Rosalind Chao

Rosalind Chao

Birthday: 1957-09-23

Place of birth: Anaheim, California, USA

Also known as: Chao Jyalin , Roslind Chao, Розалинд Чао, 赵家玲, 趙家玲, روزالیند چائو

imdb_id: nm0001034

Biography:

​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; they have 2 children. 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.

Played in movies:

I Am Sam

Score: 7.6

What Dreams May Come

Score: 7.2

Nanking

Score: 7.2

The Joy Luck Club

Score: 7.1

Just Like Heaven

Score: 7.0

The Starling

Score: 6.9

Magic Camp

Score: 6.9

Freakier Friday

Score: 6.9

Plus One

Score: 6.9

Mulan

Score: 6.9

Thousand Pieces of Gold

Score: 6.8

Bride of the Incredible Hulk

Score: 6.8

Freaky Friday

Score: 6.6

Together Together

Score: 6.4

Sacramento

Score: 6.4

Inhabited

Score: 6.3

Impostor

Score: 6.1

The Terry Fox Story

Score: 6.1

The Laundromat

Score: 6.0

Moonlight

Score: 6.0

The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman

Score: 6.0

Life of the Party

Score: 6.0

Tragedy Girls

Score: 6.0

The Man from Elysian Fields

Score: 5.9

The Big Brawl

Score: 5.9

Memoirs of an Invisible Man

Score: 5.9

To Love, Honor and Deceive

Score: 5.8

Enemies of Laughter

Score: 5.5

Shooter

Score: 5.5

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge

Score: 5.4

Love Affair

Score: 5.4

Stockholm, Pennsylvania

Score: 5.3

The End of Violence

Score: 5.3

An Eye for an Eye

Score: 5.2

Denial

Score: 5.2

Knife Fight

Score: 5.1

Special Report: Journey to Mars

Score: 5.0

The Ultimate Impostor

Score: 5.0

Going Berserk

Score: 5.0

North

Score: 5.0

Slam Dance

Score: 4.8

Three Blind Mice

Score: 4.8

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island

Score: 4.7

White Ghost

Score: 4.4

Twirl

Score: 3.5

Web of Deception

Score: 3.0

Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women

Score: 2.9

Not an Artist

Score: 0.0

The Joy Luck Club 2

Score: 0.0

Last Flight Out

Score: 0.0

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western

Score: 0.0

Played in tv shows:

10-8: Officers on Duty

Score: 9.1

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Score: 8.4

The West Wing

Score: 8.3

The Parkers

Score: 8.3

This Is Us

Score: 8.2

Grey's Anatomy

Score: 8.2

Bones

Score: 8.2

Family Law

Score: 8.2

Ben 10

Score: 8.2

Shameless

Score: 8.2

Six Feet Under

Score: 8.1

Ruth & Erica

Score: 8.0

Tour of Duty

Score: 8.0

Monk

Score: 8.0

Castle

Score: 8.0

M*A*S*H

Score: 7.9

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

Score: 7.9

ER

Score: 7.8

Sweet Tooth

Score: 7.8

Forever

Score: 7.8

Emergency!

Score: 7.8

The O.C.

Score: 7.8

Hawaii Five-0

Score: 7.8

Code Black

Score: 7.7

The L Word: Generation Q

Score: 7.7

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Score: 7.6

The Magic School Bus

Score: 7.6

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Score: 7.6

Brimstone

Score: 7.6

Murder, She Wrote

Score: 7.5

Private Practice

Score: 7.5

The OA

Score: 7.5

Under Suspicion

Score: 7.5

The A-Team

Score: 7.5

MDs

Score: 7.5

3 Body Problem

Score: 7.5

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Score: 7.5

Miami Vice

Score: 7.5

Beauty and the Beast

Score: 7.4

W.I.T.C.H.

Score: 7.4

Get Real

Score: 7.3

Without a Trace

Score: 7.3

Trauma

Score: 7.3

The Incredible Hulk

Score: 7.2

Chicago Hope

Score: 7.2

Better Things

Score: 7.2

Battle of the Network Stars

Score: 7.2

Stingray

Score: 7.2

black-ish

Score: 7.2

The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries

Score: 7.1

Diff'rent Strokes

Score: 7.1

Diff'rent Strokes

Score: 7.1

Kojak

Score: 7.0

Center of the Universe

Score: 7.0

The Muppets

Score: 7.0

How the West Was Won

Score: 6.9

Intruders

Score: 6.8

Max Headroom

Score: 6.8

Once and Again

Score: 6.8

Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23

Score: 6.7

Tell Me You Love Me

Score: 6.7

Riptide

Score: 6.7

Arli$$

Score: 6.7

Here's Lucy

Score: 6.7

One Day at a Time

Score: 6.7

The Catch

Score: 6.6

According to Jim

Score: 6.5

Anna and the King

Score: 6.5

Medical Investigation

Score: 6.5

ABC Afterschool Special

Score: 6.4

The Daily Show

Score: 6.4

Intelligence

Score: 6.4

Dharma & Greg

Score: 6.4

The Event

Score: 6.4

Century City

Score: 6.3

The Neighbors

Score: 6.3

thirtysomething

Score: 6.3

American Playhouse

Score: 6.3

The Amazing Spider-Man

Score: 6.2

The First Lady

Score: 6.1

Jake and the Fatman

Score: 6.1

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

Score: 6.1

Sin City Saints

Score: 6.0

Against the Law

Score: 6.0

Gideon's Crossing

Score: 6.0

Bring 'Em Back Alive

Score: 5.7

St. Elsewhere

Score: 5.6

Falcon Crest

Score: 5.5

The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo

Score: 5.1

AfterMASH

Score: 5.1

Jack and Mike

Score: 5.0

A Man Called Sloane

Score: 5.0

Private Eye

Score: 4.2

Spies

Score: 0.0

Citizen Baines

Score: 0.0