Rosalind Chao
Rosalind Chao (born September 23, 1959) 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".
Filmography
Freakier Friday2025 · Nisha Ganatra- The Starling2021 · Theodore Melfi
Mulan2020 · Niki Caro
The Laundromat2019 · Steven Soderbergh
Plus One2019 · Jeff Chan
Tragedy Girls2017 · Tyler MacIntyre
Just Like Heaven2005 · Mark Waters- Life of the Party2005 · Barra Grant
Freaky Friday2003 · Mark Waters
I Am Sam2001 · Jessie Nelson- The Man from Elysian Fields2001 · George Hickenlooper
What Dreams May Come1998 · Vincent Ward- The End of Violence1997 · Wim Wenders
The Joy Luck Club1993 · Wayne Wang
Memoirs of an Invisible Man1992 · John Carpenter- An Eye for an Eye1981 · Steve Carver
The Big Brawl1980 · Robert Clouse

