Gwendoline Yeo

Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo was born in Singapore and is the niece of George Yeo, Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs. She relocated to California as a teenager and graduated with honors from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1994. She earned her BA from UCLA before turning 20, graduating summa cum laude and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa, while also obtaining a diploma in Classical Piano from the prestigious San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Her passion for music led her to specialize in the guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, which resulted in a solo radio program on NPR-KCRW. This program featured the debut of her first two zither/vocal tracks, "Kiss My Grits" and "Lovers." Gwendoline was crowned Miss Chinatown USA in 1998-1999, a title that led to hosting gigs and commercial work. From there, her television and film careers flourished.
Before her acting career, she participated in various beauty pageants, winning the Miss Asian America Pageant in 1995 and the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant.
During her career, she portrayed Dr. Kelly Lee on General Hospital until March 2006. Her first airdate was January 3, 2006. Originally involved in the Jax and Courtney baby storyline, she appears to be the only OBGYN practicing at General Hospital.
Her previous appearances include the television series 24, JAG, NYPD Blue, and The O.C.. Gwendoline guest-starred in episodes of Hannah Montana and Chuck. She also guest-starred as Xiao-Mei in several episodes of "Desperate Housewives." She is the voice actress for Paine in Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts II. Additionally, she 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 Daughters of Joy, Night Skies, and The Perfect Girl. In the film Broken Trail, she played "Sun Foy" and was referred to as "number three" by Robert Duvall's character. In 2007, she played Dr. Samantha Yep in The Jane Austen Book Club.
She is sometimes confused with another voice actress, Gwendolyn Lau.

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First name:
Gwendoline
Last name:
Yeo
Date of birth:
09.07.1980
Languages:
  • en
  • pl

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