Wai Ching Ho

Acting

Born November 16, 1943, Hong Kong

Wai Ching Ho (16 November 1943 - 12 July 2026) was a Hong Kong actress. She is best known for her role as Madame Gao in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Daredevil (2015–2016), Iron Fist, and The Defenders (both 2017). She voiced Grandma Wu in Pixar's Turning Red and has had a recurring appearance in Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens. On stage, she has also starred in Celine Song's play Endlings. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wai Ching Ho, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

• 2025Nervous Energy — Narrator
• 2023Lovely, Dark, and Deep — Zhang
• 2023Sight — Alian
• 2022A Father's Son — Soo Hing Li
• 2022Turning Red — Grandma (voice)
• Law & Order: Organized Crime — Sister Shu
• Only Murders in the Building — Mei Mei
• 2020April Flowers — Future April
• Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens — Li-Wei
• 2020Lucky Grandma — Lei Lei the Fortune Teller
• 2020Sister of the Groom — Darling Aquino
• 2019Hustlers — Destiny’s Grandmother
• Two Sentence Horror Stories — Ma
• 2018High Resolution — Paul's Mother
• New Amsterdam — June Chiang
• 2018Set It Up — Kristen's Mom
• The Good Cop — Dr. Kim
• Marvel's Iron Fist — Madame Gao
• Marvel's The Defenders — Madame Gao
• Fresh Off the Boat — Big Auntie
• Marvel's Daredevil — Madame Gao
• 2015Tracers — Chen
• 2014Affluenza — Mary
• 2014Listen Up Philip — Helen (uncredited)
• Orange Is the New Black — Mrs. Hu
• 2012Premium Rush — Sister Chen
• 2010The Sorcerer's Apprentice — Chinese Woman
• 20092B — Expert #4 / Dr. Tanaka
• 2008Adventures of Power — Yolanda Fong
• New Amsterdam — Asian Woman
• The Gem of Life — Ching Suk Jing
• Flight of the Conchords — Mrs. Lee
• 2007Year of the Fish — Seamstress #2
• 2003Robot Stories — Bernice
• 2001Headlines
• Law & Order: Criminal Intent — Jane Yu, Mrs. Wong
• Wonderland — Dr. Prentor
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit — Gladys Tang, Susan Guan
• 1998A Price Above Rubies — Lady Vendor
• 1998Happiness — Student #1
• 1991Soapdish — Fan
• 1990Cadillac Man — Asian Wife
• Law & Order — Mrs. Rhee, Owner, Mrs. Ngai, Ms. Tan
• Here and Again — Ama