Mulan – Ming-Na Wen
The 1998 movie Mulan was when a lot of us saw good Asian representation in a Disney movie. The film is about a brave young girl who enlists in the army as a man so that her old sickly father doesn’t have to. The title role was played by the beautiful Ming-Na Wen.
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Ming-Na Wen is best known for voicing Mulan in the 1998 film. Not only does the character look a lot like Ming-Na, but they have some of the same personality traits. They are both bold and brave, with Ming-Na’s other most prominent role being on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.