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    Ming-Na Wen gets star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, calls for more Asian American inductees

    LOS ANGELES — Ming-Na Wen had a nagging worry before her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Tuesday. What if they spell my name wrong on my star? "Living in American with a name like mine, trust me, it wasn't easy — in fact, it sucked," the film and television actor said before her star was unveiled. "It has been mispronounced and misspelled so many times. "Mee-nay; Mee-now; Ms. Nah-wen," she ...
    by Jonah Valdez, Los Angeles Times May 31, 2023 4 minutes
    Ming-Na Wen poses for a photo during her Hollywood Walk of Fame star unveiling ceremony in Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 30, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Ming-Na Wen had a nagging worry before her Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony on Tuesday.

    What if they spell my name wrong on my star?

    "Living in American with a name like mine, trust me, it wasn't easy — in fact, it sucked," the film and television actor said before her star was unveiled. "It has been mispronounced and misspelled so many times.

    "Mee-nay; Mee-now; Ms. Nah-wen," she said as she recited the various ways other Americans have fumbled her name. One director told her to Anglicize her name so that it would be easier to remember, but the "Star Wars"

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