Gwendoline Yeo
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| Birth name | Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo | |
| Born | July 10, 1977 Singapore |
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| Occupation(s) | Voice Actor/Television Actor | |
| Website | Gwendoline Yeo.com | |
Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (simplified Chinese: 杨时贤; traditional Chinese: 楊時賢; pinyin: Yáng Shíxián) (born July 10, 1977 in Singapore) is an actress and musician.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early life
Yeo moved to California as a teenager, graduating (with honors) from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1994. She 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." Gwendoline was crowned Miss Chinatown USA in 1998-99 which led her to hosting and commercials. From there, her television and film careers blossomed.
Prior to her acting career, she was active in a variety of beauty pageants, winning the Miss Asian America Pageant in 1995 and the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant.
[edit] Career
She played Dr. Kelly Lee on General Hospital, until March 2006 replacing Dr. Meadows who was struck by a hit and run driver. Her first airdate was Tuesday, January 3, 2006. Originally involved in the Jax (actually Nikolas') and Courtney baby story, she seems to be the only OBGYN practicing at General Hospital, examining Skye on Monday March 13.
Her past appearances include television series 24, JAG, NYPD Blue and The O.C.. Gwendoline guest starred in an episode of Hannah Montana and Chuck. Gwendoline guest starred as Xiao-Mei in a few episodes of "Desperate Housewives". She 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, and Li-en in Zatch Bell!.
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 called "number three" by Robert Duvall's character. In 2007, she played Dr. Samantha Yep in The Jane Austen Book Club.
[edit] Television Roles
[edit] Live Action
[edit] Trivia
- Gwendoline is niece to the Republic of Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs, George Yeo.
- She is sometimes confused with another voice actor, Gwendolyn Lau. The confusion was to the point that the latter was credited for the voice of Paine in Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts II
