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Interviews: We brave the apocalypse with Jim Mickle, Christian Convery, Nonso Anozie, Rosalind Chao, and more for Sweet Tooth Season 3
Rosalind Chao
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Rosalind Chao (born September 23, 1957) is an American actress. She appeared as Soon-Lee Klinger in the mid-1980s CBS show AfterMASH, Rose Hsu Jordan in the 1993 movie The Joy Luck Club, the recurring character Keiko O'Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the 1990s, and Dr. Kim on The O.C. in 2003. She also played Hua Li, Mulan's mother, in the live-action 2020 remake of Mulan. In 2024 she starred as Ye Wenjie in the Netflix production of 3 Body Problem. She played the role of Pei Pei in the 2003 film Freaky Friday and its 2025 sequel Freakier Friday. From 2023-24, Chao appeared in the Netflix fantasy series Sweet Tooth, earning a Children's and Family Emmy Award for her performance.
Career
- 1957Born
- Notable work: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Trivia
- •Place of birth: Anaheim
- •Citizenship: United States
- •Known as: actor, television actor, film actor, voice actor
- •Spouse: Simon Templeman
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Rosalind Chao ('3 Body Problem') on understanding the show's mythology: 'I felt like passing out because it was so dense'
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This cut backstory explains the most intriguing relationship in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
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David Yip, Rosalind Chao, Kae Alexander in The Great Wave by Francis Turnly, photographer Mark Douet. Photo
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