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'VANISHED' TAKES MING-NA FROM 'ER' TO G-WOMAN; Published: August 17, 2006
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'VANISHED' TAKES MING-NA FROM 'ER' TO G-WOMAN
By: Bridget Byrne
Published: August 17, 2006


I love my gun," said Ming-Na, as a prop man secured a heavy weapon in the holster under her neat, brown jacket.
A name tag identifies her as FBI agent Lin Mei, a member of the investigative team probing the mysterious disappearance of the wife of a U.S. senator from Georgia.
That's the plot line for the premiere season of "Vanished," Fox's new serial thriller launches Monday at 9 p.m. The show also stars Esai Morales, Josh Hopkins and Gale Harold, who plays Graham Kelton, the senior FBI agent and Lin's partner.
The role is more than a few action sequences away from Ming-Na's previous TV characters - Dr. Deb Chen of NBC's "ER" and attorney Rachel Lu in that network's short-lived "Inconceivable."
"It's so much fun to have this incredible fantasy of playing this strong, brave woman," Ming-Na said.
Fantasy, indeed, she stresses.
Lin Mei "is completely opposite of who I am," Ming-Na explains. "If there's just a spider, I'll run the other way!"
Hard to believe when one considers Ming-Na's lively persona.
Married to music producer and actor Eric Zee, the 42-year-old mother of two young children laughed when told how young and fit she looks.
"I lead a happy life and I have good genes and my kids keep me young," she responds. "You only get one life. You have to have a good time!"
Ming-Na is her first name and means "enlightenment" in Chinese, she explained, amused but also frustrated by American confusion over such names, despite their distinct syllables.
"It still amazes me how people butcher and mix it up ... you can say Schwarzenegger but you can't say Ming-Na," she laughed.
Born in the Chinese territory of Macao, she had little recollection of her father, having moved from nearby Hong Kong to America with her mother when she was a small child.
Her mother wasn't keen on Ming-Na becoming an actress.
"I think she had this awful preconceived idea that I would have to sleep my way to the top," she said.
Ming-Na hopes ethnic actors appearing in TV series will become so natural that they won't be notable and their roles won't be necessarily hooked to ethnicity.
"I embrace my culture. I love my culture. I love my language. I love my food. It's all part of me. That's why my name is still Chinese. I haven't Anglicized it," she said. "But, at the same time, what I've been really happy about in my career is that I've continuously gotten roles that were not specifically written Asian."
That's what happened on "Vanished."
Ming-Na met with the producers for the role of investigative reporter Judy Nash.
Rebecca Gayheart got that part, but the FBI agent role was offered in its place. It's been beefed up considerably from the pilot episode, to capitalize on what the show's creator Josh Berman calls Ming-Na's "strength and sensitivity."

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good for her! ill be sure to catch an episode or two- it sounds interesting. thanks Tony!
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It looks like it is really going to be a great series. I actually liked the last NBC series she did called "Inconceivable", but it did not last but for a few episodes. This one really looks good!
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"inconcievable" was good. but no matter how hard i try, i can't stop thinking of her as deb.
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It seems former ER actors are moving on. Ming- Na seems like a sweet person and it's nice to hear that she's happy with her job and with life. But 42!!! I had no idea.
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