Ming-Na Wen

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Biography

Ming-Na . Zee is a screenwriter and, with Ming-Na, manages At Last, a boy band.

  • Primary profession
  • Actress·soundtrack
  • Country
  • United States
  • Nationality
  • American
  • Gender
  • Female
  • Birth date
  • 20 November 1963
  • Place of birth
  • Coloane
  • Residence
  • Los Angeles
  • Children
  • Michaela Zee
  • Spouses
  • Eric Michael Zee
  • Education
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Knows language
  • English language

Movies

TV

Books

Trivia

She was one of the very first Chinese-American actresses to have a contract role, on the TV series "As the World Turns" .

Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.

Graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, PA, in 1981.

First child, daughter Michaela, born on November 21, 2000.

Second child, a boy named Cooper Dominic, was born on 13 October 2005 at 2:23 at St. John Hospital in Santa Monica. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 9 oz.

Chosen by Goldsea Asian-American Daily as one of the "100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time" (ranked #49).

One of People Magazines 100 Most Beautiful People in the World.

Speaks Mandarin, as do her daughter and son.

Her character on "Eureka" was named after her daughter Michaela Wen.

Quotes

What I want is the same opportunities as anyone to get a part.

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