Tsai Chin

Biography

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 Susie Wong, and on Broadway in Golden Child. Chin appeared in two James Bond films: as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice; and Casino Royale. Her single, "The Ding Dong Song," recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities re-opened. In China she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions.

Most Known For

Grey's Anatomy

as Helen Rubenstein

Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

as May's Mother

We Bare Bears

as Linda (voice)

Avatar: The Last Airbender

as Aunt Wu (voice)

Strong Medicine

as Jin Jae

Chicago Hope

as Board Member

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

as Waipo

Casino Royale

as Madame Wu

The Defenders

as Parma Gideon

Now You See Me 2

as Bu Bu

Due South

as Mrs. Lee

You Only Live Twice

as Ling

Red Corner

as Chairman Xu

Getting On

as Ruth Lee

Abominable

as Nai Nai (voice)

The Troubleshooters

as Esther Ho

Memoirs of a Geisha

as Auntie

Fantasy Island

as Rita

The Bridge on the River Kwai

as Tokyo Rose (voice) (uncredited)

All-American Girl

as Auntie June