Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (simplified Chinese: æ ¨æ—¶è´¤; traditional
Chinese: 楊時賢; pinyin: Yáng ShÃxián; born July 10, 1977) is an
American actress, voice actress, writer and musician best known for
her role as Xiao-Mei in Desperate Housewives, Sun Fu in the film
Broken Trail (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress NAMIC
Vision Award ) and as the voice of Shinigami in Nickelodeon's Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yeo was cast as Zhilan, a series regular on The
CW's Kung Fu, set to debut in the 2020â€"21 television season. Yeo
starred opposite Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church in the Emmy
Award-winning Western Broken Trail as Sun Fu (also known as "Number
Three"), a Chinese woman sold into prostitution in the 1800s. After a
worldwide search, Duvall personally selected her to star opposite him
in the role. Her performance in the film earned her critical acclaim
and a NAMIC Vision Award nomination for Best Actress in 2007.In the
independent film Heathens and Thieves, Yeo played Kun Hua, a role
which garnered her Best Actress Awards at both the WorldFest Houston
International Film Festival and the Iowa Film Festival.Yeo also
starred in the Emmy Award-nominated Amazon original special, American
Girl: Ivy & Julie.
Chinese: 楊時賢; pinyin: Yáng ShÃxián; born July 10, 1977) is an
American actress, voice actress, writer and musician best known for
her role as Xiao-Mei in Desperate Housewives, Sun Fu in the film
Broken Trail (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress NAMIC
Vision Award ) and as the voice of Shinigami in Nickelodeon's Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles. Yeo was cast as Zhilan, a series regular on The
CW's Kung Fu, set to debut in the 2020â€"21 television season. Yeo
starred opposite Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church in the Emmy
Award-winning Western Broken Trail as Sun Fu (also known as "Number
Three"), a Chinese woman sold into prostitution in the 1800s. After a
worldwide search, Duvall personally selected her to star opposite him
in the role. Her performance in the film earned her critical acclaim
and a NAMIC Vision Award nomination for Best Actress in 2007.In the
independent film Heathens and Thieves, Yeo played Kun Hua, a role
which garnered her Best Actress Awards at both the WorldFest Houston
International Film Festival and the Iowa Film Festival.Yeo also
starred in the Emmy Award-nominated Amazon original special, American
Girl: Ivy & Julie.
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