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
editLong was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York.[1][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.[2] 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.[2]
Long graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts and earned a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase.[2]
Career
editLong 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[2] 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.[3]
Towards the end of the music video for 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. She also played the role of Madame Armfeldt in the 2023 revival of A Little Night Music at the Pasadena Playhouse. 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.[2] 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.[2]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Rollover | Betsy Okamoto | |
| 1984 | 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 | Wangmu (voice) | |
| 2024 | Night Swim | Lucy Summers |
Television
edit| 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 | Main role |
| 1994–1995 | All-American Girl | Katherine Kim | |
| 1995 | The Wayans Bros. | Angelique | Episode: "Blood Is Thicker Than Watercolor" |
| 1997 | Michael Hayes | Joan | Recurring role |
| 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 | Main role |
| 2005 | Without a Trace | Mrs. Kim | Episode: "Honor Bound" |
| 2005, 2009 | American Dad! | Woman (voice) | 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 | Recurring role |
| 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 | Main role |
| 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 | Recurring role |
| 2019 | Elementary | Mrs. Tseng | Episode: "Unfriended" |
| 2020 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Dr. Bahn | Episode: "Side Sitting" |
| 2020 | Dash & Lily | Mrs. Basil E | 3 episodes |
| 2023 | The Mandalorian | Warlord | Episode: "Chapter 23: The Spies" |
References
edit- ^ Yang, Chi-hui (July 1, 2013). "Jodi Long – From Broadway to the Big (and Little) Screen". xfinity.comcast.net.
- ^ a b c d e f Laventure, Tom (June 1, 2013). "From Shakespeare to tiger mom Jodi Long has done it all". Asian American Press. Archived from the original on October 18, 2021. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
- ^ Robinson, Anisha (May 11, 2013). "Actress, Jodi Long in Sullivan and Son". Long Island University Seawanhaka. Archived from the original on October 17, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2016.