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Rosalind Chao (born September 23, 1957) [a] is an American actress, best known for playing Soon-Lee Klinger in the mid-1980s CBS show AfterMASH, Rose Hsu Jordan in the 1993 movie The Joy Luck Club, the recurring character Keiko O'Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in the 1990s, and Dr. Kim on The O.C. in 2003.
Originally approached to audition for the role of Tasha Yar in Star Trek: The Next Generation, she found herself overseas, initially dismissing the opportunity with a playful scoff: "Star Trek? It's been done."
Rosalind Chao is best known for M*A*S*H, The Joy Luck Club (1993), Star Trek, What Dreams May Come, and most recently The Laundromat (2019), and Plus One (2019). She was born and raised in Orange County, California where her parents ran a Chinese restaurant and pancake house.
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Rosalind Chao, Pei-Pei Cheng, Liu Yifei, Jo Lo, and Xana Tang in Mulan (2020)- Robin Williams and Rosalind Chao
- Rosalind Chao in Sweet Tooth (2021)
- Rosalind Chao, Louise Jiang, and Kelly Marie Tran in Sweet Tooth (2021)
- Rosalind Chao, Paula Jai Parker, Jaime Cardriche, Eddie Griffin, and Malcolm-Jamal Warner in Malcolm & Eddie (1996)
- Rosalind Chao, William Christopher, and Jamie Farr in M*A*S*H (1972)
- Rosalind Chao and Jamie Farr in M*A*S*H (1972)
Jan 25, 2021 · Rosalind Chao played civilian scientist Keiko O’Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but she was first in the running to play a main character.
Jan 26, 2023 · Star Trek fans may know Rosalind Chao best for her turn as Keiko O'Brien, botanist and wife of engineering chief and perpetually downtrodden Starfleet enlisted officer Miles O'Brien.
- Sarah Crocker
While auditioning for the part of Keiko O'Brien on Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987), she was up against actress Patti Yasutake, who also auditioned for the role. Rosalind eventually got the role, and Patti got the part of "Nurse Allysa Ogawa" on the same show.
Aug 25, 2023 · Rosalind Chao as Keiko O’Brien. Not a member of Starfleet, Keiko was a botany expert who lived on the Enterprise-D alongside her partner and, following on from the episode Data’s Day, husband Miles O’Brien. Like Colm Meaney, Chao joined the DS9 cast in a recurring role when their characters made the jump to the space station.
