Gwendoline Yeo

Gwendoline See-Hian Yeo (simplified Chinese: 杨时贤; traditional Chinese: 楊時賢; Yáng Shíxián) born July 10, 1977) is an American actress, voice actress, writer and musician best known for her role as Xiao-Mei in Desperate Housewives, Sun Foy in the film Broken Trail (for which she was nominated for a Best Actress NAMIC Vision Award) and as the voice of Shinigami in Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Career
Yeo starred opposite Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church in the Emmy Award-winning Western Broken Trail as Sun Foy (also known as "number three"), a Chinese girl sold into prostitution in the 1800s. After a worldwide search, Duvall personally selected her to star opposite him in the role. Her performance in the film earned her critical acclaim and a NAMIC Vision Award nomination for Best Actress in 2007.

In the independent film Heathens and Thieves, Yeo played Kun Hua, a role that garnered her Best Actress Awards at both the WorldFest Houston International Film Festival and the Iowa Film Festival.

Yeo also starred in the Emmy Award-nominated Amazon original special, American Girl: Ivy & Julie.

Other notable film roles include Dr. Samantha Yep in The Jane Austen Book Club with Emily Blunt and Hugh Dancy, June in Night Skies, and The Magic of Ordinary Days with Keri Russell.

Yeo is perhaps best known for her recurring guest star role as Xiao-Mei, the Chinese maid of Gabrielle (Eva Longoria) and Carlos (Ricardo Antonio Chavira) in Desperate Housewives. The character's popularity in the series led to an offer for a series regular contract the next season.

She also had a recurring role as the Oklahoma-born Sargent Richelle (opposite Felicity Huffman in the critically acclaimed series American Crime, played Kelly Lee on General Hospital and has also guested on other popular shows such as NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Castle, The Mentalist, and Chuck.

Yeo is a prominent voice artist in several animated series, films, video games, and commercials, and has multiple action figures based on her characters.

Her character Shinigami, from Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, was officially launched during San Diego Comic-Con to a huge crowd of fans. She has voiced several other popular animated characters including Cato Parassiti in Star Wars: The Clone Wars, Domino in Wolverine and the X-Men, Li Mei in The Invincible Iron Man, Lola Chong in Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Gramma on Stitch!, Mercy Graves in The Batman and Li-en in Zatch Bell!. She has also guest-starred on Phineas and Ferb, Kim Possible and What's New, Scooby Doo?.

In video games, Yeo is best known as Paine in Final Fantasy X-2 and Kingdom Hearts II. She was also the female lead in SOCOM 4 U.S. Navy SEALs as the character Forty-Five. Other notable video game credits include Lady Deathstrike in X-Men: Next Dimension, Yuma in Far Cry 4, and Four-Eyes in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.

TV Series

 * Nowhere Man (2019) - Bai Lan

Films

 * The Yin-Yang Master: Dream of Eternity (2020) - Empress

Anime

 * Astro Boy (2003) - Additional Voices
 * Ninja Scroll: The Series (2003) - Ubume, Nubatama (ep. 3)
 * Zatch Bell! (2003-2006) - Li-en
 * Blue Dragon (2007-2008) - Homeron (ep. 17)
 * Stitch! (2008-2011) - Grandma, Lilo Pelekai (ep. 78)
 * Wolverine (2011) - Mariko Yashida
 * X-Men (2011) - Yui Sasaki
 * Yasuke (2021) - Ichika, Additional Voices

Video Game Dubbing

 * Kingdom Hearts II (2006) - Paine