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Jodi Long is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Madama on Cafe Americain (1993–1994), and Ok Cha on Sullivan and Son (2012–2014), and her role in Patty Hearst (1988). She won Best Supporting Actress at the Daytime Emmy Awards for her role in the Netflix series Dash & Lily (2020).

Jodi Long
Born	Jodi Leung New York City, U.S.
Education	State University of New York, Purchase (BFA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1980–present

Early life and education

Long was born as Jodi Leung[1] in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York.[2]^{[better source needed]} Long's mother is Kimiye "Trudy" Long (née Tsunemitsu), a Japanese-American clerk at the American Bible Society and a dancer at The China Doll night club.[3] Long's father is Lawrence K. Long (stage name Larry Leung), of Cantonese-Scottish background who immigrated to the United States from Australia and had a career as a tap-dancer vaudevillian and later as a PGA golf professional.[3][1]

Long graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts and earned a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase.[3]

Career

Long had roles in many feature films including Patty Hearst, RoboCop 3, Striking Distance, The Hot Chick, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. On television she appeared as a regular on such series as Cafe Americain, All-American Girl[3] and Miss Match, all of which were short-lived. She played a therapist in Desperate Housewives, a "power lesbian" Patty in Sex and the City and a bar owner in Sullivan and Son.[4]

Partway through the color music video clip of the 1986 song "Bizarre Love Triangle" by the English rock band New Order, Long makes a cameo appearance arguing with E. Max Frye about reincarnation.

On stage, she appeared in the 2002 Broadway revival of Flower Drum Song, winning an Ovation Award for her performance during the Los Angeles tryout. Her parents, both of whom were vaudeville-style performers, appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show on May 7, 1950 as the singing, dancing, comedy act, Larry and Trudie Leung. They were the subjects of a documentary film, Long Story Short, which was directed by Christine Choy, an Academy Award-nominated director and written by Long.[3] The documentary won the 2008 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival's Grand Jury's Honorable Mention for a Documentary Award as well as the Audience Award. She was recently starring as Korean American mother Ok Cha in Sullivan & Son which was cancelled on November 20, 2014, by TBS.[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1981	Rollover	Betsy Okamoto
1983	Splash	Reporter
1987	The Bedroom Window	Cocktail Waitress
1988	Patty Hearst	Wendy Yoshimura
1988	Soursweet	Mui
1989	New York Stories	T.V. Interviewer
1989	Born on the Fourth of July	Reporter #1
1990	The Exorcist III	First Dream Woman
1993	Amos & Andrew	Wendy Wong
1993	The Pickle	Yakimoto Yakimura
1993	RoboCop 3	Nikko's Mom
1993	Striking Distance	Kim Lee
1997	His & Hers	Corey Chang
1997	Murder in Mind	Secretary, Helen
1998	Celebrity	Father Gladden's Fan
2002	New Suit	Feng Shui Woman
2002	The Hot Chick	Korean Mother
2010	Beginners	Dr. Long
2013	A Picture of You	Mother
2016	5 Doctors	Dr. Suzuki
2018	The Tale	Rebecca
2021	Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings	Mrs. Chen
2023	The Monkey King	Voice	Filming

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1980	Nurse	Gail	Television film
1982	Another World	Officer Noguchi	Episode #1.4498
1984	How to Be a Perfect Person in Just Three Days	Mrs. Yamata	Television film
1985	The Equalizer	Mrs. Lin	Episode: "China Rain"
1986	Scarecrow and Mrs. King	Jin Sung	Episode: "Three Little Spies"
1988, 1990	The Cosby Show	Joann	2 episodes
1990	Mancuso, F.B.I.	Beth Kurland	Episode: "Daryl Ross & the Supremes"
1990	Roseanne	Woman in Line	Episode: "April Fool's Day"
1990	How to Murder a Millionaire	Check Cashing Teller	Television film
1991	L.A. Law	Christina Leong	Episode: "Speak, Lawyers, for Me"
1992	Designing Women	Eileen Arata	Episode: "Trial and Error"
1993	Firestorm: 72 Hours in Oakland	Linda Chong	Television film
1993–1994	Café Americain	Madame Ybarra	18 episodes
1994–1995	All-American Girl	Katherine Kim
1995	The Wayans Bros.	Angelique	Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Watercolor"
1997	Michael Hayes	Joan	15 episodes
1999	Sex and the City	Patty Aston	Episode: "The Cheating Curse"
2000	Chicken Soup for the Soul	Rhonda	Episode: "Destiny in a Bottle"
2001	So Little Time	Neptune's Net Owner	Episode: "Manuelo in the Middle: Part 2"
2002	The Division	Polly Seager	Episode: "Unfamiliar Territory"
2003	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Center Director	Episode: "Tortured"
2003	Miss Match	Claire	18 episodes
2005	Without a Trace	Mrs. Kim	Episode: "Honor Bound"
2005, 2009	American Dad!	Woman	2 episodes
2006	House	Judge	Episode: "Finding Judas"
2008	Cashmere Mafia	Susan Mason	Episode: "The Deciders"
2008	Mask of the Ninja	Kumioko	Television film
2008–2009	Eli Stone	Judge Marcia Phelps	6 episodes
2009	The Beast	May Nan Nhung	Episode: "Bitsy Big-Boy"
2009	Eastwick	Mrs. Yang	Episode: "Madams and Madames"
2010–2011	Law & Order: LA	Judge Sonya Cruz	3 episodes
2011	Desperate Housewives	Dr. Lunt	Episode: "Assassins"
2012	Franklin & Bash	Judge Noreen Poggi	Episode: "Jango and Rossi"
2012	Made in Jersey	Judge Meisner	Episode: "Payday"
2012–2014	Sullivan & Son	Ok Cha Sullivan	33 episodes
2015	Young & Hungry	Mrs. Park	Episode: "Young and Unemployed"
2016	The Blacklist	Col. Wright	Episode: "Dr. Adrian Shaw (No. 98)"
2016–2018	Falling Water	Kumiko	13 episodes
2019	Elementary	Mrs. Tseng	Episode: "Unfriended"
2020	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Dr. Bahn	Episode: "Side Sitting"
2020	Dash & Lily	Mrs. Basil E	3 episodes

References

External links

• Article on Jodi Long in the webzine Chop Block
• Yahoo! Movies biography
• Jodi Long at IMDb

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