Neo Swee Lin
Singaporean actress (born 1962 or 1963
Neo Swee Lin (born 15 February 1963) is a Singaporean actress who has appeared in several Asian media productions and theatrical works since the 1980s.
01Early life
Born in Singapore, Neo Swee Lin has a law degree from National University of Singapore and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
02Career
Neo's international film and theatre work includes: Takeaway, The Letter (Lyric Hammersmith), Mail Order Bride (West Yorkshire Playhouse), 3 Japanese Women (Cockpit Theatre) and Trishaw.
03Personal life
Neo first met her husband, Lim Kay Siu, a veteran theatre actor, on her first theatre play, Dragon's Teeth Gate, in 1986. The two would act as a married couple four years later on the play, The Moon is Less Bright. They married on 12 August 1992.
The two streams regularly in Twitch together under the username TheNeoKELELims.
04Filmography
Film and television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 12 Storeys | Rachel | ||
| 1998 | The Teenage Textbook Movie | |||
| 1999 | Anna and the King | Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung | ||
| 2007 | Katong Fugue | Short film | ||
| Just Follow Law | NRT Representative | |||
| 2008 | Kallang Roar the Movie | |||
| 2009 | The Blue Mansion | Wee Pei Shan | ||
| 2010 | Phua Chu Kang The Movie | Phua Ah Ma | ||
| 2015 | My Autograph Book | Su Min | Short film | |
| 2018 | You Mean the World to Me | Cheng | ||
| 2019 | Repossession | Sister Agnes | ||
| 2023 | Tomorrow Is a Long Time | Wan |
Her other works included: Where Got Problem? (1999), Random Acts, Really Something, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd (1997-2007), Drive: Life and Death, The Celebration and Cut and My Grandson, the Doctor (1996-1997).
05Theatre
Neo has appeared in more than 40 plays which included:
- Dragon's Teeth Gate (1986)
- Three Children (1987)
- Three Children (1988)
- M. Butterfly (1989)
- The Moon is Less Bright (1990)
- Three Children (1992)
- Drunken Prawns (1994)
- The Glass Menagerie (1996)
- Beauty World, President Star Charity (1998)
- Ah Kong's Birthday Party (1998)
- Emily of Emerald Hill (1999)
- Emily of Emerald Hill (2000)
- Emily of Emerald Hill (2002)
- Hamlet (2002)
- For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again (2004)
- 2nd Link (2006)
- Homesick (2006)
- Cogito (2007)
- Postcards from Rosa (2007)
- Crazy Christmas (2007)
- Crazy Christmas (2008)
- Nadirah (2009)
- Poop (2009)
- Cinderel-lah! (2010)
- Crazy Christmas (2010)
- Emily of Emerald Hill (2011)
- Nadirah (2011)
- Crazy Christmas (2011)
- Cooling Off Day (2011)
- Cooling Off Day (2012)
- First Light (2012)
- Crazy Christmas (2012)
- Mama Looking for her Cat (2012)
- The Crucible (2013)
- Crazy Christmas (2013)
- Postcards from Rosa (2013)
- The House of Bernada Alba (2014)
- Hamlet (2014)
- First Light (2014)
- Crazy Christmas (2015)
- Hamlet (2016)
- Crazy Christmas (2016)
- Romeo & Juliet (2016)
- My Mother's Chest (2016)
- Medea (2017)
- No Parking on Odd Days and The Coffin is too Big for the Hole (2017)
- Club Tempest (2018)
- Half Lives (2018)
- Hamlet (2019)
- Homesick (2019)
- Crazy Christmas (2019)
- Work/Home Balance (2020; online)
- The Morning People (2020)
- Romeo & Juliet (2020)
- First Light (2020)
- Homesick (2021)
- Crazy Christmas (2021)
- Doubt: A Parable (2023)
- Tender Submission (2023)
Sources and credits
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