Jodi Long

Jodi Long is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Madama on Cafe Americain (1993–1994), and Ok Cha on Sullivan and Son (2012–2014), and her role in Patty Hearst (1988). She won Best Supporting Actress at the Daytime Emmy Awards for her role in the Netflix series Dash & Lily (2020). Early life and education Long was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, New York. Long's mother is Kimiye "Trudy" Long (née Tsunemitsu), a Japanese-American clerk at the American Bible Society and a dancer at The China Doll night club. Long's father is Lawrence K. Long (stage name Larry Leung), of Cantonese-Scottish background who immigrated to the United States from Australia and had a career as a tap-dancer vaudevillian and later as a PGA golf professional. Long graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts and earned a BFA from the State University of New York at Purchase. Career Long had roles in many feature films including Patty Hearst, RoboCop 3, Striking Distance, The Hot Chick, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. On television she appeared as a regular on such series as Cafe Americain, All-American Girl and Miss Match, all of which were short-lived. She played a therapist in Desperate Housewives, a "power lesbian" Patty in Sex and the City and a bar owner in Sullivan and Son.