Meiling Melançon

Meiling Melançon born March 3 1980 also known as Mei Melançon ?? is an American actress screenwriter and former fashion model She has had a prolific career with her versatile looks and abilities She has appeared in major feature films as well as indie films television shows and over a hundred commercials as a model and actress As of 2014 she is becoming known for work behind the camera in roles such as screenwriter and producer Meiling Melançon was raised in mainly Japan Hong Kong and Korea she is of French Chinese and Japanese descent As a child she traveled throughout Asia and Europe Her mother is of French heritage and her father is Chinese and Japanese At the age of five her mother taught her how to play the guitar and she was later in a childrens band called Blossoms In an interview with Giant Robot editor Eric Nakamura Mei spoke about her nontraditional strict upbringing She was not allowed to watch most films and television only classics and that they were not allowed to listen to popular music due to religious reasons Melançon started acting in 2003 She was at that time a successful model and was signed to Wilhelmina Modeling Agency She appeared on Legends of Tomorrow as Masako Yamashiro in season 2 Melançon also appeared in the final season of The L Word as recurring character Jamie Chen as Psylocke in XMen The Last Stand as Miyu Kevin Spaceys assistant in Shrink as Lynda in the HKshot film Irreversi as Dr Catherine Ivy in the psychological thrillerhorror film Pathology with Milo Ventimiglia and as the other Girl in the Car along with Maggie Q in Rush Hour 2 when she was still modeling Melançon also starred as Lotus Long in the short film biopic Keye Luke which premiered at the 2012 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and which was Closing Night Film of the inaugural 2013 Seattle Asian American Film Festival She starred in Blumenthal where she played Scottish actor Brian Coxs niece and the film made its premiere in 2013 at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia