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Born Mei, she was born to Tao. In order to escape becoming the bride of a rebel leader that burned her village during the Taiping Wa, Mei was forced to cut her hair and dress as a man, known as Fong. She and her father sailed to America on the Pacific Grace and began working at the Central Pacific railroad.
John Wirth Thomas Brady. Producer: Peter Chomsky Thomas Brady Anson Mount. Episode order. ← previous " Chinatown ". next → " White Justice ". " Mei Mei " is the second episode of the fifth season of the AMC series Hell on Wheels. The name of the title means "little sister" in Mandarin.
During her junior year, she studied at NYU's Tisch and USC through Duke in New York and Duke in LA programs. She graduated with an A.B. degree majoring in Politics, Economics, and Creative Media and moved to Los Angeles where she caught her first big break in the gender-bending role of Mei/Fong on AMC's Hell on Wheels (2011).
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Jul 26, 2015 · Bohannon’s accustomed to elbow grease and brute force, whereas Fong calls upon computations and angles. “Mei Mei” began in what we soon realize is a flash-forward to a later point in the ...
Jul 25, 2015 · On Hell on Wheels Season 5 Episode 2, as Cullen and Fong transport a locomotive over the Sierra Nevada Mountains they end up in an extremely dangerous situation. ... Her real name is Mei.
Jul 26, 2015 · ‘Hell on Wheels’ season 5, episode 2 review: Cullen, Fong, and the meaning of ‘Mei Mei’ Hell on Wheels , Hell on Wheels season 5 review July 26, 2015 Even before this season of “Hell on Wheels” first began, we heard that one of the primary focuses was to tell this untold story of the migrant Chinese workers on the railroad.
Jul 26, 2015 · Hell on Wheels Q&A – Angela Zhou (Fong) Angela Zhou, who plays Fong (a.k.a. Mei) on AMC's Hell on Wheels, talks about her unusual first day on set and how a night out with Calgary's transgender community helped her prepare for her role. Q: You’re one of the new members of the Hell on Wheels cast for Season 5.
