Years active: 1985 - present (started around 21 years old; 39 years in the business)
Instagram follower count: 1.2m (as of December 2024)
About Ming-Na Wen
Ming-Na Wen (born November 20, 1963) is an American actress and model. She is best known for voicing Mulan in the animated film Mulan and its sequel and for playing Melinda May / The Cavalry in Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013–2020) and Fennec Shand in the Star Wars franchise in The Mandalorian (2019–2020), The Bad Batch (2021) and The Book of Boba Fett (2021–2022). She was named TVLine's Performer of the Week for her work in the episode, "Melinda". Due to her friendship with Tamlyn Tomita, Ming Na was able to get her role as Fennec Shand in the aforementioned Star Wars productions.
Wen made her breakthrough in The Joy Luck Club (1993) as June Woo. She also played Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen in the medical drama series ER (1995–2004). She has also reprised the role as Mulan in the video game Kingdom Hearts II (2005), Sofia the First (2014), and Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018). Additionally, Wen made a cameo appearance in the live-action remake of Mulan (2020).
She has also had starring roles as Chun-Li in Street Fighter (1994), Detective Ellen Yin in The Batman (2004–2005) and Camile Wray in Stargate Universe (2009–2011). She was honored as a Disney Legend in 2019.
As of December 2023, she has amassed 1,100,000 followers on Instagram.