Gwendoline Yeo
Singaporean actress
Gwendoline Yeo
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杨时贤 | |
Yeo in 2018
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Born |
Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo
( 1977-07-10 ) 10 July 1977 (age 46) |
Alma mater |
University of California, Los Angeles
San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
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Years active | 2001–present |
Relatives | George Yeo (uncle) |
Website |
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Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo ( Chinese : 杨时贤 ; pinyin : Yáng Shíxián ; born 10 July 1977) [1] is a Singaporean actress, musician and writer best known for her roles as Dr. Kelly Lee on General Hospital , Xiao-Mei on Desperate Housewives and Sun Fu in Broken Trail . [2] [3] [4] She is also known for voicing Domino on Wolverine and the X-Men , Shinigami on Nickelodeon 's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , Hamato Karai on Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Lady Shiva on Young Justice .
Film
Yeo starred opposite Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church in the Emmy Award -winning Western Broken Trail as Sun Fu (also known as "Number Three"), a Chinese woman sold into prostitution in the 1800s. After a worldwide search, Duvall personally selected her to star opposite him in the role. [5] Her performance in the film earned her critical acclaim and a NAMIC Vision Award nomination for Best Actress in 2007. [2]
In the independent film Heathens and Thieves , Yeo played Kun Hua, a role which garnered her Best Actress Awards at both the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and the Iowa Film Festival. [6]
Yeo also starred in the Emmy Award -nominated Amazon original special, American Girl : Ivy & Julie .
Other notable film roles include Dr. Samantha Yep in The Jane Austen Book Club with Emily Blunt and Hugh Dancy , June in Night Skies , and The Magic of Ordinary Days with Keri Russell .
Television
Yeo is perhaps best known for her recurring guest star role as Xiao-Mei, the Chinese maid of Gabrielle ( Eva Longoria ) and Carlos ( Ricardo Antonio Chavira ) in Desperate Housewives . The character's popularity in the series led to an offer for a series regular contract the next season. [7]
Set to debut in the 2020–21 television season , Yeo was cast as a series regular on The CW 's Kung Fu as Zhilan, a dangerous nemesis with criminal ties and a connection to the Shaolin monastery. [3] [4] Before the series aired, Yeo was replaced by Yvonne Chapman . [8]
She also had a recurring role as the Oklahoma-born Sargent Richelle (opposite Felicity Huffman in the critically acclaimed series American Crime , played Kelly Lee on General Hospital , and has also guested on other popular shows such as NCIS , Grey's Anatomy , Castle , The Mentalist , and Chuck .
Voice acting
Yeo is a prominent voice artist in several animated series, films, video games, and commercials, and has multiple action figures based on her characters. She started her career in voice-over in 2003 with guest role on What's New, Scooby-Doo? . More recently, she voiced Lady Shiva in the 2019 animated series Young Justice , and Tsiao Jung in the 2019 Emmy Award -winning series, Love, Death & Robots . [9]
Her character Shinigami, from Nickelodeon 's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles , was officially launched during San Diego Comic-Con to a huge crowd of fans. [10] In 2020, she voiced another iconic role from the TMNT universe, Karai , in Nickelodeon 's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles .
She has voiced several other popular animated characters including Nala Se, Jedi Kalifa, and Cato Parassiti in Star Wars: The Clone Wars , Domino in Wolverine and the X-Men , Li Mei in The Invincible Iron Man , Lola Chang in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns , Gramma on Stitch! , Mercy Graves in The Batman and Li-en in Zatch Bell! . She has also guest starred on Phineas and Ferb , Kim Possible and What's New, Scooby Doo? .
In video games, Yeo is best known as Paine in Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts II . She was also the female lead in SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs as the character Forty-Five. [11] Other notable video game credits include Lady Deathstrike in X-Men: Next Dimension , Yuma in Far Cry 4 , and Four-Eyes in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City .
Other projects
Yeo's love of music led her to specialize in playing the Chinese long zither, also known as the guzheng , which culminated into a one-woman radio show on NPR-KCRW about her immigrant and ugly duckling story. It also included the debut of her first two zither/vocal tracks "Kiss My Grits" and "Lovers."
Her radio show evolved into a theater piece which Yeo wrote, scored, and starred in called Laughing With My Mouth Wide Open , which received rave reviews during its run at the El Centro Theatre. [11] [12]
Yeo also designed her own limited-edition clothing line, which quickly sold out, and donated the proceeds to Kentucky's Christian Appalachian Project. [13]
Personal life
Born in Singapore , Yeo moved to California , United States as a teenager, where she attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory before graduating with honors in 1994. Yeo graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1997 with summa cum laude . She also completed a diploma in classical piano at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music . [14]
Yeo was crowned Miss Asian America in 1995 and was also named Miss Chinatown USA in 1998–99.
She is the niece of George Yeo , a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2004 and 2011.
Filmography
Live-action
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2004 | A Day Without a Mexican | Newscaster | |
2007 | Night Skies | June | |
Dead Tone | Detective Anne Hastings | ||
The Jane Austen Book Club | Dr. Samantha Yep | ||
2012 | Freeloaders | Yue Jie | |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2001 | Grounded for Life | Linda | 2 episodes |
2002 | The Random Years | Happy Dragon Hot Waitress | Episode: "Don't Make Me Have Sex in the Hamptons" |
2003 | Watching Ellie | Andrea Barlow | Episode: "Shrink" |
2004 | The O.C. | Sara / Amy | Episode: "The Strip" |
Judging Amy | Lisa Bart | Episode: "Consent" | |
2005 | The Magic of Ordinary Days | Rose | Television film |
NYPD Blue | Ai Watanabe | Episode: "Moving Day" | |
JAG | Lt. Chang | Episode: "Unknown Soldier" | |
24 | Melissa Rabb | 2 episodes | |
2006 | General Hospital | Dr. Kelly Lee | 7 episodes |
Desperate Housewives | Xiao-Mei | 9 episodes | |
Broken Trail | Sun Fu | Television film | |
Hannah Montana | Bree Samuels | Episode: "New Kid in School" | |
2007 | Standoff | Ratana Sadka | Episode: "No Strings" |
The 1/2 Hour News Hour | Yujira Shinato | 1 episode | |
Chuck | Mei-Ling Cho | Episode: "Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp" | |
2008 | Eli Stone | Joanna Kim | Episode: "Unwritten" |
The Mentalist | Alexandra | Episode: "Red-Handed" | |
2009 | The Beast | Jennifer Ling | Episode: "The Walk In" |
2011 | Gigantic | Val | 2 episodes |
2015 | Castle | Elise Kim | Episode: "The Wrong Stuff" |
American Crime | Richelle | 4 episodes | |
2016 | Grey's Anatomy | Michelle Carpio | Episode: "Mama Tried" |
2017 | Switched at Birth | Ling | Episode: "The Call" |
Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders | Lin Huang | Episode: "Cinderella and the Dragon" | |
Wisdom of the Crowd | Deputy Chief Elaine Wu | Episode: "User Bias" | |
2018 | NCIS | NCIS Special Agent Joanna Wright | Episode: "Death From Above" [15] |
2023 | Truth Be Told | Social Worker | 3 episodes |
Voice acting
Film
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2007 | The Invincible Iron Man | Li Mei | Direct-to-video |
2011 | Dead Space: Aftermath | Isabel Cho | |
Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Blu | ||
Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur | Ms. Deitch | ||
2012 | Back to the Sea | Waitress | |
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part One | Lola Chang | Direct-to-video | |
2013 | Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two | Direct-to-video | |
2018 | Charming | Maiden | Netflix film |
2022 | Animal Attraction | Marcy | Direct-to-video |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | What's New, Scooby Doo? | Lt. Keiko Tanaka | Episode: "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo" |
2005 | Higglytown Heroes | Dentist Hero | Episode: "Kip's Sweet Tooth/Wayne's Lollipop" |
2005–06 | Zatch Bell! | Li-en |
English dub
3 episodes |
2006 | The Life and Times of Juniper Lee | Cousin Lisa, Aunt Lily | Episode: "Party Monsters" |
Hellboy: Sword of Storms | Kitsune | Television film | |
2007 | Kim Possible | Hoodie | 2 episodes |
The Batman | Mercy Graves | 2 episodes | |
2008–09 | Wolverine and the X-Men | Domino , Master Mold , Madeline Drake, Mariko Yashida | 11 episodes |
2008 | Phineas and Ferb | Fifi | Episode: "Greece Lightning/Leave the Busting to Us!" |
2008–20 | Star Wars: The Clone Wars | Nala Se, Bettie-Bot VJ, Peppi Bow, Cato Parasitti, Kalifa | 9 episodes |
2009 | Special Agent Oso | Jack's Mother | Episode: "Octo-Puzzle/One Suitcase Is Not Enough" |
2009–13 | Stitch! | Gramma (Obaa), Adult Lilo Pelekai |
English dub
11 episodes |
2011 | Marvel Anime: Wolverine | Mariko Yoshida |
English dub
4 episodes |
Marvel Anime: X-Men | Dr. Yui Sasaki |
English dub
7 episodes |
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2012 | Days of Our Lives | Female Movie Voice | 3 episodes |
2013–14 | Ben 10: Omniverse | Nyancy Chan, Sheelane | 3 episodes |
2014 | Two and a Half Men | Computer | Episode: "Alan Shot a Little Girl" |
2015 | Star vs. the Forces of Evil | Mrs. Liao | Episode: "Blood Moon Ball/Fortune Cookies" |
Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! | Dr. Lang | Episode: "Be Quiet Scooby-Doo!" | |
Regular Show | Mary, Girl #2, Waitress #2 | Episode: "Hello China" | |
2016–17 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Shinigami | 6 episodes |
2019–21 | Young Justice | Lady Shiva , Rictus | 5 episodes |
2019 | Love, Death & Robots | Tsiao Jung | Episode: "Good Hunting" |
Star Wars Resistance | Stormtrooper #2 | Episode: "Break Out" | |
2020 | American Dad! | Chinese Scientist | Episode: "Brave Noob World" |
Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | Hamato Karai | 2 episodes | |
Curious George | Dr. Chu | 1 episode | |
2020–present | Lego Monkie Kid | Princess Iron Fan | 7 episodes |
2021 | Yasuke | Ichika, Additional Voices |
English dub
5 episodes |
2021; 2023 | Star Wars: The Bad Batch | Nala Se, Fighter #2 | 6 episodes |
2022 | Big City Greens | Masseuse | Episode: "Little Buddy/Zen Garden" |
Video games
References
- ↑ Rose, Mike (10 July 2018). "Today's top celebrity birthdays list (July 10, 2018)" . cleveland . Retrieved 9 July 2021 .
- 1 2 Sneider, Jeff (24 January 2007). "NAMIC announces nominees" . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- 1 2 Flook, Ray (10 March 2020). "Kung Fu: CW Pilot Sets Gavin Stenhouse, Gwendoline Yeo as Series Regulars" . Retrieved 22 August 2020 .
- 1 2 Otterson, Joe (12 May 2020). "The CW Orders Kung Fu Reboot, Republic of Sarah for 2020–2021 Season" . Retrieved 22 August 2020 .
- ↑ "About Gwendoline – Gwendoline Yeo" . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- ↑ "46TH Annual Worldfest Houston" . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- ↑ "Singapore girl in Hollywood" . 18 June 2006. Archived from the original on 27 December 2018 . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- ↑ Petski, Denise (18 November 2020). "Antonio Jaramillo Joins 'Snowfall'; 'Kung Fu' Casts Yvonne Chapman" . Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved 17 April 2021 .
- ↑ "Love Death and Robots – Emmy Awards, Nominations and Wins – Television Academy" . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- ↑ Whitten, Emily S. (30 June 2016). "Nickelodeon and Nostalgia @ SDCC 2016" . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- 1 2 Allred, Laurie (17 November 2010). "Alumna Gwendoline Yeo emphasizes family dynamics in her one-woman show 'Laughing With My Mouth Wide Open' " . Daily Bruin . UCLA .
- ↑ "Theater Reviews: Cinderella, Schmutzigen Deutsche Kabarett" . 2 December 2010 . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- ↑ Copley, Rich (20 September 2016). "Actress Gwendoline Yeo's heart-to-heart with Christian Appalachian Project" . Retrieved 26 December 2018 .
- ↑ "DIP INTERVIEW: Interview with Gwendoline Yeo" . UCLA . 7 November 2003.
- ↑ Smail, Gretchen (7 April 2021). "the-kung-fu-reboot-cast-asian-american-talent" . Retrieved 1 May 2021 .
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- ↑ Yeo, Gwendoline (28 October 2022). "Really proud to be part of a massive team effort @InfinityWard @CallofDuty #ModernWarfare2 #MWII the largest franchise in gaming history! I'm Luna, Private Military Contractor MP character. See you out there – over & out" . Twitter . Retrieved 28 October 2022 .
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