Rosalind Chao
Biography
Rosalind Chao is an American actress who was raised in Anaheim, California, by parents who had performed with the Peking opera, and she began acting at five with their touring company. Her breakthrough came as Soon-Lee, a South Korean refugee, in the closing episodes of MASH, a part she repeated on the sequel series AfterMASH. She became familiar to television viewers as the recurring character Keiko O'Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and she later played Dr. Kim on The O.C. Her film work includes Rose Hsu Jordan in The Joy Luck Club (1993), Pei Pei in Freaky Friday (2003) and its sequel Freakier Friday (2025), and Mulan's mother in Mulan (2020). In 2024 she starred as Ye Wenjie in 3 Body Problem, and her appearances on Sweet Tooth from 2023 to 2024 earned her a Children's and Family Emmy Award.
69years old
Turns 70 on September 23in 345 days
- Born Anaheim
- Star sign: LibraFirst day of the sign, on the Virgo cusp
Movie Career
- Films
- 23
- Career span
- 47 years1978 to 2025
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A role that slipped away
Chao was considered for Tasha Yar, the Enterprise security chief, while Star Trek: The Next Generation was being developed, but Denise Crosby landed that part. Chao went on to play Keiko O'Brien, a Japanese exo-botanist, a recurring role she later reprised on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
Rosalind Chao movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Mark Waters directed two of these films, Wayne Wang two. Stephen Tobolowsky appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Stephen Tobolowsky's page
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Loretta Devine's page
Chad Michael Murray's page
Mako's page
Willie Garson's page
All films by Mark Waters
Wayne WangDirector, 2 films, 1987 to 1993
All films by Wayne Wang
Also two films together10 more actors
- Lindsay LohanFreakier Friday (2025) and Freaky Friday (2003)
- Mark HarmonFreakier Friday (2025) and Freaky Friday (2003)
- Ming-Na WenMulan (2020) and The Joy Luck Club (1993)
- Jack QuaidPlus One (2019) and Tragedy Girls (2017)
- Christina VidalFreakier Friday (2025) and Freaky Friday (2003)
- Chao Li ChiThe Joy Luck Club (1993) and The Big Brawl (1980)
- Maya ErskineSacramento (2025) and Plus One (2019)
- Dina Spybey-WatersJust Like Heaven (2005) and Freaky Friday (2003)
- Lucille SoongFreakier Friday (2025) and Freaky Friday (2003)
- Haley HudsonFreakier Friday (2025) and Freaky Friday (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Rosalind Chao's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$729 million
14 of the 23 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 23 films: 14 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 1 streaming, short cinema run; 1 figure not found.
- 14Worldwide figure
- 2US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 1Streaming, short cinema run
- 1Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$161M22.1% of the total
- 2$153M21.0% of the total
- 3$103M14.1% of the total
- 4$93M12.7% of the total
- 5$71M9.8% of the total
- 6$70M9.6% of the total
- 7$33M4.5% of the total
- 8$21M2.9% of the total
$23.4 millionfrom the other 6 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total