- Born
- Height5′ 6″ (1.68 m)
- 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. Rosalind first began appearing in commercials and television after having been spotted as a small child at her family restaurant. She had also trained and appeared on stage from an early age in the Peking Opera and Chinese dance. She continues to act in the theater, most recently starring in 2018 the National Theatre of Great Britain in a new play The Great Wave. She has been married to Simon Templeman since 1989. They have two children.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpouseSimon Templeman(1989 - present) (2 children)
- ChildrenRoland William TemplemanIsabelle Templeman
- Dimple close to her left corner of mouth.
- Has gained popularity among Star Trek fans for her long career on two Star Trek series including Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
- Turned down the chance to work full-time on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) so that she could spend more time with her family. But, she instead agreed to do recurring roles in episodes each season.
- Has an action figure modeled after her character Keiko from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
- Along with Michael Dorn, Marc Alaimo, Jeffrey Combs, John de Lancie, Jonathan Frakes and Tim Russ, she is one of only seven actors to appear in at least ten different seasons of "Star Trek": Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) Seasons Four through Six and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) Seasons One through Seven.
- 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.
- When I leave Los Angeles to do something, that's when I notice how into "Star Trek" and how loyal to the shows' actors the fans are. The fans will notice me on the street and ask me questions about Keiko's personal relationships, especially the female fans. They're very concerned, because they want her to maintain her career. They always talk to me about that. It's very funny.
- When they offered me the role as a regular on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993), I was actually pregnant with my first child and I was also getting ready to do The Joy Luck Club (1993). So I had to say no to the producers at that point. I wanted to be able to spend time with my husband and with my first child right after he was born. And I did. I really think it worked out well for everyone.
- [about Colm Meaney] I adore Colm. We're old friends by now, so that's great. Also, we bicker like a real husband and wife do.
- [on filming a scene in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993) episode, Time's Orphan (1998)] We were shooting at Griffith Park, when we were doing the picnic scene. I had some speech to make, and I noticed people talking behind the camera, which was very unusual because the "Deep Space Nine" crew was very professional. And I noticed people moving around. It turned out that a rattler had been, like, this far away from me, as we were shooting. And nobody cut and had me move! Colm [Colm Meaney] just got up and got out of the way, they got the kid out of the way, and nobody said word one to me! Can you imagine?
- [on how the "ST:DS9" producers let her do The Joy Luck Club (1993) before committing to the series] I'm very grateful to the "Star Trek" people because they made it possible for me to participate in a movie that really made a difference to Asian-Americans, and it made a difference in my life as well.
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