behaves normally, for puberty. Young daughter Gina's stories about sometimes evil 'fairies' are equally dismissed, but get worse. Self-appointed handyman warns Iver Hagen them for 'things worse than ghosts' and ever scarier things happen. Ma irrationally believes the house bad yet refuses long to have Gina examined by Dr. Werner, who has a patient Olive obsessed by similar trolls. By the time the pieces are fitted, it may be too late.
Pei-Pei
Tess (Jamie Lee Curtis) e Anna (Lindsay Lohan) são mãe e filha que vivem às turras. Decididas a acabar com as brigas, elas repentinamente trocam de corpos. Agora cada uma precisa aprender a lidar com a vida da outra, com as confusões crescendo ainda mais pelo fato de Tess estar de casamento marcado.
Lily
Sam Dawson (Sean Penn) é um homem com deficiência mental que cria sua filha Lucy (Dakota Fanning) com uma grande ajuda de seus amigos. Porém, assim que faz 7 anos Lucy começa a ultrapassar intelectualmente seu pai, e esta situação chama a atenção de uma assistente social que quer Lucy internada em um orfanato. A partir de então Sam enfrenta um caso virtualmente impossível de ser vencido por ele, contando para isso com a ajuda da advogada Rita Harrison (Michelle Pfeiffer), que aceita o caso como um desafio com seus colegas de profissão.
Newscaster (uncredited)
Em 2079, a Terra está em guerra com uma raça alienígena há uma década. É neste contexto que vive Spencer John Olham, um dos mais prominentes cientistas do governo cujo mais recente trabalho promete salvar o planeta. Entretanto, repentinamente Spencer passa a ser acusado de ser um espião alien infiltrado, sendo portanto alvo de uma caçada humana impiedosa. Agora Spencer precisa provar sua verdadeira identidade a tempo de poder ajudar a humanidade com seu novo trabalho.
Li Mei Chen
A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to fight against a tenacious District Attorney, and evidence connected to the man's wife.
Female Customer
Byron Tiller é um escritor mal sucedido que vive em Pasadena. Sem ter como sustentar a esposa e filho, aceita oferta de uma agência de acompanhantes chamada Campos Elíseos, para sair com senhoras ricas e mais velhas. Depois disso conhece a esposa de um famoso escritor. Ela o convence a ajudar o marido a completar seu novo e último romance.
Carla
Nerdy-looking Paul (David Paymer) is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal (Judge Reinhold) has an idea that might turn things around when he decides to film Paul's life and turn his romantic disasters into a comedic documentary. When a beautiful young director (Rosalind Chao) decides to produce the real-life romantic comedy, Paul realizes that Cupid may be poised with his bow and arrow.
Leona
Depois da morte de seus dois filhos, Chris Nielson e sua mulher Annie passam por insuperáveis dificuldades emocionais. Anos depois, acontece outra tragédia: Chris também morre. Ele vai para o Paraíso, onde conhece Albert, um rapaz de bom coração que vai ajudá-lo a se adaptar à nova existência. Para Annie, a morte do marido é a última gota que a prendia à vida, e ela acaba se suicidando. Porém, diferente de Chris, ela não vai ao Paraíso, mas sim a um lugar diferente, uma espécie de purgatório onde ficam as almas perturbadas. Quando descobre o destino da mulher, Chris pede ajuda a Albert e os dois saem em uma jornada em busca da salvação da alma de Annie, provando que o amor desafia qualquer infortúnio.
Self
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
Claire
Mike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action films. His ignored wife Paige is close to leaving him. Suddenly Mike is kidnapped by two bandits, but escapes and hides out with his Mexican gardener's family for a while. At the same time, surveillance expert Ray Bering is looking for what happens in the city, but it is not clear what he wants. The police investigation for Max's disappearance is led by detective Doc Block, who falls in love with actress Cat who is playing in ongoing Max's production.
Sydney's Unnamed Friend
Sydnee Carpenter (Vanessa Marcil) is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, Matthew (Thomas Gibson). When her husband and son are suddenly killed in a boating accident, Sydnee's comfortable existence is shattered. Although she is overwhelmed by her grief, Sydnee cannot ignore the strange pieces from her husband's past that continue to make their way into the present. Before long, she suspects that her husband has masterminded an elaborate scheme in order to abandon her and kidnap their son. Unable to convince the authorities of her wild sounding speculations, Sydnee does catch the attention of detective Jim sanders (James Wilder), who may have his own hidden agenda for getting involved with her plight.
Dr. Lin Yo Yu
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and then the problems start. The landing-computer malfunctions, the captain Eugene Slader gets very sick and back on Earth it is discovered that big financial corporations have an interest in the failure of the mission - and we, the viewers, can see it all live on television.
Lee
Remake de Tarde Demais Para Esquecer (An Affair to Remember) de 1957 com Deborah Kerr e Cary Grant. Apesar de já estarem comprometidos com outras pessoas, Mike Gambril (Warren Beatty) e Terry McKay (Annette Bening) se apaixonam perdidamente ao se conhecerem em uma viagem para Sydney. No entanto, após esse primeiro contato, eles param de se falar e marcam um encontro para três meses depois em New York.
Chinese Mom
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a lawsuit against them. The judge rules that North should either find new parents or return to his own parents within two months. Thus North starts off on a journey around the world to find parents that really care about him.
Dr. Sheila Prosser
Dr. Philip Pearloff is a prominent forensic psychiatrist, with a beautiful wife and a successful practice. But when he meets a beautiful woman, his loyalty is tested and he is drawn to her advances. After a night of passion, she becomes dangerously obsessed with Pearloff, stalking him at work and invading his home. Then,ina frightening twist, the crazed woman plots her own 'murder' to incriminate the man who spurned her. Now, Phillip must desperately fight a staggering array of incriminating evidence and clear his name, or lose everything he has.
Rose Hsu Jordan
Em São Francisco, um grupo de mulheres chinesas se encontra regularmente para trocar histórias familiares e se divertir. Em uma série de dezesseis vinhetas que cobrem gerações e continentes, a produção explora conflitos culturais e relações tumultuadas.
Cathy DiTolla
O especialista da bolsa de valores Nick Halloway (Chevy Chase) vai participar de um seminário em um laboratório. Só que como ele está numa terrível ressaca, acaba adormecendo no banheiro e sofrendo as consequências de um bizarro acidente nuclear. Ele e todo o prédio do laboratório ficam invisíveis. Enquanto tenta se adaptar a sua nova realidade, ele é perseguido por um agente traiçoeiro da CIA, que pretende usá-lo como arma de guerra. Para sua sorte, ele também conhece uma linda garota chamada Alice Monroe (Daryl Hannah), que vai tentar ajudá-lo.
Lalu
In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons.
Tra Duong
Fact based story set in Saigon in April, 1975 shortly after the US combat troops have withdrawn and immediately before the Communist forces over run the city. American citizens try to help South Vietnamese refugees escape on the last commercial flight that will be permitted to leave the city.
Terry
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationship threatens to consume them.
Lan
"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets involved in the lives of the soldiers he meets and "shoots." There's Ngoc, the Vietnamese photo lab tech; Klause, a German photographer swiping Buddhas; Rene, a French photographer who carries an AK-47; Stork, Matt's superstitious roommate who is also a photographer; Rizzo, the irascible editor; Lan, an American-educated Vietnamese reporter and Tracey an embassy worker who is Matt's former flame.
Thi Hau
July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.
Mrs. Margaret Bell
When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
莲花
The young Chinese heir to millions in the USA is suddenly destitute. He takes out a life insurace policy on himself and assigns his former teacher to kill him.
Kung Fu Girl
John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics cult, and other crazed characters in the days leading up to his wedding.
Rika Noda
Em 1977, o canadense Terry Fox teve a perna direita amputada em razão de um câncer. Determinado a levantar fundos para pesquisas sobre a doença, ele decide atravessar o país a pé e, assim, chamar a atenção das pessoas para o problema.
Daphne Wu
A fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international terrorists and is recruited by undercover agents to help track down the leader in this prospective pilot.
Kim King
Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being (what else?) twirling!). The real test, however, is whether their friendship will survive through the contest with the pressure and interference from their parents to win.
Linda Chan
Sean Kane (Chuck Norris) se aposenta da polícia de São Francisco após o assassinato de seu parceiro, passando a enfrentar o crime por conta própria, o que o leva a investigar uma rede de tráfico de drogas
Emily Chan
Spider-Man goes to China to help an official accused of World War II treachery. Two episodes of the TV series "Spider Man" edited together and released as a feature.
Lai-Ping
A series pilot about a secret agent who is armed with skills learned by a computer-brain link-up -- lasting only 72 hours at a time -- and is sent to rescue a Russian submarine commander, a defector who has been kidnapped by an agent for another nation.
Hotel Clerk
The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must play basketball against a specially programmed squad of robots controlled by a mad scientist.
Mae
Este é o primeiro filme americano de Jackie Chan. Em "O Lutador de Rua" o ator interpreta um imigrante que segue rumo aos EUA para ajudar e proteger o restaurante de seu avô. Quando gangsteres da cidade sequestram sua cunhada, ele é obrigado a entrar num torneio de luta para resgatá-la. Um forte mafioso de Chicago chantageia o jovem lutador de Kung Fu, afim de que o rapaz derrote, em um campeonato mundial de lutas marciais, o campeão invicto da categoria, patrocinado pelo chefe da máfia de Pittsburg.
Flower
The all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at the mercy of a tribe of hostile women programmed to kill all men.
Receptionist
David and Carolyn marry in Hawaii and continue to work to find a cure for both their afflictions in a race against time.
