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Ming-Na Wen
| Name: | Ming-Na Wen |
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| Occupation: | Actor |
| Medium: | Television/movies |
| Works: | Star Wars (The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett), Disney's Mulan, ER, more |
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| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
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Ming-Na Wen is a professional actor. She has been active in Hollywood since the 1980s, but she rose to prominence in online fandom for her roles in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D and The Mandalorian in the 2010s and 2020s.
Career
Wen has had a decades-long career as actor (see Wikipedia for a complete filmography). Some of her roles that are best-known in fandom include:
- Mulan in the 1998 Disney Movie (voice acting) -- and as the same character in related media
- Melissa May in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D
- Fennec Shand in Star Wars (including The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, The Bad Batch)
Fandom
Some fans feel like she and Temuera Morrison were ripped off by the show-runners in Star Wars: e.g.
Interactions with Fans
As a fan
Wen has said that she was particularly excited to appear in The Mandalorian because she is a long-time Star Wars fan.[2]
Also apparently campaigning for the renewal of the Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. TV show? Tumblr fandom-official link
Fanworks
Fanart
- "I don't miss." by heatherbelart, 2022
- I was going to post this on Ming na wen’s birthday but college got in the way by agent-314, 2021
Other
- Ming-Na Wen’s Walk of Fame Ceremony on 30th May, 2023 (still images) gifsets by marvelsaos, 2023
- Photos from the making of Mulan, posted to tumblr by marvelsaos, 2022
- TEMUERA MORRISON AND MING-NA WEN JOKING ABOUT JANGO’S DECAPITATION gifset by kamino-coruscant, posted 2022
Links
References
- ^ Tumblr post by technoturian. Posted
- ^ Dowell, Meg (2022). "How actor and lifelong Star Wars fan Ming-Na Wen became Fennec Shand". Dork Side of the Force. Fansided.