Meiling Melançon

Meiling Melançon (born March 3, 1980) also known as Mei Melançon 明依, is an American actress, screenwriter and former fashion model. She has had a prolific career with her versatile looks and abilities. She has appeared in major feature films as well as indie films, television shows, and over a hundred commercials as a model and actress. As of 2014 she is becoming known for work behind the camera in roles such as screenwriter and producer. Meiling Melançon was raised in mainly Japan, Hong Kong and Korea, she is of French, Chinese, and Japanese descent. As a child she traveled throughout Asia and Europe. Her mother is of French heritage and her father is Chinese and Japanese. At the age of five her mother taught her how to play the guitar, and she was later in a children's band called Blossoms. In an interview with Giant Robot editor Eric Nakamura, Mei spoke about her nontraditional strict upbringing. She was not allowed to watch most films and television, only classics and that they were not allowed to listen to popular music due to religious reasons. Melançon started acting in 2003. She was at that time a successful model and was signed to Wilhelmina Modeling Agency. She appeared on "Legends of Tomorrow" as Masako Yamashiro in season 2. Melançon also appeared in the final season of The L Word as recurring character "Jamie Chen," as Psylocke in X-Men: The Last Stand, as "Miyu", Kevin Spacey's assistant in Shrink, as Lynda in the HK-shot film Irreversi, as Dr. Catherine ...

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

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It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Chris Tucker  •  Jackie Chan  •  Zhang Ziyi  •  Roselyn Sánchez

It's vacation time for Carter as he finds himself alongside Lee in Hong Kong wishing for more excitement. While Carter wants to party and meet the ladies, Lee is out to track down a Triad gang lord who may be responsible for killing two men at the American Embassy. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Chris Tucker  •  Jackie Chan  •  Zhang Ziyi  •  Roselyn Sánchez

X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Hugh Jackman  •  Halle Berry  •  Ian McKellen  •  Patrick Stewart

When a cure is found to treat mutations, lines are drawn amongst the X-Men—led by Professor Charles Xavier—and the Brotherhood, a band of powerful mutants organised under Xavier's former ally, Magneto.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Brett Ratner
CAST:  Hugh Jackman  •  Halle Berry  •  Ian McKellen  •  Patrick Stewart

Blumenthal (2013)

A comedy that follows the relatives of Harold Blumethal, a legendary playwright who made his career parodying his family in his work and died laughing at his own joke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seth Fisher
CAST:  Seth Fisher  •  Laila Robins  •  Mark Blum  •  Fred Melamed

A comedy that follows the relatives of Harold Blumethal, a legendary playwright who made his career parodying his family in his work and died laughing at his own joke.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Seth Fisher
CAST:  Seth Fisher  •  Laila Robins  •  Mark Blum  •  Fred Melamed

Irreversi (2009)

Newlyweds Adam and Lynda have the perfect life. They are completely enamored with each other and Adam has just sold a technology patent for millions. However, their marital bliss soon fades when Lynda begins to suspect that Adam's newfound fortune could be tied to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gleissner
CAST:  Meiling Melançon  •  Ian Bohen  •  Estella Warren  •  Kenny Doughty

Newlyweds Adam and Lynda have the perfect life. They are completely enamored with each other and Adam has just sold a technology patent for millions. However, their marital bliss soon fades when Lynda begins to suspect that Adam's newfound fortune could be tied to ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Gleissner
CAST:  Meiling Melançon  •  Ian Bohen  •  Estella Warren  •  Kenny Doughty

Shrink (2009)

Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonas Pate
CAST:  Kevin Spacey  •  Mark Webber  •  Keke Palmer  •  Jack Huston

Unable to cope with a recent personal tragedy, LA's top celebrity shrink turns into a pothead with no concern for his appearance and a creeping sense of his inability to help his patients.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jonas Pate
CAST:  Kevin Spacey  •  Mark Webber  •  Keke Palmer  •  Jack Huston

Keye Luke (2012)

KEYE LUKE is a short film bio-pic about pioneering Actor and Artist Keye Luke, the first, original on-screen Kato in the 1940s Green Hornet decades before Bruce Lee and also the All-American "Number One Son" in the popular Charlie Chan films of the 1930s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timothy Tau
CAST:  Keye Luke  •  Jessika Van  •  Meiling Melançon  •  Archie Kao

KEYE LUKE is a short film bio-pic about pioneering Actor and Artist Keye Luke, the first, original on-screen Kato in the 1940s Green Hornet decades before Bruce Lee and also the All-American "Number One Son" in the popular Charlie Chan films of the 1930s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Timothy Tau
CAST:  Keye Luke  •  Jessika Van  •  Meiling Melançon  •  Archie Kao

American Romance (2016)

A series of horrifying murders, the victims, always couples, staged in bizarre collage dioramas with cardboard cutouts and scribbled, childlike messages about the corrupting power of love. The killer's on the loose, and the FBI is looking for a truck driver. Emery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zackary Adler
CAST:  Nolan Gerard Funk  •  Daveigh Chase  •  John Savage  •  James Duval

A series of horrifying murders, the victims, always couples, staged in bizarre collage dioramas with cardboard cutouts and scribbled, childlike messages about the corrupting power of love. The killer's on the loose, and the FBI is looking for a truck driver. Emery ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Zackary Adler
CAST:  Nolan Gerard Funk  •  Daveigh Chase  •  John Savage  •  James Duval

Wake Up (2016)

A debt collector (Michael Mando) has a nervous breakdown at work on the anniversary of his wife's suicide (Amber Goldfarb). He is pulled between reality and a hallucinative journey into his subconscious as he desperately searches for a way out of his misery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mando
CAST:  Michael Mando  •  Amber Goldfarb  •  Carlo Mestroni  •  Max Chillier

A debt collector (Michael Mando) has a nervous breakdown at work on the anniversary of his wife's suicide (Amber Goldfarb). He is pulled between reality and a hallucinative journey into his subconscious as he desperately searches for a way out of his misery.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Mando
CAST:  Michael Mando  •  Amber Goldfarb  •  Carlo Mestroni  •  Max Chillier

Shockwave Darkside (2014)

The nano-plague that poisoned Earth’s water supply has reached its 60-year critical mass. The Unlight enemy forced the first exodus to the moon where the outlawed banished population was supposed to die. But now the Unlights have launched from Earth and are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Weisman
CAST:  Bill Sage  •  Sonequa Martin-Green  •  Meiling Melançon  •  Rich Ceraulo Ko

The nano-plague that poisoned Earth’s water supply has reached its 60-year critical mass. The Unlight enemy forced the first exodus to the moon where the outlawed banished population was supposed to die. But now the Unlights have launched from Earth and are ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jay Weisman
CAST:  Bill Sage  •  Sonequa Martin-Green  •  Meiling Melançon  •  Rich Ceraulo Ko

Nightmare Code (2014)

After a programmer working on a top secret surveillance program snaps in a murderous rage, a notorious code wizard with problems of his own moves into the startup offices to figure out what went wrong and deliver the final product. But the deeper he delves into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Netter
CAST:  Andrew J. West  •  Meiling Melançon  •  Googy Gress  •  Ivan Shaw

After a programmer working on a top secret surveillance program snaps in a murderous rage, a notorious code wizard with problems of his own moves into the startup offices to figure out what went wrong and deliver the final product. But the deeper he delves into the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Netter
CAST:  Andrew J. West  •  Meiling Melançon  •  Googy Gress  •  Ivan Shaw

Pathology (2008)

Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Schölermann
CAST:  Milo Ventimiglia  •  Alyssa Milano  •  Michael Weston  •  Lauren Lee Smith

Medical student Ted Grey graduates at the top of his class and quickly joins an elite pathology program, whose top students invite him into their circle. There he uncovers a gruesome secret: They play a game in which one tries to commit the perfect, undetectable ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marc Schölermann
CAST:  Milo Ventimiglia  •  Alyssa Milano  •  Michael Weston  •  Lauren Lee Smith

Blind Devotion (2015)

When a wife can no longer contribute to her relationship the way she used to, her husband gets the chance to show her what unconditional love means to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Young Lee
CAST:  Meiling Melançon  •  Jun Kim  •  Russell Curry  •  Tim McCord

When a wife can no longer contribute to her relationship the way she used to, her husband gets the chance to show her what unconditional love means to him.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Young Lee
CAST:  Meiling Melançon  •  Jun Kim  •  Russell Curry  •  Tim McCord