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This attractive stage-trained performer appeared in a number of off-Broadway shows before making her breakthrough performance in "The Joy Luck Club" as part of a strong ensemble of Asian actresses. Wen (whose name means enlightenment) began her professional career in the Playwrights Horizon presentation of "Tiny Mommy". She went on to appear for three seasons as Lien Hughes in the on-going daytime serial "As the World Turns". In her second feature, "Street Fighter" (1994), Wen appeared as a kick-boxing TV reporter opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia....

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Filmography

Final Fantasy: the Sequel - ( / / Announced / )
Prom Night - ( Dr. Elisha Crowe / 2008 / Released / )
Young & Restless in China - ( Narrator / 2008 / Released / )
Teddy Bear's Picnic - ( Katy Woo / 2002 / Released / )
Final Fantasy: the Spirits Within - ( of Doctor Aki Ross / 2001 / Released / )
12 Bucks - ( Gorgeous / 1998 / Released / )
Mulan (Walt Disney) - ( of Mulan / 1998 / Released / Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide )
One Night Stand - ( Mimi Carlyle / 1997 / Released / Metronome Films )
Hong Kong '97 - ( Katie Chun / 1994 / Released / )
Street Fighter - ( Chun-Li / 1994 / Released / )
Rain Without Thunder - ( "Uudie" Prisoner / 1993 / Released / )
The Joy Luck Club - ( June / 1993 / Released / IFDL )

TV Credits
Novel Reflections on the American Dream ( 2007 / Released ): Voice
Private Practice ( 2007 / Released ): Actor
Vanished ( 2006 / Released ): Actor
The New World ( 2006 )
TV Episode Agent Len Mei

Aftermath ( 2006 )
TV Episode Agent Len Mei

Resurrection ( 2006 )
TV Episode Agent Len Mei

The Black Box ( 2006 )
TV Episode Agent Len Mei

The Feed ( 2006 )
TV Episode Agent Len Mei

Inconceivable ( 2005 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Rachael Lu

Pilot ( 2005 )
TV Episode Rachael Lu

Robot Chicken ( 2005 / Released ): Voice
Boston Legal ( 2004 / Released ): Actor
ER 200: A Dateline Special ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
Two and a Half Men ( 2003 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Linda Harris

TV Episode Linda Harris

TV Episode Linda Harris

TV Episode Linda Harris

George Lopez ( 2002 / Released ): Actor
TV Episode Professor Lim

TV Episode Professor Lim

Disney's House of Mouse ( 2001 / Released ): Voice
Independence Day 2001 ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
InStyle Celebrity Moms ( 2001 / Released ): Actor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
Todd McFarlane's Spawn ( 1997 / Released ): Voice
All-American Girl ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
ER ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
'Twas the Night ( 2004 )
TV Episode Dr Jing-Mei "Debra" Chen

TV Episode Dr Jing-Mei "Debra" Chen

TV Episode Dr Jing-Mei "Debra" Chen

Time of Death ( 2004 )
TV Episode Dr Jing-Mei "Debra" Chen

TV Episode Dr Jing-Mei "Debra" Chen

Storytime ( 1994 / Released ): Actor
As the World Turns ( 1956 / Released ): Actor
The Single Guy ( Released ): Actor

Full Biography (Back to top)


This attractive stage-trained performer appeared in a number of off-Broadway shows before making her breakthrough performance in "The Joy Luck Club" as part of a strong ensemble of Asian actresses. Wen (whose name means enlightenment) began her professional career in the Playwrights Horizon presentation of "Tiny Mommy". She went on to appear for three seasons as Lien Hughes in the on-going daytime serial "As the World Turns". In her second feature, "Street Fighter" (1994), Wen appeared as a kick-boxing TV reporter opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia. She had a recurring role as an ambitious third-year med student during the freshman year of the NBC medical drama "ER" (1995). Wen was subsequently cast as a regular on the sitcom "The Single Guy" (NBC, 1995-97) as Trudy, the caustic owner of a SoHo art gallery. When the series ended, she headed to Broadway where she debuted in David Henry Hwang's "Golden Child" (1998). That same year, Wen also provided the speaking voice for the Disney animated heroine "Mulan".

Profession(s):
Actor, model, clerk
Sometimes Credited As:
Ming Na
Ming Wen
Ming-Na
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Family
daughter:Michaela Zee (born in November 2000)
half-brother:Jonathan Wen (older)
half-brother:Leong Wen (older)
husband:Eric Michael Zee (married in 1995)
mother:Linchan Yee
son:Cooper Dominic Zee (born October 12, 2005; father, Eric Zee)
step-father:Soo Lim Yee (owned and operated Chinatown Inn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; died c. October 1995)

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Education
Mount Lebanon High School Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania
Carnegie-Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania BFA drama
Milestones (Back to top)

2001 Provided voice for the leading character of Dr. Aki Ross in the CGI animated feature "Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within"
2000 Rejoined "ER" reprising her role as Jing-Mei (Deb) Chen; signed to remain with show through the 2002-2003 season
1998 Broadway debut as co-star of "Golden Child", written by David Henry Hwang
1998 Voiced the title character in Disney's animated "Mulan"
1995 Appeared in recurring role of med student Deb Chen on NBC drama "ER"
1993 Breakthrough feature, "The Joy Luck Club"
1993 TV movie debut, "Blind Spot"
1992 Feature acting debut, "Rain Without Thunder"
1988 - 1990 Appeared as Lien Hughes in the daytime soap, "As the World Turns"; first Asian actor in a contract role on a soap
Lived in Hong Kong
Moved to Queens, New York at age five with her mother and older brother
Moved to Pittsburgh with family
Appeared in regional productions while attending college
Returned to New York upon graduation
Off-Broadway debut, "Tiny Mommy"
Cast as regular on the sitcom on "The Single Guy" (NBC)

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