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.
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Organization | Category | Movie |
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AfterMASH
as Soon-Lee Klinger
Episodes: 31
First Aired: Sep 26, 1983
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Keiko O'Brien
Episodes: 20
First Aired: Jan 03, 1993
Sweet Tooth
as Mrs. Helen Zhang
Episodes: 10
First Aired: Jun 04, 2021
3 Body Problem
as Ye Wenjie
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Mar 21, 2024
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Keiko O'Brien
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Sep 28, 1987
Diff'rent Strokes
as Miss Chung
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Nov 03, 1978
The O.C.
as Dr. Kim
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Aug 05, 2003
Better Things
as Caroline
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Sep 08, 2016
Sin City Saints
as Mrs. Wu
Episodes: 5
First Aired: Mar 23, 2015
Falcon Crest
as Li-Ying Chi
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Dec 04, 1981
10-8: Officers on Duty
as Lt. Maggie Chen
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Sep 28, 2003
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
as Pastor Jin
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Apr 11, 2012
Citizen Baines
as Dr. Judith Lin
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 29, 2001
The First Lady
as Tina Tchen
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 17, 2022
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
as Thanh Steinmetz
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jan 07, 1990
Six Feet Under
as Cindy
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Jun 03, 2001
Tell Me You Love Me
as Cynthia
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 09, 2007
M*A*S*H
as Soon-Lee
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 17, 1972
Max Headroom
as Angie Barry
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Mar 31, 1987
The Magic School Bus
as Mrs. Li (voice)
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 10, 1994
Intruders
as Dr. Jenny Sakai
Episodes: 2
First Aired: May 17, 1992
The Event
as Doctor
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 20, 2010
The Amazing Spider-Man
as Emily Chan
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 05, 1978
Trauma
as Therapist
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 28, 2009
The Neighbors
as Barb Hartley
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 26, 2012
Code Black
as Jae Eun
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 30, 2015
St. Elsewhere
as Mary Wilson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 26, 1982
Murder, She Wrote
as Phoebe Campbell
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Medical Investigation
as Dr. Kramer
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 2004
Once and Again
as Tami Seitz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 21, 1999
Here's Lucy
as Linda Chang Wong
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1968
The Incredible Hulk
as Receptionist
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 04, 1977
thirtysomething
as Willa Camden
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 29, 1987
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Keiko Ishikawa
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 28, 1987
Brimstone
as Nina Chou
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 23, 1998
Monk
as Arleen Cassidy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 12, 2002
Miami Vice
as Mai Ying
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1984
According to Jim
as Sally Wu
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 03, 2001
Beauty and the Beast
as Lin Wong
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1987
Castle
as Mimi Tan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 09, 2009
Without a Trace
as Helen Collins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2002
Dharma & Greg
as Patricia
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1997
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Lily
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 30, 1977
The Parkers
as Prof. Thornhill
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 30, 1999
Kojak
as Grace Chen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 1973
Private Practice
as Lillie Jordan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 2007
Stingray
as Colette Tran
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 14, 1985
Ben 10
as Councilwoman Liang (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 27, 2005
Chicago Hope
as Allison Granger
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 18, 1994
ER
as Dr. Theresa Chow
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1994
Anna and the King
as Princess Serena
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
Tour of Duty
as Li Kiem
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1987
Family Law
as Dr. Seabourne
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1999
Center of the Universe
as Dr. Geisler
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 27, 2004
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Michelle Huntley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 06, 2000
MDs
as Angela Yuan
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 2002
Intelligence
as Sheng-Li Wang
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 07, 2014
The West Wing
as Jane Gentry
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1999
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mrs. Zhuang
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 2001
Grey's Anatomy
as Kathleen Patterson
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 27, 2005
Forever
as Frenchman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2014
Jake and the Fatman
as Elaine Nakasone
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 26, 1987
Hawaii Five-0
as Governor Keiko Mahoe
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2010
The Catch
as Kohana Takashi
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 24, 2016
Get Real
as Anne Collins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1999
How the West Was Won
as Li Sin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 06, 1977
Kung Fu
as Dancer (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 14, 1972
The A-Team
as Alice Heath
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 23, 1983
The OA
as Patricia Knoller
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 2016
ABC Afterschool Special
as The Kurmese Ambassador's Daughter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1972
Emergency!
as Kathy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 22, 1972
A Man Called Sloane
as Soom Nuk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1979
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
as Leslie Chiu
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 25, 1979
One Day at a Time
as Gloria
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 16, 1975
Bring 'Em Back Alive
as Shala
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 1982
Diff'rent Strokes
as Ming Li
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 03, 1978
American Playhouse
as Ku Ling
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1982
Riptide
as Lucy
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 03, 1984
Jack and Mike
as Holly Sykes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1986
Private Eye
as Kai-Lee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1987
Against the Law
as Toy Feng
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1990
Gideon's Crossing
as Claire Hines
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 2000
Arliss
as Karen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 10, 1996
Century City
as Doctor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 16, 2004
W.I.T.C.H.
as Joan Lin / Mandy (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 18, 2004
Ruth & Erica
as Helen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 2012
Shameless
as Doctor
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 09, 2011
The Muppets
as Woman #1
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 2015
black-ish
as Dr. Stone
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 24, 2014
This Is Us
as Anna
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 2016
Bones
as Mandy Oh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 2005
The L Word: Generation Q
as Grace Lee
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 08, 2019
Battle of the Network Stars
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 13, 1976
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 01, 1962
Spies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 03, 1987
Under Suspicion
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1994
The Daily Show
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 22, 1996
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2024 | 5 | 26 | 29 | 21 |
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2025 | 1 | 19 | 36 | 11 |
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2025 | 3 | 7 | 18 | 1 |
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2025 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 |