She earned a master's degree at Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts. Tsai Chin later became an Associate Member of The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. During her childhood, Tsai Chin was witness to colonial occupation, the Japanese invasion of China, Chinese Civil War, and the Communist takeover in 1949.Īt the age of 17, she left Shanghai and was sent to England to study at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where she was the first Chinese student in the art academy.

She grew up in the Shanghai French Concession, where (under her western name, 'Irene Chow') she received a multilingual education at The Convent of the Sacred Heart, Mctyeire School (中西女中) in Shanghai and King George V School in Hong Kong. Chin has a brother, restaurateur Michael Chow. She is the third daughter of the Peking opera actor and singer Zhou Xinfang (1895-1975) and Lilian Qiu (AKA Lilian Ju 1905–1968). Tsai Chin was born on 1 September 1933, in Tianjin (Tientsin), China, where her father was on tour. In China, she is best known for her portrayal of Grandmother Jia in the 2010 TV drama series The Dream of Red Mansions. She was the first acting instructor to be invited to teach acting in China after the Cultural Revolution, when China's universities reopened. Her single, 'The Ding Dong Song', recorded for Decca, hit the top of the music charts in Asia. episode ' The Only Light in the Darkness' (2014) as Lian May and in the feature film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) as Waipo. She also appeared in the Marvel Cinematic Universe television series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Chin appeared in two James Bond films, 39 years apart, as a Bond girl in You Only Live Twice and in Casino Royale. She starred onstage in London's West End in The World of Suzie Wong and on Broadway in Golden Child. Tsai Chin ( Chinese: 周采芹 born 1 September 1933) is a Chinese actress, singer, director, teacher, and author best known in the United States for her role as Auntie Lindo in the film The Joy Luck Club.Ĭhin's career spans more than six decades and three continents.

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