She immigrated to the United States from Singapore at age 11. Convention Appearances. She was the first female and Asian leads in Socom4 as 45 and Yuma in FarCry4, in which she performed her own motion capture. Gwendoline Yeo, Actress: An American Girl Story: Ivy & Julie 1976 - A Happy Balance.
Gwendoline has voiced over fifty games and cartoons including Shinigami on TMNT, Nala Se on Star Wars Clone Wars & Paine in Final Fantasy X2. Gwendoline's breakthrough was a Series Regular role on Desperate Housewives as naughty maid Xiao-Mei. Gwendoline Yeo as the voice of Kalifa in Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Gwendoline was honored as Alumna of the year with the UCLA Asia Pacific Alumni Award in 2016. Gwendoline has guested on other hit shows like NCIS, Greys Anatomy, Castle, The Mentalist and Chuck. podcast.
She won Miss Teen Chinatown SF, Miss Asian America & Miss Chinatown USA. Earned a diploma in Classical Piano. Won APA (Asian Pacific Alumni) UCLA Alumni of the Year Award in 2017 for career achievement (Randall Park won in 2016, Ali Wong won in 2018).
She won two best actress awards for indie feature Heathens & Thieves - Houston International Film Festival and the Iowa Film Festival. Home. Gwendoline has voiced over fifty games and cartoons. She has been nominated for 3 BTVA awards. She also opened up for Norwegian band "Ryokk Sopp" at the Ford Theatre in LA and offered a record deal before she chose to pursue acting full time. At a recent San Diego Comic Con, her character Shinigami in Nickelodeon’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was launched. Four action figures are based on characters or roles voiced by Gwendoline: Paine from FinalFantasyX2, Cato Parassiti in Clone Wars, X-Men’s Domino & Lady Deathstrike. Credits. " Graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. *To watch a clip of her one woman show click here: Gwendoline has voiced over fifty games and cartoons.
Television. She was then handpicked by Robert Duvall to star opposite him on Emmy Winning Western Broken Trail which garnered her a NAMIC Vision award nominated for best supporting actress. Autograph Signings.
Was discovered by KCRW producers playing at a Chinese New Year party and invited her to do a 30minute one woman radio show accompanying herself on the Chinese Long Zither (The gu-zheng). She was in movies The Jane Austen Book Club with Emily Blunt & Hugh Dancy, The Magic of Ordinary Days with Keri Russell & Night Skies with AJ Cook & Joe Sikora.Gwendoline Yeo immigrated from Singapore to San Francisco at eleven. The character's popularity in the series led to an offer for a series regular contract the next season. Four action figures are based on characters or roles voiced by Gwendoline: Paine from FinalFantasyX2, Cato Parassiti in Clone Wars, X-Men’s Domino & Lady Deathstrike. Gwendoline’s comedic breakthrough resulted from a very successful recurring guest star role as innocent turned naughty maid Xiao-Mei on Desperate Housewives which led to an offer for a series regular contract the next season.She recurred on critically acclaimed series American Crime, created and directed by Oscar winner John Ridley (12 Years A Slave), as Oklahoma born Sargent “Richelle” alongside a racist mother-in-law portrayed by Felicity Huffman. She has been nominated for 3 BTVA awards - Best Actress for Shinigami, Ensemble in FarCry4 and Batman Dark Knight Returns Part 2.Gwendoline designed a sold out clothing line from which proceeds benefitted the Appalachian region in Kentucky. Gwendoline is an award winning actress, musician and writer.Gwendoline got her dramatic breakthrough role starring as "Number 3" in the Emmy winning Western Broken Trail about five Chinese girls sold into prostitution in the 1800s which garnered her a NAMIC Vision award nomination for best supporting actress. Gwendoline's breakthrough was a Series Regular role on Desperate Housewives as naughty maid Xiao-Mei. She was personally selected by multiple Oscar winning Robert Duvall after a worldwide search for the role to star opposite him. She graduated from UCLA Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa and has a diploma in piano from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Graduated Summa Cum Laude from UCLA, and is a recipient of Phi Beta Kappa honors.