Ming Na Wen

Ming Na Wen Born in Macau, China, Ming-Na and her family immigrated to New York City when she was 4. There she learned English and discovered that acting was a great way to be accepted by her new peers when she performed in a third-grade Easter play. Having moved to Pittsburgh when she was 9, Ming-Na later graduated from Carnegie-Mellon University with high honors and a bachelor of fine arts degree in theater. Her family remains in Pittsburgh, where they run a successful Chinese restaurant. Upon returning to New York, Ming-Na performed off-Broadway, where she was discovered and then cast on “As the World Turns,” in the first contract role for an Asian actor in daytime television. She also starred in the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production of David Henry Hwang’s “Golden Child,” in Lanford Wilson’s “Redwood Curtain,” in David Mamet’s “Speed the Plow” and in the world premiere of James Lapine’s “Luck, Pluck & Virtue” at the renowned La Jolla (California) Playhouse. ENTER HERE