Rosalind Chao
Rosalind Chao is an American actress of Chinese heritage. Chao's most notable roles are as South Korean refugee Soon-Lee Klinger on CBS' AfterMASH, as Keiko O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Dr. Kim on The O.C., Rose Hsu Jordan in The Joy Luck Club (1993), and Hua Li, Mulan’s mother, in the live-action version of Mulan (2020). Chao is married to voice actor Simon Templeman; they have 2 children. She began acting 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 skills. As a child, she played the daughter of a laundry owner (played by James Hong) on the 1970 episode of Here's Lucy entitled "Lucy the Laundress". For some time, Chao worked at Disneyland as an international tour guide. Deciding not to pursue acting, Chao enrolled in the communications department at the University of Southern California where she earned her degree in journalism. However, after spending a year as a radio newswriting intern at the CBS-owned Hollywood radio station KNX, she soon returned to acting. Her big break was with the role of Soon-Lee, a South Korean refugee, in the final episodes of the TV series M*A*S*H. Soon-Lee married longtime starring character Maxwell Klinger (Jamie Farr) in the series finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", the most-watched U.S. sitcom television episode of all time as of 2021. Chao continued playing the character in the M*A*S*H sequel series: AfterMASH (1983), her first role billed at co-starring status. Chao regularly portrayed the Japanese exo-botanist Keiko Ishikawa O'Brien on both Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. She was also originally considered for the part of Enterprise security chief Tasha Yar. She's had recurring roles as Miss Chung on season 5 of Diff'rent Strokes, Li Ying on season 5 of Falcon Crest, Dr. Judith Lin on Citizen Baines, Dr. Kim on seasons 1 & 3 of The O.C., Pastor Jin on Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment B, Mrs. Wu on Sin City Saints, Caroline on Better Things, and Tina Tchen on The First Lady. She's guest starred on numerous shows including This is Us, Code Black, The Catch, black-ish, The OA, Hawaii Five-O, Castle, Forever, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Bones, The Event, CSI, Private Practice, Grey's Anatomy, According to Jim, Six Feet Under, The Parkers, Monk, Without a Trace, Dharma & Greg, Once and Again, The West Wing, Family Law, ER, Brimstone, Chicago Hope, Murder She Wrote, thirty something, Jake & the Fatman, Miami Vice, Beauty and the Beast (1988), The A-Team, St. Elsewhere, Riptide, M*A*S*H,One Day at a Time (1981), Emergency!, The Incredible Hulk (1978), Here's Lucy, and more. She has starred in several movies including The Joy Luck Club, North (1994), What Dreams May Come, Impostor, I Am Sam, Freaky Friday (2003), Just Like Heaven, Mulan (2020) as Mulan’s mother, Together Together, and The Starling. In 2019, Chao was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences citing her contributions to critically acclaimed films The Joy Luck Club and I Am Sam.
Mulan
as Hua LiWhen the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial...
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Freaky Friday
as Pei-PeiMother and daughter bicker over everything -- what Anna wears, whom she likes and what she wants...
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I Am Sam
as LilySam, a neurodivergent man, has a daughter with a homeless woman who abandons them when they...
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Just Like Heaven
as FranShortly after David Abbott moves into his new San Francisco digs, he has an unwelcome visitor on...
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What Dreams May Come
as LeonaChris Neilson dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of....
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man
as Cathy DiTollaAfter a freak accident, an invisible yuppie runs for his life from a treacherous CIA official...
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Magic Camp
as Lorraine (uncredited)Andy, at the urging of his former mentor and Magic Camp owner Roy Preston, returns to the camp...
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The Joy Luck Club
as Rose Hsu JordanThrough a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers...
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The Laundromat
as Gu KailaiWhen a widow gets swindled out of insurance money, her search for answers leads to two cunning...
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Plus One
as Angela MoriLongtime single friends Ben and Alice agree to be each other's respective plus one at every...
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North
as Chinese MomEleven-year-old North has had it with his parents. They are always busy with their careers and...
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The Big Brawl
as MaeA young Asian American martial artist is forced to participate in a brutal formal street-fight...
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An Eye for an Eye
as Linda ChanSean Kane is forced to resign from the San Francisco Police Department's Narcotics Division when...
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Love Affair
as LeeEx-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land...
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Together Together
as Dr. AndrewsWhen young loner Anna is hired as the surrogate for Matt, a single man in his 40s, the two...
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Tragedy Girls
as Mayor CampbellMcKayla and Sadie, two death-obsessed teenage girls, use their online show about real-life...
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The Starling
as FawnA woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden...
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Stockholm, Pennsylvania
as Dr. AndrewsA young woman is returned home to her biological parents after living with her abductor for 17...
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Impostor
as Newscaster (uncredited)A top-secret government weapons designer is arrested by a clandestine government organization on...
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Spider-Man: The Dragon's Challenge
as Emily ChanSpider-Man goes to China to help an official accused of World War II treachery. Two episodes of...
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The Man from Elysian Fields
as Female CustomerA failed novelist's inability to pay the bills strains relations with his wife and leads him to...
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The End of Violence
as ClaireMike Max is a Hollywood producer who became powerful and rich thanks to brutal and bloody action...
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Inhabited
as Ms. MontaneAfter Brad and Meg move to a detached house in need of major repairs after a fire and decades of...
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Freakier Friday
as Pei-PeiYears after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a...
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Slam Dance
as Mrs. Margaret BellWhen framed for the murder of a sultry blonde, an underground cartoonist is drawn into a web of...
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Bride of the Incredible Hulk
as ReceptionistDavid and Carolyn marry in Hawaii and continue to work to find a cure for both their afflictions...
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Going Berserk
as Kung Fu GirlJohn Bourgignon, a drummer-chauffeur engaged to the daughter of a United States senator,...
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Nanking
as Chang Yu ZhengThe story of the rape of Nanking, one of the most tragic events in history. In 1937, the...
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Thousand Pieces of Gold
as Lalu / PollyIn 1880s China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than...
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Life of the Party
as Mei LinA group of friends plan an intervention to help their pal address his drinking problem. Things...
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Sacramento
as uncreditedWhen free-spirited Ricky suddenly reappears in father-to-be Glenn’s life, the two former best...
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White Ghost
as Thi HauJuly '72. Vietnam. Lt. Steve Shepard missing in action. Presumed dead...15 years later he's...
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Mysterious Island of Beautiful Women
as FlowerThe all-male crew of an oil company makes an emergency landing on an island and finds itself at...
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Denial
as TerryA young woman tries to leave her troubled past behind. She meets her old flame by accident and...
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Web of Deception
as Dr. Sheila ProsserA forensic psychatrist of the Police Department falls for a fatal attraction that threatens to...
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Three Blind Mice
as Li Mei ChenA lawyer defends a man he's known since serving together in Vietnam, who has been accused of...
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To Love, Honor and Deceive
as Sydney's Best FriendSydney Carpenter is a devoted mother to her young son, and is now accustomed to the puzzling...
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The Terry Fox Story
as Rika NodaThe true story about the Canadian cancer amputee hero who decided to run across Canada on only...
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The Harlem Globetrotters on Gilligan's Island
as Hotel ClerkThe Harlem Globetrotters' chartered plane crash lands on the atoll inhabited by the happily...
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The Ultimate Impostor
as Lai-PingA series pilot about a secret agent who is armed with skills learned by a computer-brain link-up...
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Special Report: Journey to Mars
as Dr. Lin Yo YuWhen the world's first spaceship is close to its goal (Mars), the TV-network GNN begins its live...
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Big Guns Talk: The Story of the Western
as SelfInterviews and film clips re-create the glorious history of the American western.
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Twirl
as Kim KingBest friends compete for the title of "Miss Twirl" (similar to a Miss America contest with the...
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Moonlight
as Daphne WuA fast-food delivery man for a New York Chinese restaurant gets involved with international...
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Enemies of Laughter
as CarlaNerdy-looking Paul is a neurotic, failed sitcom writer with a lackluster love life. But his best...
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The Tribulations of a Chinese Gentleman
as 莲花 (Lian Hua)The young Chinese heir to millions in the USA is suddenly destitute. He takes out a life...
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Shooter
as Lan"Shooter," aka Matt Thompson aka Gruwald is a photographer in 1967 Saigon, Vietnam. Working out...
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Knife Fight
as Kate - Focus Group ModeratorA political strategist juggling three clients questions whether or not to take the high road as...
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Grey's Anatomy
as Kathleen PattersonFollows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan...
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Shameless
as DoctorChicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids,...
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Monk
as Arleen CassidyAdrian Monk was once a rising star with the San Francisco Police Department, legendary for using...
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Bones
as Mandy OhDr. Temperance Brennan and her colleagues at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab assist Special...
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Castle
as Mimi TanAfter a serial killer imitates the plots of his novels, successful mystery novelist Richard...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Keiko IshikawaFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
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Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Keiko O'BrienFollow the intergalactic adventures of Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and his loyal crew aboard the...
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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Michelle HuntleyA Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the...
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Hawaii Five-0
as Governor Keiko MahoeSteve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers...
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as SelfThe Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight...
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Ben 10
as Councilwoman Liang (voice)When 10-year-old Ben Tennyson discovers a mysterious device, he gains the power to change into...
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
as Keiko O'BrienAt Deep Space Nine, a space station located next to a wormhole in the vicinity of the liberated...
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Without a Trace
as Helen CollinsThe series follows the ventures of a Missing Persons Unit of the FBI in New York City.
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Falcon Crest
as Li-Ying ChiFalcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for...
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The West Wing
as Jane GentryThe West Wing provides a glimpse into presidential politics in the nation's capital as it tells...
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The Daily Show
as SelfThe World's Fakest News Team tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture.
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The A-Team
as Alice HeathA fictional group of ex-United States Army Special Forces personnel work as soldiers of fortune...
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Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Mrs. ZhuangThe third installment of the “Law & Order” franchise takes viewers deep into the minds of its...
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Six Feet Under
as CindyWhen death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of...
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ER
as Dr. Theresa ChowER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by...
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Murder, She Wrote
as Phoebe CampbellAn unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life...
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Miami Vice
as Mai YingThe story of the Miami Police Department's vice squad and its efforts to end drug trafficking...
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The O.C.
as Dr. KimRyan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to...
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Private Practice
as Lillie JordanHaving left behind Seattle Grace Hospital, renowned surgeon Addison Forbes Montgomery moves to...
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M*A*S*H
as Soon-LeeThe 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little...
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3 Body Problem
as Ye WenjieAcross continents and decades, five brilliant friends make earth-shattering discoveries as the...
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This Is Us
as AnnaFollows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of...
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According to Jim
as Sally WuAccording to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role...
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ABC Afterschool Special
as The Kurmese Ambassador's DaughterDramatically presented situations, often controversial, of interest to children and teenagers....
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Chicago Hope
as Allison GrangerChicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran...
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The Incredible Hulk
as ReceptionistDuring an experiment gone bad, radiation turns a scientist into a raging green behemoth whenever...
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black-ish
as Dr. StoneA family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a...
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Emergency!
as KathyThe crew of Los Angeles County Fire Department Station 51, particularly the paramedic team, and...
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St. Elsewhere
as Mary WilsonSt. Elsewhere is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on NBC from...
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Sweet Tooth
as Mrs. Helen ZhangOn a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and...
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Tour of Duty
as Li KiemThe trials of a U.S. Army platoon serving in the field during the Vietnam War.
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One Day at a Time
as GloriaThe misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and new building superintendent...
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The OA
as Patricia KnollerPrairie Johnson, blind as a child, comes home to the community she grew up in with her sight...
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The Magic School Bus
as Mrs. Li (voice)An eccentric schoolteacher takes her class on wondrous educational field trips with the help of...
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Kojak
as Grace ChenA bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...
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Once and Again
as Tami SeitzThe series depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father.
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thirtysomething
as Willa CamdenThirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late...
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Family Law
as Dr. SeabourneFamily attorney and mom Lynn Holt has had to scramble to keep her family and her law firm...
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Better Things
as CarolineSam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max,...
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Dharma & Greg
as PatriciaDharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30,...
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Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
as Pastor JinAfter a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds...
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The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as LilyThe Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries is a television series which aired for three seasons on ABC....
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Jake and the Fatman
as Elaine NakasoneJake and the Fatman is a television crime drama starring William Conrad as prosecutor J. L....
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The Parkers
as Prof. ThornhillThe Parkers is an American sitcom that aired on UPN from August 30, 1999, to May 10, 2004. A...
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Code Black
as Jae EunInspired by the award-winning documentary, this medical drama is set in the busiest and most...
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The L Word: Generation Q
as Grace LeeIn this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter,...
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Forever
as FrenchmanDoctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study...
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The Catch
as Kohana TakashiStrong and successful Alice Martin is a fraud investigator who's about to be the victim of fraud...
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How the West Was Won
as Li SinThe Macahans, a family from Virginia headed by Zeb Macahan, travel across the country to pioneer...
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Arliss
as KarenA behind-the-scenes look at the glitzy, big-money world of professional sports following the...
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The Muppets
as Woman #1The Muppets return to primetime with a contemporary, documentary-style show. For the first time...
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Tell Me You Love Me
as CynthiaThis riveting and provocative drama series explores issues of intimacy within the lives of three...
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Get Real
as Anne CollinsGet Real was a short-lived comedy-drama on the FOX Network centering on the fictional Green...
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The Neighbors
as Barb HartleyWhen the Weavers move to a gated community in New Jersey, they discover that the entire...
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Intelligence
as Sheng-Li WangA drama centered on a high-tech intelligence operative who is enhanced with a super-computer...
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W.I.T.C.H.
as Joan Lin / Mandy (voice)The Guardians must save Meridian from the evil sorcerer Phobos and Cedric who are searching for...
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American Playhouse
as Ku LingAmerican Playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by Public...
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Medical Investigation
as Dr. KramerMedical Investigation was an American medical drama television series that began September 9,...
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Riptide
as LucyThe cases of a private investigations agency run by two Vietnam War veterans and their computer...
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The Event
as DoctorThe Event is an emotional, high-octane conspiracy thriller that follows Sean Walker, an everyman...
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The First Lady
as Tina TchenA revelatory reframing of American leadership through the lens of the First Ladies. Exploring...
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Stingray
as Colette TranRay is an enigmatic adventurer with no traceable past who travels from place to place fighting...
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The Amazing Spider-Man
as Emily ChanThe first live-action TV series based on the popular comic book.
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The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
as Leslie ChiuThe Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo is an American action/adventure situation
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10-8: Officers on Duty
as Lt. Maggie Chen10-8: Officers on Duty is an American police drama television series. The series aired on ABC...
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Battle of the Network Stars
as uncreditedBattle of the Network Stars was a series of competitions where television stars from ABC, CBS,...
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Century City
as DoctorCentury City is an American science fiction-legal drama television series set in Los Angeles in...
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Center of the Universe
as Dr. GeislerCenter of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until...
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Trauma
as TherapistWhen emergencies occur, the trauma team from San Francisco City Hospital is first on the scene,...
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AfterMASH
as Soon-Lee KlingerAfterMASH is an American situation comedy that aired on CBS from September 26, 1983, to December...
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Max Headroom
as Angie BarryMax Headroom is a British-produced American satirical science fiction television series by...
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Anna and the King
as Princess SerenaA stern schoolteacher clashes with an aristocratic 19th-century king.
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Brimstone
as Nina ChouBrimstone is a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose...
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Gideon's Crossing
as Claire HinesBen Gideon, a doctor of great skill and with a great bedside manner, heads the experimental...
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Intruders
as Dr. Jenny SakaiWhen psychiatrist Dr. Neil Chase encounters two women suffering from the same symptoms with...
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MDs
as Angela YuanMedicine could be a lucrative business if it weren't for all those sick people. So goes the...
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Bring 'Em Back Alive
as ShalaBring 'Em Back Alive is an adventure television series starring Bruce Boxleitner, Cindy Morgan...
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Under Suspicion
as uncreditedUnder Suspicion is an American television police drama set in Portland, Oregon. It was created...
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Citizen Baines
as Dr. Judith LinCitizen Baines is an American drama series that starred James Cromwell. The series premiered...
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Against the Law
as Toy FengAgainst the Law is an American dramedy television series that aired on the Fox network from...
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Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
as Thanh SteinmetzFact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena who, while stationed in...
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A Man Called Sloane
as Soom NukA Man Called Sloane is an American secret agent adventure television series that aired on NBC...
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Private Eye
as Kai-LeePrivate Eye is an American crime drama that aired from September 13, 1987 until January 8, 1988.
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Diff'rent Strokes
as Miss ChungThe series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African...
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Diff'rent Strokes
as Ming LiThe series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African...
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Sin City Saints
as Mrs. WuAn off-beat comedy set in the front office of a fictional pro basketball expansion team and...
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Jack and Mike
as Holly SykesWell-heeled yuppies, a journalist and her restaurateur husband, try to find time for romance....
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Ruth & Erica
as HelenA woman struggles with her mother's reluctance to make the life changes necessary in light of...
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Kung Fu
as Dancer (uncredited)The adventures of a Shaolin Monk as he wanders the American West armed only with his skill in...
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Beauty and the Beast
as Lin WongBeauty and the Beast is an American drama series which first aired on CBS in 1987. Creator Ron...
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