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.

Early 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.

Career

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.

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. 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.

Filmography

Film and television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1996-1997My Grandson, the DoctorDr. Liu Su Min
1997-2001, 2007Phua Chu Kang Pte LtdPhua Ah MaAppears in Seasons 1 to 4 and return again in Season 8
199712 StoreysRachel
1998The Teenage Textbook MovieMui Ee's Mother
1999Anna and the KingLady Jao Jom Manda Ung
Where Got Problem?Ng Bee Choo
2007Katong FugueShort film
Just Follow LawNRT Representative1 and only movie directed by Jack Neo
2008Kallang Roar the Movie
2009The Blue MansionWee Pei Shan
2010Phua Chu Kang The MoviePhua Ah MaReprise her role from Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
2015My Autograph BookSu MinShort film
2018You Mean the World to MeCheng
2019RepossessionSister Agnes
2023Tomorrow Is a Long TimeWan

Theatre

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)

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