HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Tuesday honoring Ming-Na Wen for a television career that included seven seasons each on "ER" and "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D"
Wen's castmates in the 1993 film "The Joy Luck Club," Tamlyn Tomita, Lauren Tom and Rosalind Chao, joined her for the ceremony at 6840 Hollywood Blvd., between Highland Avenue and Orange Drive.
The star is the 2,757th since the completion of the Walk of Fame in 1961 with the initial 1,558 stars.
The ceremony came one day before the end of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and two days before the release of the third and fourth episodes of "Gremlins: Secrets of the Mogwai," the animated prequel series to the "Gremlins" film franchise which streams on Max.
Wen supplies the voice of Fong Wing, the mother of Sam Wing, the future shop owner Mr. Wing in the 1984 "Gremlins" film.
The first two episodes premiered last Tuesday.
Wen had a recurring role as medical student Jing-Mei Chen during the first season of "ER," then returned to the NBC medical drama in its sixth season as a third-year resident. She left the series in its 11th season.
She was a cast member of the ABC superhero series "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." -- portraying ace pilot and weapons expert Melinda May for its entire 2013-20 run.
Wen made her television debut in 1985, making two appearances as a royal trumpeter in " Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" while she was attending Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, where the beloved children's series was produced.
Wen became the first Asian American actor to have a contract role on a daytime drama in 1988 when she was cast as Vietnamese teenager Lien Troung, who had come to America seeking to find her father, attorney Tom Hughes (Scott Holmes) on CBS' "As the World Turns."
Wen portrays elite mercenary and assassin Fennec Shand on the Disney+ "Star War" series "The Mandalorian" and "The Book of Boba Fett," and the supplies her voice in the animated series "The Bad Batch."
She also was a cast member of the 1995-97 NBC comedy "The Single Guy" and the 2009-11 Syfy military science fiction drama "Stargate Universe."
Wen's extensive credits in animation are topped by supplying the speaking voice of the title character in the 1998 animated musical adventure film "Mulan," which she reprised in its direct-to-video sequel, "Mulan II," the animated film "Ralph Breaks the Internet" and the animated fantasy children's television series "Sofia the First."