Ming-Na was born on Coloane Island, Macau, to Chinese parents and moved to the U.S. as a child. Her mother, Lin Chan Wen, is a nurse. Ming-Na attended high school in the Pittsburgh suburb of Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from Carnegie Mellon University, the same university that ER producer John Wells attended.

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Ming-Na's most prominent role may be as Dr. Jing-Mei "Deb" Chen on the NBC drama series, ER. She first guest starred during the first season. Five years later, she was invited back as a series regular in Season 6 and remained on the show until midway through Season 11. Ming-Na appeared in the movie version of Amy Tan's novel The Joy Luck Club and played Chun-Li in Street Fighter. She also appeared Read more...

Ming-Na Wen (simplified Chinese: 温明娜; traditional Chinese: 溫明娜; pinyin: Wēn Míngnà; born November 20, 1963) is a Chinese-born American actress. She has been credited with and without her family name, but most credits since the late 1990s have been without it.