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Rosalind Chao
Perhaps the busiest actress of Asian descent on American TV in the 1980s and early 90s, Rosalind Chao began performing at age seven with the Peking Opera traveling company in her native California. She was appearing in TV commercials and guest shots by her teens and studying acting during Christmas and summer breaks from school. Chao's first TV role of note was playing Yul Brynner's eldest daughter on "Anna and the King" (CBS, 1972), a short-lived sitcom based on Broadway's "The King and I." Chao returned to school, earned a degree in journalism and found part-time work as a radio newswriter in Los Angeles before re-committing herself to acting, working on stage and TV.
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Rosalind Chao
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Freakier Friday | Pei-Pei (Character) | - | 2025 |
| 20% |
|
The Starling | Unknown (Character) | - | 2021 |
| 90% |
|
Together Together | Dr. Andrews (Character) | $1.4M | 2021 |
| 72% |
|
Mulan | Hua Li (Character) | - | 2020 |
| 27% |
|
Stockholm, Pennsylvania | Dr. Andrews (Character) | - | 2015 |
| 96% |
|
Nanking | Chang Yu Zheng (Character) | $160.1K | 2007 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Life of the Party | Mei Lin (Character) | - | 2005 |
| 54% |
|
Just Like Heaven | Fran (Character) | $48.3M | 2005 |
| 88% |
|
Freaky Friday | Pei-Pei (Character) | $110.2M | 2003 |
| 57% | No Score Yet | Enemies of Laughter | Carla (Character) | - | 2000 |
| 52% |
|
What Dreams May Come | Leona (Character) | $55.5M | 1998 |
| 29% |
|
The End of Violence | Claire (Character) | $283.0K | 1997 |
| No Score Yet |
|
To Love, Honor and Deceive | Sydney's Unnamed Friend (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Special Report: Journey to Mars | Dr. Lin Yo Yu (Character) | - | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Web of Deception | Dr. Sheila Prosser (Character) | - | 1994 |
| 86% |
|
The Joy Luck Club | Rose Hsu Jordan (Character) | $32.8M | 1993 |
| 88% |
|
Thousand Pieces of Gold | Lalu (Character) | - | 1990 |
| No Score Yet |
|
White Ghost | Thi Hau (Character) | - | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jack and Mike | Holly Sykes (Character) | - | 1986 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Terry Fox Story | Rika Noda (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island | Hotel clerk (Character) | - | 1981 |
| 67% |
|
The Big Brawl | Mae (Character) | - | 1980 |
| No Score Yet |
|
Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women | Flower (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ultimate Imposter | Lai-Ping (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet |
|
The Chinese Web | Emily Chan (Character) | - | 1978 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 79% | 77% | 3 Body Problem | Ye Wenjie (Character) | 2024 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Home & Family | Guest | 2020 |
| No Score Yet | 69% | Hawaii Five-0 | Governor Mahoe (Guest Star) | 2016 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 82% | Code Black | Jae Eun (Guest Star) | 2018 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Sin City Saints | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
| 57% | 92% | Forever | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 31% | 82% | The Neighbors | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 38% | 60% | Intelligence | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2014 |
| 85% | 83% | Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| 90% | 83% | Bones | Mandy Oh (Guest Star) | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | 76% | Law & Order: Criminal Intent | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2011 |
| 25% | 80% | Trauma | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| No Score Yet | 80% | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2010 |
| 84% | 72% | Grey's Anatomy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2008 |
| 62% | No Score Yet | Tell Me You Love Me | Cynthia (Guest Star) | 2007 |
| 68% | 72% | The O.C. | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003-2006 |
| No Score Yet | 92% | Ben 10 | Councilwoman Liang (Guest Voice) | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | According to Jim | Sally Wu (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 81% | 96% | Six Feet Under | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2005 |
| 0% | No Score Yet | Center of the Universe | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2004 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Parkers | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 9% | No Score Yet | 10-8: Officers on Duty | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 89% | 88% | Monk | Arleen Cassady (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| No Score Yet | 75% | Without a Trace | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2003 |
| 25% | No Score Yet | MDs | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dharma & Greg | Patricia (Guest Star) | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Once and Again | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Citizen Baines | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 62% | No Score Yet | Arli$$ | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 81% | 95% | The West Wing | Jane Gentry (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| 50% | No Score Yet | Gideon's Crossing | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Family Law | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | ER | Dr. Theresa Chow (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | Get Real | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1999 |
| 91% | 89% | Star Trek: Deep Space Nine | Keiko O'Brien (Guest Star) | 1993-1994 1996-1999 |
| 35% | 83% | Brimstone | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Chicago Hope | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | 89% | Murder, She Wrote | Phoebe Campbell (Guest Star) | 1995 |
| 92% | 90% | Star Trek: The Next Generation | Keiko Ishikawa (Guest Star) | 1991-1992 |
| 83% | No Score Yet | thirtysomething | Willa Camden (Guest Star) | 1991 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jake and the Fatman | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1989 |
| 71% | 89% | Miami Vice | Mai Ying (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Tour of Duty | Li Kiem (Guest Star) | 1988 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | The A-Team | Alice Heath (Guest Star) | 1986 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Riptide | Unknown (Character) | 1986 |
| 67% | No Score Yet | AfterMASH | Soon-Lee Klinger (Character) | 1983-1984 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Diff'rent Strokes | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981-1983 |
| No Score Yet | 87% | M*A*S*H | Soon-Lee (Guest Star) | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Day at a Time | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | How the West Was Won | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | 74% | Incredible Hulk | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1978 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1977 |
| No Score Yet | 100% | Kung Fu | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1973 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Here's Lucy | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1970 |