Neo Swee Lin
Singaporean actress (born 1962 or 1963
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Neo Swee Lin (born 15 February 1963)[a] is a Singaporean actress who has appeared in several Asian media productions and theatrical works since the 1980s.
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| Born | 15 February 1963[a] |
| Education | CHIJ Katong Convent[1] |
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| Years active | 1986–present |
| Height | 1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[2] |
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| Member of | TheNeoKELELims |
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| Chinese | 梁瑞玲 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Liáng Ruìlíng |
Early life
Born in Singapore, Neo Swee Lin has a law degree from National University of Singapore[4] and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.[5]
Career
Neo's international film and theatre work includes: Takeaway, The Letter (Lyric Hammersmith), Mail Order Bride (West Yorkshire Playhouse),[6] 3 Japanese Women (Cockpit Theatre) and Trishaw.
Personal life
Neo first met her husband, Lim Kay Siu, a veteran theatre actor, on her first theatre play, Dragon's Teeth Gate, in 1986.[7] The two would act as a married couple four years later on the play, The Moon is Less Bright.[7] They married on 12 August 1992.[8]
The two streams regularly in Twitch together under the username TheNeoKELELims.[9]
Filmography
Film and television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
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| 1997 | 12 Storeys | Rachel | ||
| 1998 | The Teenage Textbook Movie | |||
| 1999 | Anna and the King | Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung | [10] | |
| 2007 | Katong Fugue | Short film | [11] | |
| Just Follow Law | NRT Representative | |||
| 2008 | Kallang Roar the Movie | |||
| 2009 | The Blue Mansion | Wee Pei Shan | [12] | |
| 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).
Theatre
Neo has appeared in more than 40 plays which included:
- Dragon's Teeth Gate (1986)[7]
- Three Children (1987)
- Three Children (1988)
- M. Butterfly (1989)
- The Moon is Less Bright (1990)[7]
- 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)[13]
- The Morning People (2020)
- Romeo & Juliet (2020)
- First Light (2020)
- Homesick (2021)
- Crazy Christmas (2021)
- Doubt: A Parable (2023)[14]
- Tender Submission (2023)[15]