Maggie Han

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Maggie Han
Born1959 (age 65–66)
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Actress
  • model
Years active1985–1996

Maggie Han (born 1959) is an American retired actress. Her career began with modeling jobs in the United States and France and progressed to acting in film and television productions. [1] She is best known for playing Yoshiko Kawashima in The Last Emperor and Cheryl the lawyer in the NBC sitcom Seinfeld .

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Biography

Maggie Han was born in Providence, Rhode Island. Her parents were retired music professors who immigrated to the United States from South Korea. [2] She grew up enthralled by feminist literature and stated that she developed an "aversion to the idea of marriage and a family." [3] At the age of 16, Han enrolled at Harvard University and majored in American history. Upon the suggestion of a stranger, she contacted a local modeling agency and began working part-time. [2] After receiving an increasing number of job offers, Han decided to model full-time in Paris.

She modeled for six years in Paris and later New York and has described one of her more memorable experiences as being a photo-shoot in a war-torn area of Lebanon. [3] In 1983, Han returned to Harvard to continue working on her degree. While there, she became an award-winning reporter for the Harvard Crimson newspaper. During this time she got a deal to do part-time modeling for the pantyhose company L'eggs and appeared in several commercials for them. In 1985, Han received an offer to audition for the miniseries Space . To make her acting debut in that series, she again dropped out of Harvard but stated that returning for a second time was a possibility. [2] Afterward, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue further acting roles, including Sandy in several episodes of LA Law and Eastern Jewel in The Last Emperor , her film debut.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNotes
1985 Space Cindy Rhee3 episodes
1986 Head of the Class Shayeeda1 episode
LA Law Sandy3 episodes
1987 The Last Emperor Yoshiko Kawashima
Crime Story Ginnie Chan1 episode
1988 Mr. Belvedere Tami Suzuki2 episodes
1988–1989 Murphy's Law Kimiko Fannuchi5 episodes
1990Murder in ParadiseDr. Diane Mahona
Crazy People Connie Vega-Margolis
Dark AvengerRae Wong
1991 Teech Cassie LeeRegular
1993 Seinfeld Cheryl Fong2 episodes
Black Tie Affair CookieRegular
1994 Diagnosis Murder Sunshine1 episode
Junior Lab Assistant
1995Open SeasonCary Sain
1996 Murder, She Wrote Nobu Hitaki1 episode

References

  1. ↑ "Maggie Han filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-07-11. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  2. 1 2 3 Kim, Jae-Ha (1988-01-08). "'Emperor' star Maggie Han has leg up on other actresses". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
  3. 1 2 Han, Margaret (1983-09-12). "There and Back Again". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved 2016-01-10.
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