Mardy Ma

Mardy Ma

Mardy Ma is a Chinese actress and entrepreneur born and raised in the countryside of Henan province, China. She went to college in Zhengzhou while owning and operated two restaurants. In 2000, after graduating, she sold her two restaurants and moved to Shanghai, China, where she studied acting at Shanghai Theatre Academy in 2000 and invested in other real estate properties. In the early 2000s, she signed on as the Asian deal closer and negotiator for Gary Goddard Entertainment (now Legacy Entertainment), an independent themed entertainment design firm based in Hollywood. She worked on dozens of major theme parks and resorts deals in China, including the Intangible Cultural Heritage Exposition Park in Chengdu, Haichang Polar Ocean World in Shanghai, and Dream Bund World Studios in Hengdian. In early 2014, she auditioned in Beijing, China for a role in a BBC television movie entitled One Child. In 2018, she co-executive produced the feature film Anima (莫尔道嘎) with Enlight Media. During Christmas 2019, she returned to the United States for the holiday season, but end up stuck in Los Angeles as the COVID 19 pandemic began in China. From 2020 to 2023, she retired from the theme park business and pursued a full time acting careeer in Hollywood.

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2024

As the River Goes By
As the River Goes By
Movie - Released: 10/5/2024
Expats
Expats
as Morgue Cleaner
TV - Released: 1/25/2024

2023

Chang Can Dunk
Chang Can Dunk
as Chen
Movie - Released: 3/9/2023
American Born Chinese
American Born Chinese
as Mrs. Chin
TV - Released: 5/24/2023

2022

Sunflower
Sunflower
as Yue
Movie - Released: 3/1/2022
At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago
At Little Wheelie Three Days Ago
as Lilith
Movie - Released: 8/3/2022
Wax and Wane
Wax and Wane
as Wu Sui
Movie - Released: 7/28/2022

2021

Are You Still There?
Are You Still There?
as Trudy
Movie - Released: 3/16/2021

2019

Two Sentence Horror Stories
Two Sentence Horror Stories
as Ma
TV - Released: 8/8/2019

2017

Luna
Luna
as Madam Wang
Movie - Released: 7/27/2017

2016

Fata Morgana
Fata Morgana
Movie - Released: 2/6/2016

2014

One Child
One Child
TV - Released: 12/5/2014

Unknown

Movie
Red Card
as Mamasan
Movie
Dumplings
Dumplings
Movie