Neo Swee Lin

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Neo Swee Lin
Born1962or1963(age 61–62) [a]
Nationality Singaporean
Education CHIJ Katong Convent [1]
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1986–present
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in) [2]
Spouse
(m. 1992)
Musical career
Instruments
Member ofTheNeoKELELims
Chinese name
Chinese 梁瑞玲
Hanyu Pinyin Liáng Ruìlíng

Neo Swee Lin (born 1962 or 1963) [a] is a Singaporean actress who has appeared in several Asian media productions and theatrical works since the 1980s.

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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]

Filmography

Film and television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
1998 The Teenage Textbook Movie
1997 12 Storeys Rachel
1999 Anna and the King Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung [9]
2007Katong FugueShort film [10]
Just Follow Law NRT Representative
2008 Kallang Roar the Movie
2009 The Blue Mansion Wee Pei Shan [11]
2010 Phua Chu Kang The Movie Phua Ah Ma
2015My Autograph BookSu MinShort film
2018 You Mean the World to Me Cheng
2019RepossessionSister 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:

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