Rosalind Chao Movies and Career Information

Rosalind Chao (pronounced /ˈrɒzəlɪnd ˈtʃaʊ/; born September 23, 1959 (1959-09-23)) is an American actress; she is married to voice actor Simon Templeman. Chao's most prolific roles have been as a star of CBS' AfterMASH portraying South Korean refugee Soon-Lee Klinger for both seasons, and the recurring character Keiko O'Brien with 27 appearances on the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Born in Anaheim, California as a first-generation Californian of Chinese descent, Chao's parents ran a successful Chinese American pancake restaurant, Chao's, across the street from Disneyland, and employed her there from an early age. After moving from Garden Grove to Villa Park, California, Chao was enrolled at Marywood, an all-girls school where she was the only non-Caucasian student. She graduated from Pomona College in 1978. Chao's parents were instrumental in her decision to pursue acting; she began at the age of five in a California-based Peking Opera traveling company at the instigation of her parents who were already heavily involved, and during the summers they sent her to Taiwan to further develop her acting. She later