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Ming-Na Wen was born on the 20th November 1963, in Coloane, Portugese Macau, and is an actress best known to the world as Jing-Mei Chen in the TV series “ER” from 1995 until 2004, as Doctor Aki Ross in the film “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within” (2001), and as Melinda May in the TV series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013-2017). Her career has been active since the mid- 1980s.

Have you ever wondered how rich Ming-Na Wen is, as of late 2016? According to authoritative sources, it has been estimated that Wen`s net worth is as high as $5 million, an amount earned through her successful career in the entertainment industry.

Ming Na Wen Net Worth $5 Million

Although born in Coloane, Ming`s parents divorced when she was still a toddler, and her mother moved her with her to Hong Kong, alongside Jonathan, who was Ming`s older brother. Her mother then married Soon Lim Yee, and they all migrated to the USA, finding a place in Harlem, New York, but later settling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There Ming attended high school, and during those years she gained working habits, as she was employed at her stepfather`s restaurant Chinatown Inn, which still operates today.

After matriculation, Ming enrolled at Carnegie Mellon University, graduating with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Theatre.

Ming made her TV debut in the children show “Mister Roger`s Neighborhood” in 1985, and three years later was selected for the role of Lien Hughes in the soap opera “As the World Turns” (1988-1991). With the beginning of the 1990s, Ming became more involved in the acting world, making her film debut in “Rain Without Thunder”, and continued with roles in “Blind Spot” (1993), with Joanne Woodward and Laura Linney in lead roles, and “The Joy Luck Club” (1993), for which she received praise as did the whole film. The following year, Ming had a supporting role in the film “Street Fighter” with Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia as leads, and in 1995 she was selected for the role of Jing-Mei Chen in the TV series “ER”, in which she appeared until 2004, which only increased her net worth by a large margin.

Wen stayed active elsewhere too, and landed roles in such productions as “The Single Guy” (1995-1997), “One Night Stand” (1997) starring Wesley Snipes and Nastassja Kinski, while in 1998 she gave her voice to the title character Mulan in the Disney film, and repeated her role in the sequel “Mulan 2” in 2004. In 2001 she was the voice of Dr. Aki Ross in “Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within”, and a year later lent her voice to Mei-Ling from in “A Ribbon of Dreams”. All added to her net worth.

After her tenure in “ER” ended, Ming-Na continued with voice and screen roles, featuring in such series and films as “The Batman” (2004-2005), giving voice to Detective Ellen Yin, and in 2006 she appeared as Agent Lin Mei in the TV series “Vanished” (2006). From 2008 until 2014 she was the voice of Dr. Hirano in “Phineas and Ferb”, while in 2009 she was chosen for the role of Camille Wray in the TV series “SGU Stargate Universe” (2009-2011), which only increased further her net worth. Since 2013 she has been portraying Melinda May in Marvel`s TV series “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”, with Clark Gregg and Chloe Bennet among other stars, which has also added a substantial amount to her net worth.

Thanks to her skills, Ming-Na has received several prestigious nominations and awards, including Annie Award in category Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production for her work on “Mulan” (1998), among others.

Regarding her personal life, Ming-Na has been married to Eric Michael Zee since 1995; the couple has two children. Previously she was married to film writer Kirk Aanes from 1990 until 1993, and was in a relationship with actor Brett Hinch from 1985 until 1989.



Full Name Ming-Na Wen
Net Worth $5 Million
Salary $588,235
Date Of Birth November 20, 1963
Place Of Birth Coloane, Macau
Height 1.63 m
Profession Actresses
Education Carnegie Mellon University
Nationality American, Chinese, Macanese
Spouse Eric Michael Zee (m. 1995), Kirk Aanes (m. 1990–1993)
Children Michaela Zee, Cooper Dominic Zee
Parents Lin Chan Wen
Siblings Jonathan Wen, Leong Yee
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/MingNaWenOfficial
Twitter https://twitter.com/mingna
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mingna_wen/
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001840/
Nominations Kids’ Choice Award for Favorite Female TV Star—Family Show, People’s Choice Award for Favorite Actress in a New TV Series, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
Movies Mulan, Street Fighter, The Joy Luck Club, Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, Mulan II, The Darkness, One Night Stand, Prom Night, Teddy Bears’ Picnic, Hong Kong 97, Push, Super Cyclone, April Rain, Rain Without Thunder, Terminal Voyage, Tempting Fate, BoyBand, Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skate…
TV Shows Stargate Universe, As the World Turns, ER, The Batman, Vanished, Inconceivable, Disney’s House of Mouse, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The Single Guy
Quote
1 [2014, The Arsenio Hall Show (2013), on Street Fighter (1994) ] It’s a good movie if you’re drunk.
2 I’m not one of those actresses that’s going to feel like I never achieved my dreams and goals and just get disgruntled and hate everything about the business. I’ve had so much fun.
3 I’m as proud to be Chinese as I am American.
4 I’m trying to show I’m a trained actress – I can transform myself into different characters. I’m not just an ingenue.
5 What I want is the same opportunities as anyone to get a part.
Fact
1 Her character on Eureka was named after her daughter Michaela Wen.
2 Speaks Mandarin, as do her daughter and son.
3 One of People Magazine’s 100 Most Beautiful People in the World (2008).
4 Chosen by Goldsea Asian-American Daily as one of the “100 Most Inspiring Asian Americans of All Time” (ranked #49).
5 Second child, a boy named Cooper Dominic, was born on 13 October 2005 at 2:23 at St. John Hospital in Santa Monica. He weighed in at 8 lbs, 9 oz.
6 First child, daughter Michaela, born on November 21, 2000.
7 Graduated from Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1981.
8 Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University.
9 She was one of the very first Chinese-American actresses to have a contract role, on the TV series As the World Turns (1956).

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Super Cyclone 2012 Video Dr. Jenna Sparks (as Ming-Na)
Eureka 2011-2012 TV Series U.S. Senator Michaela Wen
SGU Stargate Universe 2009-2011 TV Series Camile Wray Camille Wray
SGU Stargate Universe Kino 2009-2011 TV Mini-Series Camile Wray
BoyBand 2010 Judy Roberts (as Ming-Na)
Two and a Half Men 2007-2010 TV Series Linda Harris Linda Judge Linda Harris
Push 2009 Emily Wu (as Ming-Na)
Defense Grid: The Awakening 2008 Video Game General Cai (voice)
Boston Legal 2008 TV Series Ming Wang Shu
Private Practice 2008 TV Series Kara Wei
Prom Night 2008/I Dr. Elisha Crowe (as Ming Wen)
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan 2007 TV Series Gui Nai Nai
American Masters 2007 TV Series documentary Narrator
Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix+ 2007 Video Game Fa Mulan Ping (English version, voice, as Ming-Na)
Vanished 2006 TV Series Agent Lin Mei
George Lopez 2006 TV Series Professor Lim
Kingdom Hearts II 2005 Video Game Mulan (English version, voice, as Ming-Na)
The Batman 2004-2005 TV Series Detective Ellen Yin
Inconceivable 2005 TV Series Rachel Lu
The World of Mulan 2005 Video short Mulan (as Ming-Na)
ER 1995-2004 TV Series Jing-Mei Chen
Mulan II 2004 Video Mulan (voice, as Ming-Na)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2004 TV Series Li Mei
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius 2004 TV Series Peggy Tsu
Perfection 2004 Short Woman (as Ming-Na)
A Ribbon of Dreams 2002 Mei-Ling (voice, as Ming-Na)
House of Mouse 2002 TV Series Mulan
Teddy Bears’ Picnic 2002 Katy Woo (as Ming-Na)
I Got You 2002 TV Movie as Ming-Na
Aki’s Dream 2001 Video short Doctor Aki Ross (voice, as Ming-Na)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within 2001 Doctor Aki Ross (voice, as Ming-Na)
Outreach 1999 TV Series Dr. Sara Kwan
Spawn 1998-1999 TV Series Lisa Wu / Jade
Mulan Story Studio 1998 Video Game Mulan (voice, as Ming-Na)
12 Bucks 1998 Gorgeous
Reflections on Ice: Michelle Kwan Skates to the Music of Disney’s ‘Mulan’ 1998 TV Movie Fa Mulan / Fa Ping (voice, as Ming-Na)
Mulan 1998 Mulan (voice)
Tempting Fate 1998 TV Movie Ellen Moretti
One Night Stand 1997 Mimi Carlyle
Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child 1997 TV Series Lani
The Single Guy 1995-1997 TV Series Trudy
Street Fighter: The Movie 1995 Video Game Chun-Li
Terminal Voyage 1994 Han
Street Fighter 1994 Chun-Li
Hong Kong 97 1994 Katie Chun
Vanishing Son IV 1994 TV Movie Mai
All-American Girl 1994 TV Series Amy
Vanishing Son II 1994 TV Movie Mai
The Joy Luck Club 1993 June – The Daughter
Blind Spot 1993 TV Movie Mitsuko
Rain Without Thunder 1992 ‘Uudie’ Prisoner (as Ming Na Wen)
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood 1985 TV Series Royal Trumpeter #3
As the World Turns 1956 TV Series Lien Hughes #1 (1988-1991)
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2013-2017 TV Series Melinda May
Milo Murphy’s Law 2016 TV Series Savannah
The Darkness 2016/I Wendy Richards
Lego Marvel’s Avengers 2016 Video Game Agent Melinda May (voice, uncredited)
Robot Chicken 2005-2015 TV Series Ming Ming Duckling Tina Nguyen Mary Kate Olsen …
Disney Infinity 3.0 2015 Video Game Mulan (voice, as Ming-Na)
Killer App 2015 TV Movie
Sofia the First 2014 TV Series Mulan
April Rain 2014 Hillary Miller
Phineas and Ferb 2008-2014 TV Series Dr. Hirano / Teen Ginger Hirano
Nashville 2013 TV Series Calista Reeve
Habit Heroes – Version 2 2013 Video short Director Jin
Adventure Time 2012 TV Series Finn’s Mom

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
Mulan II 2004 Video performer: “Lesson Number One”

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
The Screen Junkies Show 2014 TV Series thanks – 1 episode
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe 2014 TV Movie documentary thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con 2016 TV Series Herself
Marvel’s Captain America: 75 Heroic Years 2016 TV Movie documentary Herself
The 42nd Annual People’s Choice Awards 2016 TV Movie Herself
A Director Prepares: Bobby Roth’s Masterclass 2016 TV Series documentary Herself
Hollywood Game Night 2015 TV Series Herself – Celebrity Player
The Real 2015 TV Series Herself
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Double Agent 2015 TV Mini-Series Herself
Good Morning America 2013-2015 TV Series Herself – Guest
The View 2015 TV Series Herself
Marvel 75 Years: From Pulp to Pop! 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself
Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe 2014 TV Movie documentary Herself
The Arsenio Hall Show 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 40th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2014 TV Special Herself
Good Day L.A. 2013 TV Series Herself
Extra 2013 TV Series Herself
Mulan: 15th Anniversary – The Voices of Mulan II 2013 Video documentary short Herself
Celebrity Ghost Stories 2011 TV Series documentary Herself
Canada A.M. 2010 TV Series Herself
Chatting with the Cast: Shooting on the Destiny 2010 Video short Herself (as Ming-Na)
Ming-Na 2010 Video short Herself (as Ming-Na)
Up Close with Carrie Keagan 2009 TV Series Herself
The Teen Choice Awards 2006 2006 TV Special Herself
Making a Scene 2006 TV Series documentary Agent Lin Mei
The 100 Most Unexpected TV Moments 2005 TV Mini-Series documentary Herself (as Ming-Na)
Inside Dish with Rachael Ray 2005 TV Series documentary Herself
Forever in Our Hearts: The Making of Documentary 2005 TV Movie documentary Herself (as Ming-Na)
When Star Wars Ruled the World 2004 TV Movie documentary Herself (as Ming-Na)
World Poker Tour 2004 TV Series Herself
The Bronx Bunny Show 2003 TV Series Herself
The Sharon Osbourne Show 2003 TV Series Herself
The 30th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards 2003 TV Special Herself
Declaration of Independence 2003 Video documentary short Herself (as Ming-Na)
The Story Behind the Story 2002 Video documentary short Herself (as Ming-Na)
NBC 75th Anniversary Special 2002 TV Special Herself (as Ming-Na)
Hollywood Squares 2002 TV Series Guest Appearance
The 28th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2002 TV Special Herself (as Ming-Na)
Independence Day 2001 2001 TV Movie Herself (as Ming-Na)
The 27th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2001 TV Special Herself
The Making of ‘Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within’ 2001 Video documentary short Herself (as Ming-Na)
The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn 2001 TV Series Herself
Disney Through the Decades 2001 Video documentary short Host – 1990’s (as Ming-Na)
The Rosie O’Donnell Show 2000 TV Series Herself
The 26th Annual People’s Choice Awards 2000 TV Special Herself
Not Black or White 2000 Short Herself (as Ming-Na)
We Served with Pride: The Chinese American Experience in WWII 1999 Documentary Narrator (voice, as Ming-Na)
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno 1998 TV Series Herself
Late Night with Conan O’Brien 1996 TV Series Herself
Asian America 1994 TV Series Herself (as Ming-Na)
The More You Know 1989 TV Series Herself (as Ming-Na)

Archive Footage

Title Year Status Character
Extra 2016 TV Series Herself
American Masters 2009 TV Series documentary
Disney Sing-Along-Songs: Honor to Us All 1998 Video short

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
1999 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Family Actress Mulan (1998)
1998 Annie Annie Awards Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production Mulan (1998)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Blimp Award Kids’ Choice Awards, USA Favorite Family TV Actress Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (2013)
2014 People’s Choice Award People’s Choice Awards, USA Favorite Actress in a New TV Series
2001 Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series ER (1994)
1999 OFTA Film Award Online Film & Television Association Best Voice-Over Performance Mulan (1998)

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