{"id":538229,"date":"2026-07-12T21:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/538229\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T21:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T21:06:10","slug":"wai-ching-ho-marvel-villain-and-pixar-voice-actress-dead-at-82","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/538229\/","title":{"rendered":"Wai Ching Ho, Marvel villain and Pixar voice actress, dead at 82"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wai Ching Ho, Marvel villain and Pixar voice actress, dead at 82<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/ec6af6d0-ba21-421a-ac43-b52368fc69ae_1474037175.jpg\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Brian Wiechert\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Wai Ching Ho, a Hong Kong-born actress known for her roles as an iconic Marvel villain and a Pixar voice actress, has died. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">She was 82.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/wai-ching-ho-dead-marvel-daredevil-iron-fist-actress-12016729\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Multiple media outlets<\/a> as well as former co-stars confirm that Ho died peacefully Friday of a stroke.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">Above video | Remembering those we lost in 2026<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">Ho was perhaps best known for her role as the mysterious crime boss Madame Gao in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in franchise series \u201cDaredevil,\u201d \u201cIron Fist\u201d and \u201cThe Defenders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">She also voiced Grandma Wu in Pixar\u2019s Oscar-nominated animated film \u201cTurning Red.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">Ho had several television credits to her name as well, appearing in series such as &#8220;Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens,&#8221; &#8220;Fresh Off the Boat,&#8221; &#8220;Law &amp; Order,&#8221; &#8220;Orange Is the New Black&#8221; and &#8220;Only Murders in the Building.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/676334b2-b11d-4dc0-a225-2339e6d1820e.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" draggable=\"true\" class=\"css-fphibt\"\/>Wai Ching Ho attends Marvel\u2019s &#8220;Iron Fist&#8221; New York Screening in 2017. <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/676334b2-b11d-4dc0-a225-2339e6d1820e.jpg\" alt=\"Image no longer available\" width=\"100%\" height=\"auto\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"css-hr9vxw\"\/><\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"8\">Multiple former co-stars paid tribute to Ho on social media.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">&#8220;Daredevil&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DarOSUxEa3d\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">co-star Peter Shinkoda said on Instagram<\/a>, &#8220;I won\u2019t ever forget you. I learned every minute from you when we were together on and off set. I know wisdom &#8211; I\u2019d hang on your every word. We will meet again, my friend. You were beautiful.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">Actor Perry Yung <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DasWx_4xqoB\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">also shared a tribute to Ho<\/a>, saying in part, &#8220;Wai Ching was a kind, compassionate human being whose work as an artist lifted every production to a higher standard, and we are better for it. Rest in power dear friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wai Ching Ho, Marvel villain and Pixar voice actress, dead at 82 Wai Ching Ho, a Hong Kong-born&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[245211,245213,245208,146,245207,245206,245202,85,70745,46,2079,245204,245212,245205,1668,245210,245209,43545,245203,245201],"class_list":["post-538229","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-aligncenter","tag-awkwafina","tag-captionwai-ching-ho","tag-entertainment","tag-former-co-star","tag-franchise-series","tag-ho","tag-il","tag-iron-fist","tag-israel","tag-marvel","tag-marvel-villain","tag-nora","tag-pixar-voice-actress","tag-role","tag-sharetrue","tag-sizemedium","tag-tribute","tag-wai-ching-ho","tag-wait-ching-ho"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}