Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (; born 10 July 1977) is an actress based in the United States. Born in Singapore, she moved to California in 1988 and began acting in sitcoms such as Grounded for Life and The Random Years. Yeo is known for her roles as Dr. Kelly Lee on General Hospital, Xiao-Mei on Desperate Housewives, and Sun Fu in Broken Trail. She is also known for voicing different roles in voiceover projects.
Early life Born in Singapore, Yeo moved to California, United States when she was eleven, where she attended St. Ignatius College Preparatory before graduating with honors in 1994. Yeo graduated summa cum laude from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1997. She also completed a diploma in classical piano at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.
Yeo was crowned Miss Asian America in 1995 and was also named Miss Chinatown USA in 1998–99.
She is the niece of George Yeo, a Singaporean former politician who served as Minister for Foreign Affairs between 2004 and 2011.
Career Film 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.
Other notable film roles include Dr. Samantha Yep in The Jane Austen Book Club with Emily Blunt and Hugh Dancy, June in Night Skies, and The Magic of Ordinary Days with Keri Russell.
Television Yeo is known for her recurring guest star role as Xiao-Mei, the Chinese maid of Gabrielle Solis (Eva Longoria) and Carlos Solis (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) in Desperate Housewives. The character's popularity in the series led to an offer for a series regular contract the next season.
Set to debut in the 2020–21 television season, Yeo was cast as a series regular on The CW's Kung Fu as Zhilan, a dangerous nemesis with criminal ties and a connection to the Shaolin monastery. Before the series aired, Yeo was replaced by Yvonne Chapman.
She also had a recurring role as the Oklahoma-born Sargent Richelle (opposite Felicity Huffman) in the critically acclaimed series American Crime, played Kelly Lee on General Hospital, and has also guested on other popular shows such as NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Castle, The Mentalist, and Chuck.
Voice acting Yeo is a prominent voice artist in several animated series, films, video games, and commercials, and has multiple action figures based on her characters. She started her career in voice-over in 2003 with guest role on What's New, Scooby-Doo?. More recently, she voiced Lady Shiva in the 2019 animated series Young Justice, and Tsiao Jung in the 2019 Emmy Award-winning series Love, Death & Robots.
Her character Shinigami, from Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was officially launched during San Diego Comic-Con to a huge crowd of fans. In 2020, she voiced another iconic role from the TMNT universe, Karai, in Nickelodeon's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
She has voiced several other popular animated characters including Nala Se, Jedi Kalifa, and Cato Parassiti in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Domino and Master Mold in Wolverine and the X-Men, Mariko Yashida in Marvel Anime: Wolverine, Dr. Yui Sasaki in Marvel Anime: X-Men, Li Mei in The Invincible Iron Man, Lola Chang in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Gramma on Stitch!, Mercy Graves in The Batman, Kitsune in Hellboy: Sword of Storms, and Li-en in Zatch Bell!. She has also guest starred in Phineas and Ferb, Kim Possible, Curious George, Yasuke, Ben 10: Omniverse, and Star Wars: Tales of the Underground.
In video games, Yeo is best known as Paine in Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts II. She was also the female lead in SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs as the character Forty-Five. Other notable video game credits include Lady Deathstrike in X-Men: Next Dimension, Yuma in Far Cry 4, and Four-Eyes in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.
Other projects Yeo's love of music led her to specialize in playing the Chinese long zither, also known as the guzheng, which culminated into a one-woman radio show on NPR-KCRW about her immigrant and ugly duckling story. It also included the debut of her first two zither/vocal tracks "Kiss My Grits" and "Lovers."
Her radio show evolved into a theater piece which Yeo wrote, scored, and starred in called Laughing With My Mouth Wide Open, which received rave reviews during its run at the El Centro Theatre.
Yeo also designed her own limited-edition clothing line, which quickly sold out, and donated the proceeds to Kentucky's Christian Appalachian Project.
Filmography Live-action Film Year Title Role Notes 2004 A Day Without a Mexican Newscaster 2007 Night Skies June Dead Tone Detective Anne Hastings The Jane Austen Book Club Dr. Samantha Yep 2008Vacancy 2: The First CutBride 2012 Freeloaders Yue Jie
Television Year Title Role Notes 2001 Grounded for Life Linda 2 episodes 2002 The Random Years Happy Dragon Hot Waitress Episode: "Don't Make Me Have Sex in the Hamptons" 2003 Watching Ellie Andrea Barlow Episode: "Shrink" 2004 The O.C. Sara / Amy Episode: "The Strip" Judging Amy Lisa Bart Episode: "Consent" 2005 The Magic of Ordinary Days Rose Television film NYPD Blue Ai Watanabe Episode: "Moving Day" JAG Lt. Chang Episode: "Unknown Soldier" 24 Melissa Rabb 2 episodes 2006 General Hospital Dr. Kelly Lee 7 episodes Desperate Housewives Xiao-Mei 9 episodes Broken Trail Sun Fu Television film Hannah Montana Bree Samuels Episode: "New Kid in School" 2007 Standoff Ratana Sadka Episode: "No Strings" The 1/2 Hour News Hour Yujira Shinato 1 episode Chuck Mei-Ling Cho Episode: "Chuck Versus the Sizzling Shrimp" 2008 Eli Stone Joanna Kim Episode: "Unwritten" The Mentalist Alexandra Episode: "Red-Handed" 2009 The Beast Jennifer Ling Episode: "The Walk In" 2011 Gigantic Val 2 episodes 2015 Castle Elise Kim Episode: "The Wrong Stuff" American Crime Richelle 4 episodes 2016 Grey's Anatomy Michelle Carpio Episode: "Mama Tried" 2017 Switched at Birth Ling Episode: "The Call" Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders Lin Huang Episode: "Cinderella and the Dragon" Wisdom of the Crowd Deputy Chief Elaine Wu Episode: "User Bias" 2018 NCIS NCIS Special Agent Joanna Wright Episode: "Death From Above" 2023 Truth Be Told Social Worker 3 episodes
Voice acting Film Year Title Role Notes 2007 The Invincible Iron Man Li Mei Direct-to-video A green check mark indicates that a role has been confirmed using a screenshot (or collage of screenshots) of a title's list of voice actors and their respective characters found in its credits or other reliable sources of information. 2011 Dead Space: Aftermath Isabel Cho Green Lantern: Emerald Knights Blu Scooby-Doo! Legend of the Phantosaur Ms. Deitch 2012 Back to the Sea Waitress Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part One Lola Chang Direct-to-video 2013 Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part Two 2015Curious George 3: Back to the JunglePopcorn Vendor, Automated Voice 2018 Charming Maiden Netflix film 2022 Animal Attraction Marcy Direct-to-video
Television Year Title Role Notes 2003 What's New, Scooby Doo? Lt. Keiko Tanaka Episode: "Big Appetite in Little Tokyo" 2005 Higglytown Heroes Dentist Hero Episode: "Kip's Sweet Tooth/Wayne's Lollipop" 2005–06 Zatch Bell! Li-en English dub3 episodes 2006 The Life and Times of Juniper Lee Cousin Lisa, Aunt Lily Episode: "Party Monsters" Hellboy: Sword of Storms Kitsune Television film 2007 Kim Possible Hoodie 2 episodes The Batman Mercy Graves Episode: "The Batman/Superman Story" 2008–09 Wolverine and the X-Men Domino, Master Mold, Madeline Drake, Mariko Yashida 11 episodes 2008 Phineas and Ferb Fifi Episode: "Leave the Busting to Us!" 2008–20 Star Wars: The Clone Wars Nala Se, Kalifa 9 episodes 2009 Special Agent Oso Jack's Mother Episode: "Octo-Puzzle/One Suitcase Is Not Enough" 2009–13 Stitch! Gramma (Obaa), Adult Lilo Pelekai English dub11 episodes 2011 Marvel Anime: Wolverine Mariko Yashida English dub4 episodes Marvel Anime: X-Men Dr. Yui Sasaki English dub7 episodes 2012 Days of Our Lives Female Movie Voice 3 episodes 2013–14 Ben 10: Omniverse Nyancy Chan, Sheelane 3 episodes 2014 Two and a Half Men Computer Episode: "Alan Shot a Little Girl" 2015 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Mrs. Liao Episode: "Fortune Cookies" Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Dr. Lang Episode: "Be Quiet Scooby-Doo!" Regular Show Mary, Girl #2, Waitress #2 Episode: "Hello China" 2016–17 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Shinigami 6 episodes 2019–21 Young Justice Lady Shiva, Rictus 5 episodes 2019 Love, Death & Robots Tsiao Jung Episode: "Good Hunting" Star Wars Resistance Stormtrooper #2 Episode: "Break Out" 2020, 2025 American Dad! Chinese Scientist, Jane 2 episodes 2020 Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hamato Karai 2 episodes Curious George Dr. Chu 1 episode 2020–2024 Lego Monkie Kid Princess Iron Fan 7 episodes 2021 Yasuke Ichika English dub5 episodes 2021–2024 Star Wars: The Bad Batch Nala Se, Onedron Fighter 12 episodes 2022 Big City Greens Masseuse Episode: "Little Buddy/Zen Garden" 2025 Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld Mayor Episode: "One Good Deed" Disney's How NOT to Draw Phineas and Ferb's animator (Jill) Episode: "Phineas and Ferb"
Video games Year Title RoleRef 2002 X-Men: Next Dimension Lady Deathstrike 2003 X2: Wolverine's Revenge Final Fantasy X-2 Paine2004Seven Samurai 20XXCue Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II Luvia Bloodmire Shellshock: Nam '67 Hooker #1 2005 God of War Lysandra, Civilians Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Maiden Rock, Villager Zatch Bell! Mamodo Battles Li-en Kingdom of Paradise Li Yin, Suzuka Disciple Neopets: The Darkest Faerie Spite 2006 Kingdom Hearts II Paine Avatar: The Last Airbender The Maker Titan Quest Additional voices Zatch Bell! Mamodo Fury Li-en 2007 Brave: The Search for Spirit Dancer Maiden Rock, Villagers Syphon Filter: Logan's Shadow Trinidad Mass Effect Sha'ira, Shiala 2009 Uncharted 2: Among Thieves Rika Raja 2010 Mass Effect 2 Shiala, Captain Wasea, Kian Louros, Quarian Patron God of War III Lysandra 2011 SOCOM 4: U.S. Navy SEALs Lieutenant "Forty-Five" Park Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception Rika Raja Saints Row: The Third Pedestrians 2012 Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Four-Eyes 2013 BioShock Infinite Additional voices Fuse Meilin Mao The Last of Us Additional voices Deadpool Domino Infinity Blade III Lelindre 2014 Far Cry 4 Yuma 2015 Call of Duty: Black Ops III Additional voices 2016 Lego Marvel's Avengers Crystal Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Additional voices 2020 Disintegration Alex (Female) Iron Man VR S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent, Terrified Businesswoman Ghost of Tsushima Additional voices 2021 Lost Judgment Yui Mamiya 2022 Ghostwire: Tokyo Woman E Saints Row Santo Ileso Pedestrians Call of Duty: Modern Warfare II Tse "Luna" Mingzhu 2023 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Splintered Fate Karai Diablo IV Additional voices 2024 Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Additional voices 2026 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Empire City Karai
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