Ming - Na Wen - wikipedia Ming - Na Wen This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous or harmful. ( February 2017 ) The native form of this personal name is Wēn Míngnà. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals. Ming - Na Wen Wen at the 2016 WonderCon ( 1963 - 11 - 20 ) November 20, 1963 ( age 53 ) Coloane, Portuguese Macau Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S. Other names Ming - Na, Ming Na, Ming Na Wen, Ming Wen Education Carnegie Mellon University Occupation Actress Years active 1985 -- present Notable work Speaking voice of Fa Mulan in Disney 's Mulan ( 1998 ) and its 2004 direct - to - video sequel Spouse ( s ) Kirk Aanes ( m. 1990 ; div. 1993 ) Eric Michael Zee ( m. 1995 ) Children Parent ( s ) Soo Lim Yee ( stepfather ) Lin Chan Wen ( mother ) Website www.ming-na.com Ming - Na Wen ( Chinese : 溫明娜 ; pinyin : Wēn Míngnà ; born November 20, 1963 ) is an American actress. ( She has been credited with and without her family name `` Wen '', but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it. She has been known by such variants of her name as Ming - Na, Ming Na, Ming Na Wen and Ming Wen. ) She is known for playing the role of Melinda May in the ABC action drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and for voicing Fa Mulan, one of the Disney Princesses, in the films Mulan and Mulan II, the video game Kingdom Hearts II, and in the Disney animated series Sofia the First. She is due to reprise her role as Mulan in Ralph Breaks the Internet : Wreck - It Ralph 2. Wen is also known for her role as Dr. Jing - Mei `` Deb '' Chen on the medical drama series ER. She was the series lead of the show Inconceivable, a medical drama that was aired on NBC, but the show was short - lived. The show is one of the few American television shows with an Asian American series lead. She is also known for her roles on the main casts of the animated series The Batman and the sci - fi series Stargate Universe. Besides television, she is notable for starring in the films The Joy Luck Club, Street Fighter, and Final Fantasy : The Spirits Within. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Web series 4.4 Video games 5 Awards and nominations 6 References 7 External links Early life In 1960 's Wen 's parents left Suzhou, China for Portuguese Macau. On November 20, 1963, Wen was born in Coloane, one of the two main islands of the Macau. Wen lived in Hong Kong with her mother, Lin Chan, who worked as a nurse, and her older brother, Jonathan. As a child, Wen migrated to the United States with her mother, brother, and stepfather Soo Lim Yee, first to Harlem, New York, where her younger brother, Leong, was born, and then to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Wen attended high school in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania. During her teen years she worked at her stepfather 's family 's restaurant called Chinatown Inn in downtown Pittsburgh 's Chinatown, which her family still runs today. Wen enrolled in Carnegie Mellon University where she graduated with high honors and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre. Career Wen 's first television role was in the children 's television series Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood in 1985. From 1988 to 1991, she played Lien Hughes on the soap opera As the World Turns. After starring in the acclaimed 1993 film The Joy Luck Club, she landed the role of Dr. Jing - Mei `` Deb '' Chen on the NBC drama series ER. She first starred in a recurring role during the 1994 - 1995 season before returning in 1999 as a series regular, remaining on the show until midway through Season 11 in 2004. Wen also played Chun - Li in Street Fighter and co-starred on the sitcom The Single Guy from 1995 to 1997. Wen in October 2006 She provided the voice for the title character in Disney 's 1998 animated movie Mulan, its direct - to - video sequel, Mulan II, and the video game Kingdom Hearts II, subsequently winning an Annie Award. She also voiced Aki Ross in the computer animated film Final Fantasy : The Spirits Within, and Detective Ellen Yin in the animated series The Batman. She was also the voice actress for Jade, a minor character in the HBO animated series Spawn. In 2004, she took part in a Hollywood Home Game on the World Poker Tour, and won. In fall 2005, she starred on the NBC drama series Inconceivable as the lead character, Rachel Lu. However, the series was canceled after only two episodes. Her next TV role was an FBI agent in the Fox kidnap drama series Vanished, which premiered in the fall of 2006 then was canceled roughly three months later. She also has played a small role as a college professor in the comedy series George Lopez. On October 8 through October 29, 2007, Wen ( billed as Ming Wen ) appeared in a four - episode arc of CBS ' Two and a Half Men playing Charlie Sheen 's love interest, a judge closer to his own age. In November 2008, she guest - starred on two ABC series : Private Practice and Boston Legal. From December 5 -- 6, 2008, Wen starred in a benefit production of the musical Grease with `` Stuttering '' John Melendez at the Class Act Theatre. She was cast as a regular in the Stargate Universe television series as political attaché Camile Wray from October 2009 to May 2011. Wen made an appearance in `` Disney Through the Decades '', a short documentary about the history of the Walt Disney Company through to the present, as the hostess of the 1990s section. Wen appeared on the Syfy series Eureka as the inquisitive U.S. Senator Michaela Wen, beginning in Season Four in 2011 and serving as a major villain in the fifth and final season in 2012. Wen plays Agent Melinda May in the ABC action drama series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., which premiered on September 24, 2013. In August 2014, Wen reprised her role as Mulan for the first time since Kingdom Hearts II in the Disney Channel show Sofia the First. Her daughter Michaela Zee has a recurring role on the show as Princess Jun. Personal life From 1985 to 1989 Wen was in a relationship with Australian actor Brett Hinch and juggled her commitments between the USA and Australia. In 1990, Wen married American film writer Kirk Aanes. They divorced in 1993. On June 16, 1995, Wen married her second husband, Eric Michael Zee. Together they have two children, a daughter, Michaela Kitlin, born on November 21, 2000, and a son, Cooper Dominic Zee, born on October 12, 2005. As of 2007, Wen and her family live in Calabasas, California. Michaela has followed her mother 's footsteps in voice - acting, and voices Princess Jun in the Disney Channel show Sofia The First. Filmography Ming - Na at the January 2009 premiere for Push Film Year Title Role Notes 1993 Rain Without Thunder `` Uudie '' prisoner 1993 Joy Luck Club, The The Joy Luck Club Jing - Mei `` June '' Woo 1994 Terminal Voyage Han 1994 Hong Kong 97 Katie Chun 1994 Street Fighter Chun - Li Zang 1997 One Night Stand Mimi Carlyle 1998 Mulan Fa Mulan Voice 1998 12 Bucks Gorgeous 2001 Final Fantasy : The Spirits Within Dr. Aki Ross Voice 2002 Ribbon of Dreams, AA Ribbon of Dreams Mei - Ling Voice 2002 Teddy Bears ' Picnic Katy Woo 2005 Mulan II Mulan Voice ; direct - to - video 2005 Perfection Woman Short film 2008 Prom Night Dr. Elisha Crowe 2009 Push Emily Wu BoyBand Judy Roberts 2012 Super Cyclone Dr. Jenna Sparks Direct - to - video 2013 April Rain Hillary 2016 The Darkness Wendy 2018 Ralph Breaks the Internet : Wreck - It Ralph 2 Fa Mulan Voice in production Television Year Title Role Notes 1985 Mister Rogers ' Neighborhood Royal trumpeter 2 episodes Another World dayplayer 1 episode 1988 -- 1991 As the World Turns Lien Hughes Role held : February 20, 1988 -- May 1991 1993 Blind Spot Mitsuko TV Movie 1994 All - American Girl Amy Episode : `` Redesigning Women '' 1994 Vanishing Son II Mai TV Movie 1994 Vanishing Son IV Mai TV Movie 1995, 2000 -- 2004 ER Dr. Jing - Mei `` Deb '' Chen Recurring ( season 1 ) ; main cast ( seasons 6 -- 11 ) ; 91 episodes 1995 -- 1997 Single Guy, The The Single Guy Trudy Main cast 1997 Happily Ever After : Fairy Tales for Every Child Lani ( voice ) Episode : `` Puss in Boots '' 1998 Tempting Fate Ellen Moretti TV Movie 1998 -- 1999 Todd McFarlane 's Spawn Jade / Lisa Wu ( voice ) 5 episodes 2002 I Got You Kaila Unsold ABC pilot 2002 Disney 's House of Mouse Fa Mulan ( voice ) Episode : `` Salute to Sports '' Adventures of Jimmy Neutron : Boy Genius, The The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron : Boy Genius Princess Guan Qi `` Peggy '' Tsu ( voice ) Episode : `` The Great Egg Heist / The Feud '' 2004 -- 2005 Batman, The The Batman Detective Ellen Yin ( voice ) Main cast ( seasons 1 -- 2 ) ; 16 episodes Law & Order : Special Victims Unit Li Mei Episode : `` Debt '' 2005 Robot Chicken Mary - Kate Olsen ( voice ) Episode : `` Kiddie Pool '' 2005 Inconceivable Rachel Lu Main cast 2006 George Lopez Professor Tracy Lim 2 episodes 2006 Vanished Lin Mei Main cast 2007 American Masters Narrator Episode : `` Novel Reflections : The American Dream '' 2007, 2010 Two and a Half Men Judge Linda Harris 5 episodes 2008, 2013 Phineas and Ferb Dr. Hirano ( voice ) 2 episodes 2008 Private Practice Kara Wei Episode : `` Let It Go '' 2008 Boston Legal Ming Wang Shu Episode : `` Roe '' 2009 Ni Hao Kai - Lan Gu Nai Nai ( voice ) 2009 -- 2011 Stargate Universe Camile Wray Main cast ; 31 episodes 2011 -- 2012 Eureka Senator Michaela Wen 7 episodes 2011 Celebrity Ghost Stories Herself Episode : `` Keshia Knight Pulliam, Ming - Na, Chi McBride, Mia Tyler '' 2012 Adventure Time Farmworld Finn 's mom ( voice ) 2 episodes 2013 Nashville Calista Reeves Episode : `` You Win Again '' 2013 -- present Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Melinda May Main cast 75 episodes 2014 Sofia the First Fa Mulan ( voice ) Episode : `` Princesses to the Rescue '' 2016 Milo Murphy 's Law Savannah ( voice ) 2017 Fresh Off the Boat Stephanie Episode : `` The Flush '' Web series Year Title Role Notes 2015 Parallel Man : Infinite Pursuit Major Mackenzie Cartwright Voice role Video games Year Title Role Notes 1995 Street Fighter : The Movie Chun - Li 1999 Disney 's Story Studio : Mulan Fa Mulan Voice 2005 Disney 's Story Studio : Mulan II Fa Mulan Voice 2006 Kingdom Hearts II Fa Mulan Voice 2015 Disney Infinity 3.0 Fa Mulan Voice 2016 Lego Marvel 's Avengers Agent Melinda May Voice Awards and nominations Year Award Work Result 1998 Annie Award Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production Mulan Won 1999 Online Film & Television Association Award Best Family Actress Won Best Voice - Over Performer Nominated 2001 Screen Actors Guild Award Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series Shared with Anthony Edwards, Laura Innes, Alex Kingston, Eriq La Salle, Julianna Margulies, Kellie Martin, Paul McCrane, Michael Michele, Erik Palladino, Maura Tierney, Goran Višnjić, and Noah Wyle ER Nominated 2014 People 's Choice Award Favorite Actress in a New TV Series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Nominated References Jump up ^ `` ' Wreck - It Ralph 2 ' Bringing Back Original Disney Princess Voice Actresses ''. WWG. Jump up ^ `` Ming - Na ''. Askmen.com. Retrieved December 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Ming - Na ''. TV.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved October 28, 2013. Jump up ^ `` John Melendez and Ming Na to Star in Grease Benefit ''. Theater Mania. Theatermania.com. November 12, 2008. Retrieved December 11, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Marvel 's S.H.I.E.L.D. recruits Ming - Na Wen ''. Asia Pacific Arts. October 29, 2012. Jump up ^ `` First Look : Ming - Na Wen is Back at Mulan - This Time on Sofia the First ''. TV Guide. July 22, 2014. Retrieved August 21, 2014. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ming - Na Wen. 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Question: who plays melinda may in agents of shield
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