Yeo Yann Yann

Yeo Yann Yann 杨雁雁
Born	(1977-02-20) 20 February 1977 Malaysia
Other names	Yann Yeo
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1+1⁄2 in)

Yeo Yann Yann (Chinese: 杨雁雁; pinyin: Yáng Yànyàn; born 1977) is a Malaysian Singapore-based actress. A pioneer-graduate of Intercultural Theatre Institute (ITI), formerly known as The Theatre Training and Research Programme (TTRP). She has worked in theatre, television, and film; recent performances include Singapore Dreaming (as Mei), Thunderstorm 雷雨 (as Fan Yi 蘩漪) and a movie in August 2007, 881. Besides acting, Yann Yann also hosts bilingual events and performs for corporate skits and projects. She was born in Malaysia, and is of Chinese descent.

Theatrography

Year	Title of Performance	Produced by
2011	Petaling Street Warriors	Juita Entertainment
2009	Crab Flower Club	Toy Factory Productions
2008	To Kill A Mockingbird	Sharon Ang
2008	National Language Class (Rerun)	Spell Seven Performance Club
2008	Chesty Nutty Bang Bang: The Hairspray of the Phoenix	STAGES
2007	The Tosca Project	The Theatre Practice
2006	Legends Alive Online : Mama Looking For Her Cat 2006 [1]	The Theatre Practice
2006	Thunderstorm 雷雨 [2]	The Theatre Practice
2006	National Language Class [3]	Spell Seven Performance Club
2006	Stranger at Home 独在家乡为异客	DramaBox
2006	A Beautiful Companion [4]	Theatreworks
2005	Separation Forty	The Necessary Stage
2005	The Admiral's Odyssey [5]	Action Theatre
2005	Boxing Day [6]	The Necessary Stage
2004	Wu Jun Ru And You and Me And Him 吴君如和你和我和他	The Theatre Practice
2004	Private Parts [7]	Vizpro
2004	Tempest [8]	The Theatre Practice
2004	Water Station [9]	TTRP
2003	Lights Up	The Theatre Practice
2000	The Day I Met The Prince	The Theatre Practice
2003	Lim Tzay Chuen	TTRP/Theatreworks
2003	Tartuffe	TTRP
2003	The Tiger Tally	TTRP
2001	Dragon Dance	The Finger Players
2000	Invisibility [10]	Drama Box
1999	Red Hawk	The Theatre Practice
1998	Storm	Toy Factory
1997	Comedy of Mistakes	Toy Factory

Film & Television

Singapore Dreaming

Main article: Singapore Dreaming

Her role as Mei in the movie, Singapore Dreaming also garnered rave reviews from the Press for her performance. Mei has been brought up against the favouritism of her parents. Mei is the underappreciated daughter of the family, married to CK, whom she occasionally henpecks. Indignant that younger brother Seng was sent overseas when she was the one whose academic performance was more distinguished, she bears a patent grudge against Seng. Mei's struggle against her family prejudice, career obstacles, financial difficulties allowed Yann Yann to fully display her flair in acting.

What was interesting was although the producers were unacquainted with Yann Yann, they used her face as a reference when writing for the character, Mei.

The film bagged the Montblanc New Screenwriters Award at the 54th San Sebastian International Film Festival, and was the first Singaporean film to receive an IFFPA-recognised international feature film award.

Filmography

Feature films

Year of Release	Title	Role
2015	Distance
2014	Rubbers	Baoling
2014	The Bat Night
2013	Ilo Ilo	Supporting Actress
2013	Paper Moon	Lead
2011	Petaling Street Warriors	Lead
2010	Being Human	Lead
2009	Love Matters	Lead
2008	18 Grams of Love [11]	Lead
2008	Muallaf (in post production) [12]	Supporting
2008	12 Lotus	Bit part
2007	881 [13]	Lead
2007	One Last Dance	Bit part
2006	Singapore Dreaming [14] [15]	Ensemble
2006	High Cost of Living [16]	Supporting

Short films

Year	Title
2007	Ah Ma [17]
2007	Flat Dreams [18]
2006	Tracks [19]
2006	Hello? [20]
2005	Heave
?	The Last Flight of the Red Butterflies

Others

Year	Title
2005	GhostBoys (series for 3G phones)
2005	POV Murder (series for 3G phones)

Television

Previously only noted for role as Chen Mei Li (陈美丽) in The Right Frequency, Yann Yann has been progressively seen more frequently on local television programmes since 2008. Notable performances include Food Goin' Bananas (2008) and The A-Go-Go Princess (2009). In 2009 also, she played as the female leading actress in The Iron Lady (女头家), produced by ntv7, Malaysia.

Television Programme listing

Title
The Iron Lady (Malaysian TV series) (女头家)
The A-Go-Go Princess (穿越阿哥哥)
Food Goin' Bananas
Stories of Love: Anthology Series
18g of Love – HD Telemovie
Do Not Disturb [21]
In Her Prime
Right Frequency (播音人)
A Date With Kym (钟琴有约)

Honours

Awards & Nominations

Year
2013	Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Best Supporting Actress) WINNER
2013	Vladivostok Film Festival (Best Actress) WINNER
2010	Golden Awards NTV7 (Best Actress) WINNER
2009	9th LIFE! Theatre Awards for Best Actress (National Language Class)
2007	7th LIFE! Theatre Awards for Best Actress (Thunderstorm) WINNER
2007	7th LIFE! Theatre Awards for Best Ensemble Acting (Mama Looking For Her Cat)
2006	1st Front Awards [22]
2005	5th LIFE! Theatre Awards for Best Ensemble Acting (Wu Jun Ru And You And Me And Him)

Others

Interviews

Yann Yann talks about her love of acting, her acting mentor (the late theatre doyen Kuo Pao Kun)^[23] and pursuing her aspirations (in Chinese). ^[24]

Radio station Lush995 speaks to Yann Yann on her recent and latest acting projects [April 2007] ^[25]

Speak Chinese Campaign

Yann Yann has also been featured in the Singapore Speak Chinese Campaign (华语cool!) in her character image for the Singaporean local film 881 by Royston Tan.