
Acting
Nov 28, 1965
Los Angeles, California, USA
Alexis Rhee
Acting
Biography
Alexis Rhee – Korean-American actress, director, and writer, born 29 November 1965 in Los Angeles, California. A classically trained violinist who earned a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music, studied with Oscar Shumsky at Juilliard, and is also a martial artist (Tae Kwon Do) and certified hypnotherapist. She speaks English and Korean and has been active since 1982. Her most notable film roles include an uncredited Geisha in Blade Runner (1982), Kim Lee in Crash (2004), Mrs. Ling Ling Wong in Norbit (2007), Elderly Woman (Sophia) in Black Panther (2018), and Wonjoo in Me Time (2022). On television she has appeared in Gilmore Girls (2002–2003), Lost (2007), The Shield (2008), Ray Donovan (2015), Lovecraft Country (2020) as Mudang, Bosch: Legacy (2022), and The Brothers Sun (2024) as Mrs. Wong. She has also directed and written short films including Hal (2016) and When the Music... (2022).
Feature Films (20)

Azat, an Armenian immigrant selling counterfeit designer bags on the streets of Los Angeles, strikes a bond with a woman from his night school only to face the pitfalls of the American Dream.
This Land

A mild-mannered guy who is engaged to a monstrous woman meets the woman of his dreams, and schemes to find a way to be with her.
Norbit

The evil criminal leader Kendrick has kidnapped an elderly biochemist who holds the secret to creating a biological superweapon. The only person who can possibly stop Kendrick and his gang is L. A. cop Sam Kettle and martial arts master Jun Kim (uncle of a little girl also kidnapped by Kendrick). Together, they go to war against an army of ninjas to rescue the hostages and bring their kidnappers to justice.
Silent Assassins

A day in the life of a Korean immigrant family, single mother and her two children as two worlds collide.
On the Rocks

With his family away, a devoted stay-at-home dad enjoys his first me time in years by joining his hard-partying old friend on a wild birthday adventure.
Me Time

In post-Sept. 11 Los Angeles, tensions erupt when the lives of a Brentwood housewife, her district attorney husband, a Persian shopkeeper, two cops, a pair of carjackers and a Korean couple converge during a 36-hour period.
Crash

Paul is a Korean-born immigrant whose life is turned upside down when his father is crippled from a robbery and his mother leaves them and marries the father of a bigoted gang leader, Billy. When Paul is constantly harrassed by Billy and his boys, Paul must use his skills in martial arts to defend himself. He learns that there is racial tension everywhere, especially when it involves his girlfriend, the daughter of a bigoted government official. Meanwhile, Billy must learn to adapt to this nature and attempt at peace with those who have done him wrong.
Look at Me, America

A recovering compulsive gambler responds to her past trauma after 100 days of abstinence.
Surrender

A dutiful, loving halmoni reluctantly agrees to buy pot for her grandson. But pay full price? Never!
Halmoni's Pot (Grandma's Pot)

King T'Challa returns home to the reclusive, technologically advanced African nation of Wakanda to serve as his country's new leader. However, T'Challa soon finds that he is challenged for the throne by factions within his own country as well as without. Using powers reserved to Wakandan kings, T'Challa assumes the Black Panther mantle to join with ex-girlfriend Nakia, the queen-mother, his princess-kid sister, members of the Dora Milaje (the Wakandan 'special forces') and an American secret agent, to prevent Wakanda from being dragged into a world war.
Black Panther

In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
Blade Runner

As his family argues about his end-of-life care, an elderly Korean man reflects on his life with a stranger.
Kimchi
Television & Series (13)

Dr. Ken is a brilliant physician with no bedside manner. He is always trying to be a good doctor, as well as a good husband and dad to his two kids. However, these good intentions have a way of driving everyone crazy at both work and at home. Luckily, his therapist wife Allison is just the right partner to keep things sane.
Dr. Ken

Split between Los Angeles and New York, the series follows a group of 20- and 30-somethings over the course of a year as they navigate love and relationships in a world propelled by social media.
Relationship Status

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Gilmore Girls

Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Gilmore Girls

Four friends working dead-end casino jobs in a dead-end town in Middle America attempt to find self-worth in their bad ideas.







