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-ba...
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Complete Filmography

Freakier Friday
2025
as Pei-Pei
Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad ch...

Sacramento
2025
as Dr. Murray
When free-spirited Ricky suddenly reappears in father-to-be Glenn’s life, the two former best friends embark on a spontaneous road trip from LA to Sac...

Not an Artist
2023
as Kimmy
In an exclusive artist-in-residency program overseen by an enigmatic patron (RZA), artists in turmoil face a make-or-break ultimatum: unlock their ful...

The Starling
2021
as Fawn
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward...

Together Together
2021
as Dr. Andrews
When young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two strangers come to realize this unexpected relationship will...

Mulan
2020
as Hua Li
When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, ...

Magic Camp
2020
as Lorraine (uncredited)
Andy, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns to the camp of his youth hoping to reignite his career. Instead, he...

The Laundromat
2019
as Gu Kailai
When a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning lawyers in Panama who hide cash for the superrich.

Plus One
2019
as Angela Mori
Longtime single friends Ben and Alice agree to be each other's respective plus one at every wedding they're invited to during a busy summer of wedding...

Tragedy Girls
2017
as Mayor Campbell
McKayla and Sadie, two death-obsessed teenage girls, use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwestern town into a frenzy...

Stockholm, Pennsylvania
2015
as Dr. Andrews
A young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17 years.

Knife Fight
2013
as Kate - Focus Group Moderator
A political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as the ugly side of his work begins to haunt him.

Nanking
2007
as Chang Yu Zheng
The story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the invading Japanese army murdered over 200,000 and raped tens o...

Just Like Heaven
2005
as Fran
Shortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on his hands: winsome Elizabeth Masterson, who asserts t...

Life of the Party
2005
as Mei Lin
A group of friends plan an intervention to help their pal address his drinking problem. Things go awry when the shrink they hired fails to show up

Inhabited
2003
as Ms. Montane
After Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of neglect, they're happy that cheerful teenage son Tyle...

Freaky Friday
2003
as Pei-Pei
Mother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants to do when she's older. In turn, Anna detests Tess's ...

I Am Sam
2001
as Lily
Sam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they leave the hospital, leaving Sam to raise Lucy on his own. ...

Impostor
2001
as Newscaster (uncredited)
A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on suspicion of being a clone created by the hostile ali...

Three Blind Mice
2001
as Li Mei Chen
A lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of murdering three Vietnamese immigrants. Now he'll have to ...

The Man from Elysian Fields
2001
as Female Customer
A failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to work at an escort service where he becomes entwined wi...

Enemies of Laughter
2000
as Carla
Nerdy-looking Paul is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best pal has an idea that might turn things around when he...

What Dreams May Come
1998
as Leona
Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he dies, h...

The End of Violence
1997
as Claire
In Hollywood, the lives of a successful film producer, his wife, a police detective and a surveillance agent intersect after a botched abduction.

Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
1997
as Self
Interviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.

To Love, Honor and Deceive
1996
as Sydney's Best Friend
Sydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling existence of her mysterious, non-communicative husband, M...

Special Report: Journey to Mars
1996
as Dr. Lin Yo Yu
When the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live coverage of the last two hours of the mission and the...

Love Affair
1994
as Lee
Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship ...

North
1994
as Chinese Mom
Eleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and don't give North the attention he needs, so he files a ...

Web of Deception
1994
as Dr. Sheila Prosser
A forensic psychatrist of the Police Department falls for a fatal attraction that threatens to terminate his marriage, his career and his life.

The Joy Luck Club
1993
as Rose Hsu Jordan
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.

Memoirs of an Invisible Man
1992
as Cathy DiTolla
After a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official while trying to cope with his new life.

Thousand Pieces of Gold
1991
as Lalu / Polly
In 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, ...
Last Flight Out
1990
as Tra Duong
Fact based story set in Saigon in April, 1975 shortly after the US combat troops have withdrawn and immediately before the Communist forces over run t...

Denial
1990
as Terry
A young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and they fall in love again, but this obsessive relationshi...

White Ghost
1988
as Thi Hau
July '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's still there.

Shooter
1988
as Lan
"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out of a news agency for a major magazine, Thompson gets i...

Slam Dance
1987
as Mrs. Margaret Bell
When framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.

The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman
1987
as 莲花 (Lian Hua)
The young Chinese heir to millions in the USA is suddenly destitute. He takes out a life insurace policy on himself and assigns his former teacher to ...

Going Berserk
1983
as Kung Fu Girl
John Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator, encounters a sleazy film director, the leader of an aerobics ...

The Terry Fox Story
1983
as Rika Noda
The true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only one leg to raise money for cancer research.

Moonlight
1982
as Daphne Wu
A fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international terrorists and is recruited by undercover agents to help t...

Twirl
1981
as Kim King
Best friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the primary category of competition being (what else?) twir...

An Eye for an Eye
1981
as Linda Chan
Sean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when he goes berserk after his partner is murdered. He dec...

The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
1981
as Hotel Clerk
The Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily marooned Gilligan and fellow castaways, and they all must ...

Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
1981
as Emily Chan
Spider-Man goes to China to help an official accused of World War II treachery. Two episodes of the TV series "Spider Man" edited together and releas...

The Big Brawl
1980
as Mae
A young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight competition.

Bride of the Incredible Hulk
1980
as Receptionist
David and Carolyn marry in Hawaii and continue to work to find a cure for both their afflictions in a race against time.

Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women
1979
as Flower
The all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at the mercy of a tribe of hostile women programmed to ki...

The Ultimate Impostor
1979
as Lai-Ping
A series pilot about a secret agent who is armed with skills learned by a computer-brain link-up -- lasting only 72 hours at a time -- and is sent to ...
The Joy Luck Club 2
N/A
as Rose Hsu Jordan
In the sequel, the mothers become grandmothers and the daughters become mothers in their own right, introducing a new generation exploring their own r...