Wai Ching Ho

Wai Ching Ho (Chinese: 何煒晴; born 16 November 1943) is a Hong Kong actress.^[1]

Wai Ching Ho
何煒晴
Ho at the 2017 German Comic Con
Born	(1943-11-16) 16 November 1943 (age 81) British Hong Kong
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1987–present

She is best known for her role as Madame Gao in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Daredevil (2015–2016), Iron Fist and The Defenders (both 2017).^[2] She voiced Grandma Wu in Pixar's Turning Red and has had a recurring appearance in Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.^[3][4] On stage, she has also starred in Celine Song's play Endlings.^[5][6]

Selected filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Cadillac Man	Asian wife
1998	Happiness	Student #1
2003	Robot Stories	Bernice; Lady Vendor
2008	Adventures of Power	Yolanda Fong
2010	The Sorcerer's Apprentice	Chinese woman
2012	Premium Rush	Sister Chen
2015	Tracers	Chen
2017	April Flowers	Future April
2018	Set It Up	Kirsten's mother	Uncredited
2019	Hustlers	Destiny's grandmother
2022	Turning Red	Wu	Voice
2023	Lovely, Dark, and Deep	Zhang
	Sight	Alian

Television

Year[7]	Title	Role	Notes
1987–1990	One Life to Live	Kim	2 episodes
1992	Swans Crossing	Dr. Kamber	2 episodes
2001	Law & Order	Mrs. Ngai	Episode: "Teenage Wasteland"
	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Susan Guan	Episode: "Inheritance"
	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Jane Yu	Episode: "Enemy Within"
2006	Law & Order: Criminal Intent	Mrs. Wong	Episode: "Proud Flesh"
2009	Flight of the Conchords	Mrs. Lee	Episode: "The Tough Brets"
2015	Orange is the New Black	Mrs. Hu	Episode: "Ching Chong Chang"
2015–2016	Daredevil	Madame Gao	6 episodes
2016–2018	Fresh Off the Boat	Big Auntie	2 episodes
2017	Iron Fist	Madame Gao	9 episodes
	The Defenders	Madame Gao	6 episodes
2018	New Amsterdam	June Chiang	Episode: "Three Dots"
2019	Two Sentence Horror Stories	Ma	Episode: "Legacy"
2020–2023	Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens	Le-Wei	5 episodes
2023	Only Murders in the Building	Mei-Mei	Episode: "Thirty"
2025	Law & Order	Li Tan	Episode: "Sins of the Father"