If you are a fan of “Young Sheldon”, you probably remember Dr. Carol Lee, an expert in physics and former member of the Watson Research Center of IBM, played by Ming-Na Wen. The character presents himself only in an episode – “A Free Scratch and Free Scratch and Feminin Wiles” – but she has a fairly significant impact on the young holder Sheldon Cooper, played by Iain Armitage. What you could Don’t know is that Wen was also an important part of “Stargate Universe”, where she played Camile Wray.

I will come back for a second, however – what is Carol Lee’s agreement on “Young Sheldon?” Well, in “A Free Scratcher and Feminin Wiles”, Dr Lee joins the Experimental Cosmology Center of East Texas Tech, where she meets Sheldon, Dr. Grant Linkletter (Ed Beggley Jr.), and Dr. John Burgess Whitney Sturgis (Wallace Shawn) after being appointed by the president of the University, Linda Hageryer (Wendie Malick). The goal of Dr. Lee is, more or less, of mediation of friction between Linkletter and Sturgis, although it is also a little disconcerted by the lack of social graces of Sheldon. (This irritates Sheldon, who has the impression of not being taken seriously by the scientist.) At the end of the episode, Dr Lee and Linda drink together and talk about how delicate it is a woman in their work line, which means academic.

On “Stargate Universe”, Wen plays Camile, a lesbian who works as head of the international surveillance notice on the program’s main ship, Destiny. Although Wen was demoted to a recurring role after only a few episodes, Camile has finally returned regular – which seems important, since she is the first openly gay character in the history of the whole “Stargate” franchise.

In an interview Television After “a free scratch and female tricks” in 2022, Ming-Na Wen said that she had fun working on “Young Sheldon” […]Especially because it was similar but completely different when she compared it to many of her previous roles. “What I like is that I can put men in their place. By for the course for me, isn’t it?” Wen joked. “Usually, I have to worry about combat scenes; this, sometimes I don’t know what I say.”

“Sheldon challenges her and challenges her theories, but he also finds himself in a situation he does not know – being disputed and foiled,” continued Wen, speaking to the supernatural intelligence of Sheldon and the way Dr Lee manages. “Everyone considers Sheldon as a threat and discomfort. I wanted to adopt a more maternal approach, set limits for it and feed their talents.”

Even if Sheldon and Dr. Lee Butt hide during the episode, Wen also talked about working with Iain Armitage, and she had only praise for the young performer. “What a remarkable, charming and funny kid,” springs Wen. “He was trying to teach me the Russian. I asked his mother:” Are you talking about Russian? “And she’s like,” no. During the cocvid locking, he was bored, so he decided to learn Russian. “He East Sheldon. “(We have always known that the casting” Young Sheldon “was perfect, but that confirms it.)

When asked if she would come back to “Young Sheldon”, Wen was enthusiastic: “I said to myself:” Oh, please, please. “I want to be the Betty White of Asian American actors! [Laughs] This is my ultimate dream, to be able to make a sitcom in my 90s. “Even if wen has not returned as Dr. Carol Lee before “Young Sheldon” ended in 2024She may well get this wish to make sitcoms well in her old age … because the actress has been a major television element for years.

After starting in the 1993 film adaptation of Amy Tan’s book “The Joy Luck Club”, Ming-Na Wen jumped on television thanks to “ER”, the long-standing medical drama of Michael Crichton on NBC. Although the character of Wen, Jing -Mei Chen, leaves as a student in medicine at the end of the first season of the show, she returns in season 6 – using the Anglicized name Debra “Deb” Chen – and remains until the 11th season of the show, and throughout her scenarios, Wen offers truly unforgettable performances (especially in a heartbreaking intrigue season 7).

“Er” helped to raise Wen’s profile, and after that, she expressed the title of title in the animated Hit of Disney “Mulan”, appeared on comedies like “The George Lopez Show” and “Two and a Half Men”, and, of course, joined the franchise “Stargate” in “Stargate Universe” May May May, seen wen on ” On “The Mandalorian” and “The Book of Boba Fett” like Fennec ShandAnd even appeared on “Hacks” on HBO Max in his second season. There is no doubt that Wen is one of the most recognizable actresses on television, which she has won over the years. His turn on “Young Sheldon” was simply a victory tour for the actress.

“Young Sheldon” is available to broadcast on HBO Max and Netflix now, including the episode of season 5 which presents WEN.