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Gwendoline Yeo
Born	Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo July 10, 1977 (1977-07-10) (age 32) Singapore
Occupation	Actress, musician, voice actress
Years active	2001 – present
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Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (simplified Chinese: 杨时贤; traditional Chinese: 楊時賢; pinyin: Yáng Shíxián; born July 10, 1977) is an actress, musician and voice actress.

Biography

Early life

Born in Singapore, Gwendoline is the niece of George Yeo, Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs. She 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 1998-1999 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. Her first airdate was January 3, 2006. Originally involved in the Jax and Courtney baby story, she seems to be the only OBGYN practicing at General Hospital.

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, 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 called "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.

Television roles

Live action

• Grounded for Life as Linda
• The Random Years as Happy Dragon Hot Waitress
• Watching Ellie as Andrea Barlow
• The O.C. as Amy
• Judging Amy as Lisa Bart
• NYPD Blue as Ai Watanabe
• JAG as Lt. Chang
• 24 as Melissa Rabb
• General Hospital as Kelly Lee
• Hannah Montana as Bree Samuels
• Desperate Housewives as Xiao-Mei
• Standoff as Ratana Sadka
• Chuck as Mei-Ling Cho
• Eli Stone as Joanna Kim
• The Mentalist as Alexandra

Animation

• Zatch Bell! as Li-en
• Wolverine and the X-Men as Domino, Master Mold, Mariko Yashida
• The Batman as Mercy Graves
• Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Bettie-Bot VJ, Nala Se, and Peppi Bow
• Kim Possible - additional voices
• What's New, Scooby Doo? as Lt. Keiko Tanaka

Video games roles

• X-Men: Next Dimension as Lady Deathstrike
• X2: Wolverine's Revenge as Lady Deathstrike
• Final Fantasy X-2 as Paine
• Shellshock: Nam '67 as Hooker #1
• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II as Luvia Bloodmire
• NARC as Civilian, Hooker
• Kingdom of Paradise as Li Yin, Suzuka Disciple
• God of War as Wife, Town Square Woman
• Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer as Maiden Rock, Villager
• Titan Quest as Additional Voices
• Avatar: The Last Airbender as Additional Characters
• Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow as Trinidad
• Mass Effect as Additional Roles
• Kingdom Hearts II as Paine
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves as Rika Raja

External links

• Gwendoline Yeo at the Internet Movie Database