Actor

Rosalind
Chao

Rosalind Chao has been a character actor since the age of 5. She began appearing in Peking Opera productions as brave young acrobatic warriors despite actually being an Asian American nerd from Orange County. It was in one of these productions, that she was spotted by a talent agent and began acting professionally. Years later, while still in college, Rosalind made her first major television appearance when she guest starred as Soon Lee in the record breaking finale episode of “M.A.S.H.” Since then, she has become known to sci-fi fans as Keiko, the ship's botanist in “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and by film lovers as Rose Hsu in The Joy Luck Club. Rosalind's numerous film credits include Wim Wenders' End of Violence, I Am Sam, What Dreams May Come, and her starring role opposite Chris Cooper in Thousand Pieces of Gold. More recently, she has appeared in the films Freaky Friday, Just Like Heaven, and the soon to be released Nanking as well as in recurring roles on television such as “Six Feet Under”, “The O. C”., and HBO's “Tell Me You Love Me.”