Ming-Na Wen

• Birthplace: Macao
• Birthday: November 20, 1967

This attractive stage-trained performer appeared in a number of off-Broadway shows before making her breakthrough performance in "The Joy Luck Club" as part of a strong ensemble of Asian actresses. Wen (whose name means enlightenment) began her professional career in the Playwrights Horizon presentation of "Tiny Mommy". She went on to appear for three seasons as Lien Hughes in the on-going daytime serial "As the World Turns". In her second feature, "Street Fighter" (1994), Wen appeared as a kick-boxing TV reporter opposite Jean-Claude Van Damme…more