Join us a 'Journey of the Working Actor' conversation with three performers whose roles traverse on-camera, performance capture and voice acting for film, TV and video games: Ming-Na Wen, Ashly Burch and Ozioma Akagha. Moderated by Laura Linda Bradley.
Ming-Na Wen has appeared in some of the most iconic television and film roles of the past several decades. With the 'Karate Kid Movie' , she adds the iconic franchise to her long list of credits in her celebrated career.
Wen can currently be seen portraying mercenary assassin, Fennec Shand, in the Disney+ Star Wars Emmy Award-winning series 'The Mandalorian' and 'The Book of Boba Fett'. Wen can also be seen in the award-winning HBO Max show 'Hacks'. Wen also voices Fong Wing in HBO Max's 'Gremlins: Secrets of Mogwai', based on Steven Spielberg's iconic film 'Gremlins'.
Recently, Wen was honored for her accomplishments with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2019, she was named a Disney Legend, one of the highest honors and awards bestowed by Disney, for giving life to such characters as Mulan in the Mulan franchise, Agent May in Marvel's Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. and June in the feature The Joy Luck Club based on Amy Tan's bestselling novel.
Ashly Burch is a producer, writer, and series-regular on Apple TV’s 'Mythic Quest', as well as the co-creator and co-showrunner of its spinoff, 'Side Quest'. She starred in last year's SXSW feature 'We're All Gonna Die' which has secured distribution with Cinemark. She previously starred in Disney Television’s 'The Ghost and Molly McGee'. Ashly won an Emmy for writing an episode of Cartoon Network’s 'Adventure Time' and is a BAFTA nominee for her lead performance in the video game version of 'Horizon Zero Dawn'. Ashly is a significant personality in the gaming world; she has more than three dozen video game credits and was named one of Forbes's 30 under 30 in Games.
Ozioma Akagha is a BAFTA-nominated actress known for her performances in Video Games 'Half Life: Alyx' and 'Deathloop'. She's lent her voice talents to animated series 'Mighty Monsterwheelies', 'Everybody Still Hates Chris', and 'Teen Titans GO!' And can be seen on screen in 'The Neighborhood', 'Delilah', 'Marvels: The Runaways' and 'Grey's Anatomy'.
