Cynthia Gouw

Cynthia Gouw (born May 30, 1963) is an American actress and TV news anchor and host. She is of Chinese-Indonesian descent.

As an actress, Gouw co-starred in TV shows like Matlock and China Beach, and appeared as Caithlin Dar, the Romulan Ambassador in the movie Star Trek V: The Final Frontier in 1989.[1]

As a TV journalist, Gouw is a 3-time Emmy Award winning reporter.[2] Gouw has worked as a television anchor and/or reporter for KPIX-TV Channel 5 (CBS) San Francisco;[3] KDFW-TV Channel 4 (Fox) in Dallas; and KXTV-TV Channel 10 (ABC) in Sacramento. In Philadelphia, Gouw hosts the TV show Asian Outlook, a half-hour talk show focused on the affairs of the Pacific Rim for WYBE.

Gouw has been named Member of the Year by the Chinese American Council and Honoree of the Year by the Asian Bar Association of Sacramento. She has also been recognized by the California State Legislature, and is on the Advisory Board of Stanford University's "Grade the News".

In 1984 she was named Miss Chinatown USA.[4]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
1988 Freddy's Nightmares Waitress
1989 Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects Japanese hostess
1989 Big Man on Campus Reporter #3
1989 Matlock Tami Fields
1989 Star Trek V: The Final Frontier Caithlin Dar
1989 Man Against the Mob: The Chinatown Murders Lyn Chiang Television film
1991 China Beach Loretta
1992 The Heart of Justice Airline clerk Television film

References
  1. StarTrek.com staff (June 9, 2019). "Catching Up with 'Star Trek: Trek Vs Caithlin Dar, Cynthia Gouw". Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  2. Mariotti, Steve (January 14, 21014). "NFTE Philadelphia’s Advocate, Cynthia Gouw: Actress, Journalist, Model and Community Activist". The Huffington Post.
  3. "A Look Back at 70 Years of KPIX Broadcasting". KPIX5 CBS SF BayArea. San Francisco. December 24, 2018. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  4. Wu, Judy Tzu-Chun (1997). "'Loveliest Daughter of Our Ancient Cathay!': Representations of Ethnic and Gender Identity in the Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Beauty Pageant" (PDF). Journal of Social History. 31 (1): 5–31. JSTOR 3789855. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
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