Rosalind Chao

Career timeline

1. 1957 · Born

   Born in Los Angeles, California, USA

2. 1968 · Screen debut

   Here's Lucy (TV)

3. 2002 · Breakthrough

   Monk (TV)

4. 2025 · Latest release

   Freakier Friday (Movie)

Career in numbers

1 1960s

11 1970s

13 1980s

13 1990s

20 2000s

16 2010s

5 2020s

• Drama54
• Comedy27
• Action & Adventure17
• Crime16
• Sci-Fi & Fantasy16
• Mystery12

Highest-rated title Star Trek: The Next Generation 1987 8.4 Most popular title Grey's Anatomy 2005 8.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Rosalind Chao in our catalogue.

Paul McCrane

5 titles together

Adam Arkin

3 titles together

Shonda Rhimes

2 titles together

Jon Huertas

2 titles together

Larry Wilmore

2 titles together

Caterina Scorsone

2 titles together

Tom Verica

2 titles together

Edward James Olmos

2 titles together

1. 2025 Freakier Friday as Mama P 6.8 Movie
2. 2024 3 Body Problem as Ye Wenjie 7.5 TV
3. 2022 The First Lady as Tina Tchen 5.7 TV
4. 2021 Sweet Tooth as Mrs. Helen Zhang 7.7 TV
5. 2020 Mulan as Hua Li 6.8 Movie
6. 2019 The L Word: Generation Q as Grace Lee 7.7 TV
7. 2019 The Laundromat as Gu Kailai 6.0 Movie
8. 2016 The OA as Patricia Knoller 7.6 TV
9. 2016 This Is Us as Anna 8.2 TV
10. 2016 Better Things as Caroline 7.2 TV
11. 2016 The Catch as Kohana Takashi 6.5 TV
12. 2015 Code Black as Jae Eun 7.8 TV
13. 2015 The Muppets as Woman #1 7.0 TV
14. 2014 black-ish as Dr. Stone 7.1 TV
15. 2014 Forever as Frenchman 7.8 TV
16. 2014 Intelligence as Sheng-Li Wang 6.5 TV
17. 2012 The Neighbors as Barb Hartley 6.3 TV
18. 2012 Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 as Pastor Jin 6.8 TV
19. 2011 Shameless as Doctor 8.2 TV
20. 2010 Hawaii Five-0 as Governor Keiko Mahoe 7.7 TV
21. 2010 The Event as Doctor 6.4 TV
22. 2009 Castle as Mimi Tan 8.0 TV
23. 2007 Private Practice as Lillie Jordan 7.5 TV
24. 2007 Tell Me You Love Me as Cynthia 6.5 TV
25. 2005 Ben 10 as Councilwoman Liang (voice) 8.2 TV
26. 2005 Just Like Heaven as Fran 7.0 Movie
27. 2005 Bones as Mandy Oh 8.2 TV
28. 2005 Grey's Anatomy as Kathleen Patterson 8.2 TV
29. 2004 W.I.T.C.H. as Joan Lin / Mandy (voice) 7.4 TV
30. 2004 Medical Investigation as Dr. Kramer TV
31. 2003 10-8: Officers on Duty as Lt. Maggie Chen TV
32. 2003 Freaky Friday as Pei-Pei 6.6 Movie
33. 2003 The O.C. as Dr. Kim 7.7 TV
34. 2002 Without a Trace as Helen Collins 7.2 TV
35. 2002 Monk as Arleen Cassidy 7.9 TV
36. 2001 I Am Sam as Lily 7.6 Movie
37. 2001 Impostor as Newscaster (uncredited) 6.1 Movie
38. 2001 According to Jim as Sally Wu 6.5 TV
39. 2001 Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Mrs. Zhuang 7.6 TV
40. 2001 Six Feet Under as Cindy 8.1 TV
41. 2000 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Michelle Huntley 7.6 TV
42. 1999 The West Wing as Jane Gentry 8.3 TV
43. 1999 Once and Again as Tami Seitz 6.7 TV
44. 1999 Family Law as Dr. Seabourne TV
45. 1999 The Parkers as Prof. Thornhill 8.0 TV
46. 1998 Brimstone as Nina Chou 7.5 TV
47. 1998 What Dreams May Come as Leona 7.3 Movie
48. 1997 Dharma & Greg as Patricia 6.4 TV
49. 1996 Arli$$ as Karen TV
50. 1994 ER as Dr. Theresa Chow 7.8 TV
51. 1994 Chicago Hope as Allison Granger 7.2 TV
52. 1994 The Magic School Bus as Mrs. Li (voice) 7.6 TV
53. 1993 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine as Keiko O'Brien 7.9 TV
54. 1992 Memoirs of an Invisible Man as Cathy DiTolla 5.9 Movie
55. 1987 thirtysomething as Willa Camden 6.3 TV
56. 1987 Star Trek: The Next Generation as Keiko Ishikawa 8.4 TV
57. 1987 Jake and the Fatman as Elaine Nakasone 6.2 TV
58. 1987 Tour of Duty as Li Kiem 8.2 TV
59. 1987 Max Headroom as Angie Barry 7.0 TV
60. 1984 Murder, She Wrote as Phoebe Campbell 7.5 TV
61. 1984 Miami Vice as Mai Ying 7.5 TV
62. 1984 Riptide as Lucy 6.8 TV
63. 1983 The A-Team as Alice Heath 7.5 TV
64. 1982 St. Elsewhere as Mary Wilson 5.7 TV
65. 1982 American Playhouse as Ku Ling TV
66. 1981 Falcon Crest as Li-Ying Chi 5.6 TV
67. 1980 The Big Brawl as Mae 5.9 Movie
68. 1979 The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo as Leslie Chiu TV
69. 1978 The Amazing Spider-Man as Emily Chan 6.3 TV
70. 1977 The Incredible Hulk as Receptionist 7.2 TV
71. 1977 How the West Was Won as Li Sin 7.0 TV
72. 1977 The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries as Lily 7.1 TV
73. 1976 Battle of the Network Stars TV
74. 1975 One Day at a Time as Gloria 6.8 TV
75. 1973 Kojak as Grace Chen 7.3 TV
76. 1972 ABC Afterschool Special as The Kurmese Ambassador's Daughter TV
77. 1972 M*A*S*H as Soon-Lee 8.0 TV
78. 1972 Emergency! as Kathy 7.9 TV
79. 1968 Here's Lucy as Linda Chang Wong 6.7 TV

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