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Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Acting Born Nov 30, 1936 · Tianjin, China

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Tsai Chin, also known by her Chinese name Zhou Caiqin, is an actress, director, teacher and author, best known in America for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club. The third daughter of the legendary Peking opera actor and singer Zhou Xinfang, Tsai Chin was the first Chinese student trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and later earned a Masters Degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Her career spans more than five decades and three continents. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Su...

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Casino Royale
7.6
movie
Casino Royale
as Madame Wu
2006
Now You See Me 2
6.8
movie
Now You See Me 2
as Bu Bu
2016
Grey's Anatomy
8.2
tv
Grey's Anatomy
as Helen Rubenstein
2005
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.5
movie
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
as Waipo
2021
Avatar: The Last Airbender
8.8
tv
Avatar: The Last Airbender
as Aunt Wu (voice)
2005
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
7.5
tv
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
as May's Mother
2013
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.6
movie
Memoirs of a Geisha
as Auntie
2005
You Only Live Twice
6.6
movie
You Only Live Twice
as Ling
1967
The Bridge on the River Kwai
7.8
movie
The Bridge on the River Kwai
as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)
1957
Abominable
7.4
movie
Abominable
as Nai Nai (voice)
2019
We Bare Bears
7.7
tv
We Bare Bears
as Linda (voice)
2015
The Interpreter
6.3
movie
The Interpreter
as Luan
2005