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Gwendoline Yeo
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Yeo in 2018
Born
Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo

(1977-07-10) 10 July 1977 (age 47)
Education University of California, Los Angeles (BA)
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Occupation Actress
Years active 2001–present
Relatives George Yeo (uncle)

Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (born on July 10, 1977) is an actress from Singapore. She is well-known for her roles in TV shows like General Hospital (as Dr. Kelly Lee) and Desperate Housewives (as Xiao-Mei). She also played Sun Fu in the movie Broken Trail. Besides acting on screen, Gwendoline Yeo is famous for lending her voice to many cartoon characters and video games.

Early Life and Achievements

Gwendoline Yeo was born in Singapore. When she was a teenager, she moved to California, United States. She went to St. Ignatius College Preparatory and finished with high honors in 1994.

Later, she graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in 1997 with excellent grades. She also studied classical piano and earned a special diploma from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.

Before becoming a famous actress, Gwendoline won two beauty pageants. She was crowned Miss Asian America in 1995. A few years later, she also became Miss Chinatown USA in 1998–99.

Her uncle is George Yeo, a former politician from Singapore. He used to be the Minister for Foreign Affairs for Singapore from 2004 to 2011.

Acting Career

Gwendoline Yeo has worked in many different areas of acting, from movies and TV shows to voice acting for cartoons and video games.

Film Roles

Gwendoline Yeo has appeared in several films. In Broken Trail, she was chosen by the famous actor Robert Duvall to act alongside him. Her performance in this film was highly praised. She even received a nomination for Best Actress in 2007.

In an independent film called Heathens and Thieves, Gwendoline played a character named Kun Hua. For this role, she won Best Actress awards at two film festivals: the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and the Iowa Film Festival.

She also starred in American Girl: Ivy & Julie, which was a special show nominated for an Emmy Award. Other movies she has been in include The Jane Austen Book Club, Night Skies, and The Magic of Ordinary Days.

Television Roles

Many people know Gwendoline Yeo best from her role as Xiao-Mei in the popular TV show Desperate Housewives. Xiao-Mei was the maid for Gabrielle and Carlos Solis. Her character became very popular on the show.

Gwendoline was also cast in The CW's Kung Fu as Zhilan. However, before the show aired, another actress took over the role.

She played Sargent Richelle in the series American Crime. She also had a regular role as Kelly Lee on General Hospital. You might have seen her in other popular shows like NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Castle, The Mentalist, and Chuck.

Voice Acting Roles

Gwendoline Yeo is a very busy voice actress. She has voiced many characters in animated shows, movies, and video games. She even has action figures based on some of her characters!

She started her voice acting career in 2003 on What's New, Scooby-Doo?. More recently, she voiced Lady Shiva in Young Justice and Tsiao Jung in the Emmy-winning series Love, Death & Robots.

She voiced Shinigami in Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Later, in 2020, she voiced another well-known TMNT character, Karai, in Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Her other animated characters include Nala Se in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Domino in Wolverine and the X-Men, and Lola Chang in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. She has also been a guest voice on shows like Phineas and Ferb and Kim Possible.

In video games, Gwendoline is famous for voicing Paine in Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts II. She was also the main female character, Forty-Five, in SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs. Other video game roles include Lady Deathstrike in X-Men: Next Dimension and Yuma in Far Cry 4.

Other Creative Projects

Gwendoline Yeo loves music, especially playing the guzheng, which is a Chinese long zither. She created a one-woman radio show on NPR-KCRW where she shared her personal story. The show also featured her first two songs, "Kiss My Grits" and "Lovers," which included her zither playing and singing.

Her radio show later became a theater play called Laughing With My Mouth Wide Open. Gwendoline wrote the play, created the music for it, and starred in it. The play received great reviews.

Gwendoline also designed her own limited-edition clothing line. All the clothes sold out quickly, and she donated the money to a charity called Kentucky's Christian Appalachian Project.

Filmography

Live-action

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2004 A Day Without a Mexican Newscaster
2007 Night Skies June
Dead Tone Detective Anne Hastings
The Jane Austen Book Club Dr. Samantha Yep
2008 Vacancy 2: The First Cut Bride
2012 Freeloaders Yue Jie

Television

Year Title Role Notes
2001 Grounded for Life Linda 2 episodes
2002 The Random Years Happy Dragon Hot Waitress Episode: "Don't Make Me ... 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"
2023 Truth Be Told Social Worker 3 episodes

Voice acting

Film

Year Title Role Notes
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
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 Yashida English dub
4 episodes
Marvel Anime: X-Men Dr. Yui Sasaki English dub
7 episodes
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
2021–2024 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Nala Se, Fighter #2, Villager #3 12 episodes
2022 Big City Greens Masseuse Episode: "Little Buddy/Zen Garden"

Video games

Year Title Role Ref
2002 X-Men: Next Dimension Lady Deathstrike
2003 X2: Wolverine's Revenge
Final Fantasy X-2 Paine
2004 Seven Samurai 20XX Cue
Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Luvia Bloodmire
Shellshock: Nam '67 Hooker #1
2005 God of War Lysandra, Civilians
Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Maiden Rock, Villager
Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles Li-en
Kingdom of Paradise Li Yin, Suzuka Disciple
Neopets: The Darkest Faerie Spite
2006 Kingdom Hearts II Paine
Avatar: The Last Airbender The Maker, Additional Voices
Titan Quest Additional Voices
Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury Li-en
2007 Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Maiden Rock, Villagers
Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow Trinidad
Mass Effect Sha'ira, Shiala
2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Rika Raja
2010 Mass Effect 2 Shiala, Captain Wasea, Kian Louros, Quarian Patron
God of War III Lysandra
2011 SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Lieutenant "Forty-Five" Park
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Rika Raja
Saints Row: The Third Pedestrians
2012 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Four-Eyes
2013 BioShock Infinite Additional Voices
Fuse Meilin Mao
The Last of Us Additional Voices
Deadpool Domino
Infinity Blade III Lelindre
2014 Far Cry 4 Yuma
2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Additional Voices
2016 Lego Marvel's Avengers Crystal
Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Additional Voices
2020 Disintegration Alex (Female)
Iron Man VR S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent C, Terrified Businesswoman
Ghost of Tsushima Additional Voices
2021 Lost Judgment Yui Mamiya
2022 Ghostwire: Tokyo Woman E
Saints Row Santo Ileso Pedestrians
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Tse "Luna" Mingzhu
2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Kurai
Diablo IV Additional Voices
2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Additional Voices
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