Wai Ching Ho Biography: Age, Height, Net Worth, Career, Movies & TV Shows, Madame Gao, Awards

Arakawa Wai Ching Ho is a Hong Kong–born actress whose quiet intensity first captured attention in American television with a recurring role on One Life to Live in the late 1980s.

Over the following decades she built a distinctive career in both screen and stage work, becoming best known to international audiences as Madame Gao in Marvel’s Daredevil, Iron Fist and The Defenders, while also lending her voice to Pixar’s Turning Red and starring in Celine Song’s Off-Broadway play Endlings.

Profile

• Full name: Wai Ching Ho
• Date of birth: November 16, 1943
• Age: 82 years old
• Gender: Female
• Place of birth: British Hong Kong
• State of origin: Hong Kong
• Nationality: Hong Kong
• Profession: Actress
• Height: 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
• Weight: 60 kg (132 lbs)
• Eye color: Dark brown
• Hair color: Black
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• Ethnicity: Chinese
• Net worth: $1 million

Early Life and Education

Wai Ching Ho is now 82 years old, and was born on November 16, 1943, in what was then British Hong Kong.

Details about her parents and any siblings are not public.

She grew up speaking Cantonese and Mandarin, embracing her Chinese heritage.

Ho attended the University of Hong Kong before moving to the United States to refine her craft at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Personal Life

Almost all aspects of Wai Ching Ho’s personal relationships—including marriage, children or other partnerships remain private.

Career

After her debut on One Life to Live in 1987, Ho appeared in films like Cadillac Man (1990) and Robot Stories (2003), winning Best Actress awards at the Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (2003) and Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema (2004) for her work in Robot Stories.

On television she has guest-starred across the Law & Order franchise, served as Madame Gao in Daredevil (2015–2016), Iron Fist (2017) and The Defenders (2017), and appeared in series including New Amsterdam and Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens.

In animation she voiced Grandma Wu in Turning Red (2022).

On stage, she starred in the New York Theatre Workshop production of Endlings and has performed with companies such as Goodman Theatre and Ma-Yi Theatre Company.

Awards

• Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival Winner Best Actress, Robot Stories (2003)
• Málaga International Week of Fantastic Cinema Winner Best Actress, Robot Stories (2004)

Net worth

Wai Ching Ho’s net worth is estimated at approximately USD 1 million, earned through her extensive work in television, film, voice acting and theatre.

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Filmography

• Cadillac Man (1990)
• A Price Above Rubies (1998)
• Robot Stories (2003)
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)
• Premium Rush (2012)
• Tracers (2015)
• Sight (2023)
• Hustlers (2019)
• Turning Red (voice, 2022)
• Lovely, Dark, and Deep (2023)