周采芹 Tsai Chin
Biographical information
Birth name Zhou Caiqin
Born November 30, 1936 Shanghai, China
First credit Battle Hell (1957)
Further information
Link(s) IMDb Wikipedia

Tsai Chin, also known as Irene Chow, is a Chinese-born actress currently residing in England who provided the voice of Aunt Wu in Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Contents 1 Avatar: The Last Airbender credits 1.1 Wu 2 Selected other credits 2.1 Television work 2.2 Filmography 2.3 Other works 3 Biographical information 3.1 Personal life 3.2 Career 4 Comments

Avatar: The Last Airbender credits Edit

Wu Edit

Character information: Wu

• 114. "The Fortuneteller"
• 115. "Bato of the Water Tribe"

Selected other credits Edit

Television work Edit

• A Dream in Red Mansions
• All-American Girl
• Chicago Hope
• Crowfoot (TV movie)
• Dixon of Dock Green
• Due South
• Emergency-Ward 10
• Fantasy Island
• Grey's Anatomy
• International Detective
• Man of the World
• Mogul
• Mr. Aitch
• Side Order of Life
• Sisters
• Stars and Garters (self)
• Strong Medicine
• The Defenders
• The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer (TV movie)
• The Evidence
• The Golden Shot (self)
• The Rat Catchers
• The West Side Waltz (TV movie)
• Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior (TV movie)

Filmography Edit

• Year of the fish (2007)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
• The Interpreter (2005)
• Long Life, Happiness & Prosperity (2002)
• The Gold Cup (2000)
• Titan A.E. (2000)
• Journey from the Heart (1999)
• Red Corner (1997)
• The Magic Pearl (Voice) (1997)
• The Joy Luck Club (1993)
• Rentadick (1972)
• The Virgin Soldiers (1969)
• Sax Rohmer's The Castle of Fu Manchu (1969)
• Kiss and Kill (1968)
• You Only Live Twice (1967)
• The Vengeance of Fu Manchu (1967)
• Blow Up (1966)
• The Brides of Fu Manchu (1966)
• Invasion (1965)
• The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)
• The Cool Mikado (1963)
• Hot Money Girl (1959)
• The Inn of Sixth Happiness (1958)
• Violent Playground (1958)
• Battle Hell (1957)

Other works Edit

• American Masters (TV series documentary) (archive footage) (self)
• A Subject to Struggle (TV documentary)
• Hollywood Chinese (documentary)
• Inside 'You Only Live Twice' (video documentary short)
• The 2007 Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant of the Americas (awards ceremony)
• The David Frost Show (self)
• The Eamoon Andrews Show (self)

Biographical information Edit

Personal life Edit

Chin was born to Peking Opera actor Zhou Xinfang in 1936. She spent her early life in Shanghai and had two short marriages, both of which ended in divorce. Her brother is Michael Chow, owner of the Mr. Chow restaurant chain, and through him, she is the aunt to actress/model China Chow and her brother Maximillian Chow, who are the children of Michael and his late ex-wife, Tina Chow.

She was the first person with Chinese roots to study at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London in 1951 and later became an associate member.

Career Edit

Chin played the part of Liat in the 1950s production of South Pacific in London's west end and moved onto what is probably her best known role, Lin Tang, the diabolic daughter of Dr. Fu Manchu in the Fu Manchu movies starring Christopher Lee. She is also noted for her role as Ling in the James Bond movie You Only Live Twice and in the role of Juicy Lucy in The Virgin Soldiers. She continues to appear in films, including The Joy Luck Club, Memoirs of a Geisha, and the James Bond film Casino Royale. She also has a recurring role in Grey's Anatomy as Helen Rubenstein, the mother of Cristina Yang.

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