Gwendoline Yeo
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| Gwendoline Yeo | |
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| Born | Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo July 10, 1977 Singapore |
| Alma mater | UCLA San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
| Occupation | Actress, voice actress, and musician |
| Years active | 2001 – present |
| Relatives | George Yeo (uncle) |
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| http://www.gwendolineyeo.com | |
Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (simplified Chinese: 杨时贤; traditional Chinese: 楊時賢; pinyin: Yáng Shíxián; born July 10, 1977) is a Singaporean-born American actress, and musician.
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Biography [edit]
Early life [edit]
Born in Singapore, Yeo is the niece of George Yeo, former Singaporean Minister for Foreign Affairs. She moved to California as a teenager, graduating (with honors) from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1994. Yeo received her BA from UCLA before the age of 20, graduating summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa as well as receiving a diploma in Classical Piano from the esteemed San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her love of music led her to specialize in playing the traditional Chinese instrument, guzheng, which culminated in a one woman radio show on NPR-KCRW. It also included the debut of her first two zither/vocal tracks "Kiss My Grits" and "Lovers." Yeo was crowned Miss Asian America in 1995 and was also named Miss Chinatown USA in 1998-1999. These led her to hosting and commercials, and from there her television and film careers blossomed.
Career [edit]
Yeo played Dr. Kelly Lee on General Hospital, until March 2006. Her first airdate was January 3, 2006. Originally involved in the Jax and Courtney baby story, she seems to be the only OBGYN practicing at General Hospital.
Her past appearances include television series 24, JAG, NYPD Blue and The O.C.. Yeo guest starred in an episode of Hannah Montana and Chuck. She also guest starred as Xiao-Mei in a few episodes of "Desperate Housewives". Yeo is the voice actress of Paine in Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts II. She also voices Lady Deathstrike in X-Men: Next Dimension, Mercy Graves in The Batman, Li-en in Zatch Bell!, and Lieutenant Keiko Tanaka in an episode of What's New, Scooby Doo?.
She has appeared in the films The Joy Luck Club", Night Skies, and The Perfect Girl. In the film Broken Trail, Yeo played "Sun Foy" and was called "number three" by Robert Duvall's character. In 2007, she played Dr. Samantha Yep in The Jane Austen Book Club.
Film roles [edit]
Live action [edit]
- Perfect Girl as Perfect Girl
- A Day Without a Mexican as Newscaster
- Code as Nurse Kyra Chen
- The Magic of Ordinary Days as Rose
- Night Skies as June
- Dead Tone as Detective Anne Hastings
- The Jane Austen Book Club as Dr. Samantha Yep
- Vacancy 2: The First Cut as Bride
- Freshmyn as Li Yen Su
- I Do... I Did! as Dr. Wong
- Freeloaders as Yue Ji
- Heathens and Thieves as Kun Hua
Animation [edit]
- Back to the Sea as Waitress
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1 as Lola Chong
- Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2 as Lola Chong
- Dead Space: Aftermath as Dr. Isabel Cho
- Green Lantern: Emerald Knights as Blu
- Hellboy: Sword of Storms as Kitsune
- Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur as Ms. Deitch
- The Invincible Iron Man as Li Mei
Television roles [edit]
Live action [edit]
- Grounded for Life as Linda
- The Random Years as Happy Dragon Hot Waitress
- Watching Ellie as Andrea Barlow
- The O.C. as Amy
- Judging Amy as Lisa Bart
- NYPD Blue as Ai Watanabe
- JAG as Lt. Chang
- 24 as Melissa Rabb
- General Hospital as Kelly Lee
- Broken Trail as Sun Foy aka #3
- Hannah Montana as Bree Samuels
- Desperate Housewives as Xiao-Mei
- Standoff as Ratana Sadka
- The ½ Hour News Show as Yujira Shinato
- Chuck as Mei-Ling Cho
- Eli Stone as Joanna Kim
- The Mentalist as Alexandra
- The Beast as Jennifer Ling
- Gigantic as Val
- Days of Our Lives as Female Movie Voice
Animation [edit]
- Ben 10: Omniverse as Nyancy Chan
- Handy Manny as Mrs. Lee
- Higglytown Heroes as Dentist Hero
- Lou and Lou: Safety Patrol as Mom, Lulu
- Kim Possible as Hoodie
- Phineas and Ferb as Fifi
- Special Agent Oso as Jack's Mother
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Nala Se, Bettie-Bot VJ, Peppi Bow, Cato Parasitti, Computer Voice, Kalifa
- Stitch! as Gramma (Obaa)
- The Batman as Mercy Graves
- The Life and Times of Juniper Lee as Cousin Lisa, Aunt Lily
- What's New, Scooby Doo? as Lt. Keiko Tanaka
- Wolverine as Mariko Yoshida
- Wolverine and the X-Men as Domino, Madeline Drake, Master Mold, Mariko Yashida
- X-Men as Dr. Yui Sasaki
- Zatch Bell! as Li-en
Video games roles [edit]
- Avatar: The Last Airbender as Additional Characters
- Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II as Luvia Bloodmire
- Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer as Maiden Rock, Villager
- BioShock Infinite as Additional Voices
- Final Fantasy X-2 as Paine
- Fuse as Meilin Mao
- God of War as Kratos' Wife Lysandra, Civilians
- God of War III as Kratos' Wife Lysandra
- Kingdom Hearts II as Paine
- Kingdom of Paradise as Li Yin, Suzuka Disciple
- Mass Effect as Sha'ira, Shiala, Additional Roles
- Mass Effect 2 as Shiala, Captain Wasea, Additional Voices
- NARC as Civilian, Hooker
- Neopets: The Darkest Faerie as Spite
- Onimusha Blade Warriors as Additional Voices
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City as Four-Eyes
- Saints Row: The Third as Additional Voices
- Seven Samurai 20XX as Cue
- Shellshock: Nam '67 as Hooker #1
- SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs as Lieutenant "Forty-Five" Park
- Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow as Trinidad
- Titan Quest as Additional Voices
- Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as Rika Raja
- Uncharted: Eye of Indra as Rika Raja
- X-Men: Next Dimension as Lady Deathstrike
- X2: Wolverine's Revenge as Lady Deathstrike
- Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles as Li-en
- Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury as Li-en
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American actresses
- Actresses from California
- American actresses of Chinese descent
- American film actresses
- American musicians of Chinese descent
- American soap opera actresses
- American television actresses
- American voice actresses
- American video game actresses
- Miss Asian America winners
- Musicians from California
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- San Francisco Conservatory of Music alumni
- Singaporean emigrants to the United States
- Singaporean people of Chinese descent
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni