---
name: "Meiling Melançon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/meiling-melancon"
fi1m_id: "meiling-melancon"
imdb_id: "nm1024868"
tmdb_id: 73590
wikidata_id: "Q1629331"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 March 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-05T04:08:47.249831+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Meiling Melançon

## Identity

Meiling Melançon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/meiling-melancon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** meiling-melancon
- **IMDb ID:** nm1024868
- **TMDB ID:** 73590
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1629331
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mei_Melan%C3%A7on, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1629331, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1024868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73590

Actor. Born 3 March 1980 in Manila, Philippines.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 March 1980, Manila, Philippines
- **Active:** 2001–2006
- **Also known as:** Mei Melançon, 明依, Mingyi, メイ・メランソン, Мэй Мелансон
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 69 to 66 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 2, Crime 2, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Drama 1, Science Fiction 1
- **Screen time:** 3 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $807m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mei_Melan%C3%A7on, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1629331, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1024868/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/73590

## Streaming the US now

- **Paramount+:** [*Rush Hour 2*](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md) (61)

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## Biography

Meiling Melançon, also known as Mei Melançon, is an American actress, screenwriter and former fashion model. Born on 3 March 1980 in Manila, Philippines, she was raised mainly in Japan, Hong Kong and Korea, and is of French, Chinese and Japanese descent. She began her career as a model, signed to Wilhelmina Models, before moving into acting.

Her film credits include the role of Girl in Car in *Rush Hour 2* (2001) and Psylocke in *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006). She has appeared in television series such as *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (as Masako Yamashiro), *The L Word*, *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* and *Deadwood*. Melançon has also worked as a screenwriter and producer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006), Fi1m 54, as Psylocke — [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-the-last-stand.md)
- *Deadwood* (2004), Fi1m 91, as Chinese Slavewhore — [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), Fi1m 61, as Girl in Car — [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Confetti* (2023), Actor
- *Higher Power* (2018), as Ms. Sabi
- *American Romance* (2016), as Denice Torres · Writer
- *Wake Up* (2016), as Julie / Additional Voices
- *DC's Legends of Tomorrow* (2016), series, as Masako Yamashiro
- *Blind Devotion* (2015), as Cecilia
- *The Affair* (2014), series, as Young Doctor
- *Nightmare Code* (2014), as Nora Huntsman
- *Shockwave Darkside* (2014), as The Machine
- *Joan’s Day Out* (2013), as Ani-Mei
- *Blumenthal* (2013), as Christina
- *Keye Luke* (2012), as Lotus Long
- *Shrink* (2009), as Miyu
- *Irreversi* (2009), Actor
- *Pathology* (2008), as Catherine Ivy
- *Fold* (2008), as Maki
- *Private Practice* (2007), series, as Elena Stone
- *X-Men: The Last Stand* (2006), as Psylocke — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/x-men-the-last-stand.md)
- *Kitchen Confidential* (2005), series, as Beautiful Patron
- *Deadwood* (2004), series, as Chinese Slavewhore — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/deadwood.md)
- *Rush Hour 2* (2001), as Girl in Car — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/rush-hour-2.md)
- *CSI: Crime Scene Investigation* (2000), series, as Screaming Woman / Vanessa Green

## Gallery

- ![Meiling Melançon](https://film.one/media/person/389992/gallery-cc0dbf84ee30.jpg) Meiling Melançon — Image via TMDB
- ![Meiling Melançon](https://film.one/media/person/389992/gallery-07c7849c8b4d.jpg) Meiling Melançon — Image via TMDB
- ![Meiling Melançon](https://film.one/media/person/389992/gallery-425a5e0f1934.jpg) Meiling Melançon — Image via TMDB

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