Wai Ching Ho has died at 82 after a stroke and passed away peacefully, colleagues say; a representative is not immediately available for comment.She is best known for playing Madame Gao in the Marvel television series “Daredevil,” “Iron Fist” and “The Defenders,” and her credits include films such as “Cadillac Man,” “Hustlers” and Pixar’s “Turning Red”; her last credited project is the unreleased short “Here and Again.”Colleagues including
Peter Shinkoda,
Perry Yung,
Mahira Kakkar and
Judy Lei praise her mentorship and decades of stage work, noting performances in Celine Song’s “
Endlings” and Frances Ya‑Chu Cowhig’s “
Snow in Midsummer,” and fans mourn her exacting craft.