Gwendoline Yeo

Infobox actor voice

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birthname = Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo
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birth_place = Singapore
age = age|1977|7|10
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occupation = Voice Actor/Television Actor
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gender = Female
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relatives = George Yeo (uncle)
ethnic =Chinese American
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credits = "Desperate Housewives"
as Xiao-Mei
"Final Fantasy X-2"
as Paine
"Zatch Bell!"
as Li-en
URL = http://www.gwendolineyeo.com
agent = [http://www.voicechasers.com/database/showagency.php?agencyid=5 Sutton, Barth and Vennari]

Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (zh-stp|s=杨时贤|t=楊時賢|p=Yáng Shíxián) (born July 10, 1977 in Singapore) is an actress and musician.

Biography

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.

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 "", 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."

Television Roles

Live Action

*General Hospital as Kelly Lee
*Desperate Housewives as Xiao-Mei

Animation

*Wolverine and the X-Men as Domino (comics)

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"

External links

*imdb name|id=1290102