Pamelyn Chee

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Pamelyn Chee
Born (1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 40)
Nationality Singaporean
Education Victoria Junior College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • photographer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 齊騛
Simplified Chinese 齐騛
Hanyu Pinyin Qǐ Fēi

Pamelyn Chee (born 13 March 1984) is a Singaporean actress and photographer.

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Early life

Chee graduated from Victoria Junior College's theatre studies and drama programme. After completing her studies, she began a career in theatre and appeared in a number of local television series before quitting a local law school. [1]

Career

Chee was discovered on YouTube by Heidi Levitt for Wayne Wang's TIFF feature Princess of Nebraska. Besides English, Chee also speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese, and travels between Asia and the United States for work.

Chee played the titular role in HBO Asia's Grace, headlining the show with Russell Wong. This show was nominated for 8 awards at the Asian Television Awards. [2]

She also starred alongside Joan Chen and Chin Han, Don Hany, and Michael Dorman in HBO Asia's Serangoon Road. The show was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Television Drama Series in Australia.

In 2021, she appeared in Eddie Huang's Boogie by Focus Features. She was also in the feature sequel Beyond Skyline, alongside Frank Grillo and Iko Uwais. She also guest-starred on Freeform's Stitchers.

Chee is also a photographer for Getty Images and is based in Los Angeles. [3]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2007 The Princess of Nebraska
2008Pulau HantuJune
2015 3688 Teresa
PrescientAnna / Emma
2016 The Faith of Anna Waters May Wong
2017 Beyond Skyline Kanya
2019InterfaceOperator 749Short film
2021 Boogie Mrs. Chin

Television series

YearTitleRoleNotesRef.
2008 The Little Nyonya Libby
Beach.Ball.Babes
2009 Together Wang Yanxia
Your Hand in Mine Ah Bing
2010 Point of Entry Vivian De CruzGuest [4]
Unriddle Cynthia
The Pupil Pam TayGuest
2011Point of Entry 2Vivian De Cruz
Perfect Deception
A Song to Remember Su Yingying
2012Point of Entry 3Vivian De Cruz
Beyond Shen Meichen
The Quarters Tao Hualing
2013 Serangoon Road Su Ling HBO Asia [5] [6]
2014Grace HBO Asia [6] [7]
20152025Elizabeth Pang
2016 Stitchers Mei LingS2 Ep.6

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