Rosalind Chao

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1957-09-23 (68 years old)

Place of Birth

Anaheim, California, USA

Rosalind Chao

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...

Acting

2005

2025

Sacramento

as Dr. Murray

1997

2007

Nanking

as Chang Yu Zheng

2005

1996

To Love, Honor and Deceive

as Sydney's Best Friend

2001

Three Blind Mice

as Li Mei Chen

1993

The Joy Luck Club

as Rose Hsu Jordan

1980

1988

Shooter

as Lan

1990

Denial

as Terry

1980

1991

1988

White Ghost

as Thi Hau

1983

Going Berserk

as Kung Fu Girl

1982

Moonlight

as Daphne Wu

1981

Twirl

as Kim King

1990

Last Flight Out

as Tra Duong

1979

2013

Knife Fight

as Kate - Focus Group Moderator

1994

North

as Chinese Mom

2003

Freaky Friday

as Pei-Pei

2025

Freakier Friday

as Pei-Pei

2017

Tragedy Girls

as Mayor Campbell

2015

1981

An Eye for an Eye

as Linda Chan

1987

Slam Dance

as Mrs. Margaret Bell

2003

Inhabited

as Ms. Montane

2020

Magic Camp

as Lorraine (uncredited)

2001

I Am Sam

as Lily

1992

2019

Plus One

as Angela Mori

2021

2019

The Laundromat

as Gu Kailai

2020

Mulan

as Hua Li

2001

Impostor

as Newscaster (uncredited)

1994

Web of Deception

as Dr. Sheila Prosser

1983

2021

Together Together

as Dr. Andrews

2001

The Man from Elysian Fields

as Female Customer

1994

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The Joy Luck Club 2

as Rose Hsu Jordan

2023

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