Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na Wen (born November 20, 1963) is an actress and voice actress who played Fennec Shand in the Disney+ live-action TV series The Mandalorian and The Book of Boba Fett, as well as in the Disney+ animated series Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
==Biography==
===Joining Star Wars===
Ming-Na Wen is an actress born November 20, 1963 in Macau when the city was a colony of Portugal. She would grow up in Mount Lebanon, Pennsylvania, United States. In her youth, Wen found herself inspired by the original trilogy of Star Wars films. She identified with each of the main characters, Luke, Han, and Leia, saying that each of them represented different parts of herself that she wanted to become. She eventually studied at Carnegie Mellon University to pursue her dreams of becoming an actor.
Wen joined the cast of the Disney+ live-action television series The Mandalorian as the bounty hunter Fennec Shand. She debuted in the episode "Chapter 5: The Gunslinger," which premiered on December 6, 2019 During her first time on set for the episode, which was filmed in the Volume, Wen recalled becoming emotional when seeing the environment of the planet Tatooine appear around her.
Wen felt an immediate connection with The Mandalorian writer and director Dave Filoni, who was from the same area as Wen and actually attended the same high school.
===Furthering Fennec===
Although the character of Shand could have ended as a brief cameo in a single episode, Wen was brought back for season two of The Mandalorian and also brought in for Filoni's animated television series Star Wars: The Bad Batch, where she voiced a younger version of Shand for multiple episodes. She also later became a main character in the 2021 live-action television series The Book of Boba Fett.
==Works==
===Filmography===
Year	Title 	Series 	Contribution(s)
2019	"Chapter 5: The Gunslinger" 	The Mandalorian 	Fennec Shand
2020	"Chapter 14: The Tragedy" 	The Mandalorian 	Fennec Shand
2020	"Chapter 15: The Believer" 	The Mandalorian 	Fennec Shand
2020	"Chapter 16: The Rescue" 	The Mandalorian 	Fennec Shand
2021	"Cornered" 	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Fennec Shand
2021	"Bounty Lost" 	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Fennec Shand
2021	"Chapter 1: Stranger in a Strange Land" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Fennec Shand
2022	"Chapter 2: The Tribes of Tatooine" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Fennec Shand
2022	"Chapter 3: The Streets of Mos Espa" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Fennec Shand
2022	"Chapter 4: The Gathering Storm" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Fennec Shand
2022	"Chapter 5: Return of the Mandalorian" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Fennec Shand
2022	"Chapter 6: From the Desert Comes a Stranger"	The Book of Boba Fett 	Fennec Shand
2022	"Chapter 7: In the Name of Honor" 	The Book of Boba Fett 	Fennec Shand
2024	"Bad Territory" 	Star Wars: The Bad Batch	Fennec Shand
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Category:The Mandalorian actors
Category:Star Wars: The Bad Batch voice actors
Category:The Book of Boba Fett actors