Ming-Na Wen (溫明娜)

Ming-Na is a babe of rare distinction. She is one of the more successful Asian-American in the entertainment industry as well as an underrated Asian star in the tough world of Hollywood. Being Asian-American can be a tough road, you're striving for acknowledgement from the East and digging up from ignorance from the West.

It helps that Ming-Na is beautiful, charasmatic, and energtic. With her smooth skin, luminous dark eyes and hair that rivals that of anyone in a Pantene commercial. Ming-na possess the "It" factor that attracts attention wherever she goes. She possess a razor-sharp wit and infectious laugh that causes people to turn and look

Ming-Na has come a long way since her big-screen debut as June in the 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan’s popular novel, 'The Joy Luck Club'. But She is far from the conservative Chinese daughter she played in that film. Looking like she just stepped off the pages of a fashion magazine, Ming-Na has a sophisticated, funky style that's all her own. She knew acting was her calling from an early age. “After my first play I was hooked because it was such a powerful way to affect people,” she recalls. Theater wasn’t her only interest in school; although it’s hard to imagine this style-maven being the president of her school’s science fiction club, she is a self-professed “sci-fi geek.” Bonus Points!

Ming-Na has been involved in many Hollywood blockbusters; such as being Chun Li, the kick butt videogame babe in 'Street Fighter'. She starred as the leading lady opposite Wesley Snipes in 'One Night Stand', a film that examined inter-racial relationships and garnered her strong reviews. Adding to Ming-Na's hollywood credentials are lead voice-over performances in animations such as Disney's Mulan, Mulan II, and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.

Ming-Na has been named to People magazine's list of 50 most beautiful people. The popular Asian-American Magazine, A, recently voted her as one of the 100 most influential Asian Americans of the past decade.

When not supplying voices to strong Asian-influenced female characters, Ming-Na is busy on television. Early in her career, she appeared in the daytime soap 'As The World Turns', and the short-lived TV comedy series 'The Single Guy'. Currently, Ming-Na can be enjoyed in new and re-run episodes of NBC's top-rated drama ER, as Dr. Deborah Chen.

Ming-Na has always played strong female characters in her roles. But she is strong in the real world too! Not content with being a success herself, Ming-Na looks to open new doors and opportunities to promote the Asian-American culture. This is why Ming-Na and her husband, Eric Michael Zee, a writer and actor, are going in a different direction, producing the Asian American R&B boy band, 'At Last'.

Want more babe qualities? Ming-Na enjoys playing poker! She is comfortable taking risks at the poker table. She's even won a World Poker Tour: Hollywood Home Game tournament for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer, in honor of a friend who survived her fight with breast cancer.

So what's not to like about Ming-Na? An inspirational Asian-American success story. A wonderful actress with film and television credentials. A budding music producer, poker babe, and participant of numerous charity organizations. And oh, the babe is damn proud to be Asian!

Babe Factor: 8.75/10

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