Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Fa Mulan in the animated musical action films Mulan and Mulan II. She also starred as Melinda May in the ABC superhero drama series Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D.

About Ming-Na Wen in brief

Summary Ming-Na WenMing-Na Wen is an American actress. She is best known for her starring role as Fa Mulan in the animated musical action films Mulan and Mulan II. She also starred as Melinda May in the ABC superhero drama series Agents of S. H. I. E. L. D. Wen is notable for starring in such films as The Joy Luck Club, Street Fighter, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Prom Night, and Push. She provided the voice for the title character in the 1998 animated film Mulan, its direct-to-video sequel, and the video game Kingdom Hearts II, subsequently winning an Annie Award. In August 2014, Wen reprised her role as Mulan for the first time since the first Mulan movie.

Wen appeared on the Syfy series Eureka as inquisitive Senator Michaela, beginning in season four in 2011 and serving as a major villain in the fifth and final season in 2012. She was born on November 20, 1963 in Coloane, one of the two main islands of Macau. Her parents moved to Macau in the mid-1960s, from mainland China. Wen’s parents divorced when she was an infant and she moved with her mother, Lin Chan Wen, to Hong Kong. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1986.