Sook-Yin Lee
Known for Acting · 25 credits
- Place of birth
- Vancouver, Canada
Biography
Sook-Yin Lee (born 1966) is a Toronto-based filmmaker, musician, actor, and broadcaster. Her feature film writer and directorial debut, Year of the Carnivore, starring Cristin Milioti, premiered at TIFF. In 2014, Lee won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by a Lead Dramatic Actress in Jack. She wrote and performed Unsafe for Canadian Stage, which examined questions of censorship and artistic freedom. She won Best Director and Best Picture at the 2018 Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival for Octavio Is Dead! She is a music recording artist and film score composer, contributing songs to Infinity Pool and Antiviral. Sook-Yin Lee directs and co-writes the live-action movie adaptation of Chester Brown’s best-selling graphic novel Paying For It, which premiered at TIFF 2024.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (24)
Shortbus
2006
as Sofia
Bad Company
1995
as Waitress
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
2001
as Kwahng-Yi
Green Dolphin Beat
1994
as Mai-ling
3 Needles
2005
as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
Jack
2013
as Olivia Chow
Close to You
2024
as Emily
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
2007
as Sofia
Darkest Miriam
2025
as Susu Leung
Mood Indigo
1993
as Jenny
Toronto Stories
2008
as Willia
Boy Meets Girl
1998
as Judy
The Art of Woo
2001
as Alessa Woo
Endless Cookie
2025
as Radio Announcer
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
2008
as Self
299 Queen Street West
2023
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle
1990
as Narrator (voice)
A Fermenting Woman
2024
as Marielle
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
2019
No Tickets at the Door
Death and Sickness.
2020
as Herself
Boys Night
2026
as Ed's Mom (voice)
Whispers and Shoulders
2015
as Specter
Rest and Relax
2024
as Multiple Roles
About Sook-Yin Lee
Sook-Yin Lee (born 1966) is a Toronto-based filmmaker, musician, actor, and broadcaster. Her feature film writer and directorial debut, Year of the Carnivore, starring Cristin Milioti, premiered at TIFF. In 2014, Lee won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Performance by a Lead Dramatic Actress in Jack. She wrote and performed Unsafe for Canadian Stage, which examined questions of censorship and artistic freedom. She won Best Director and Best Picture at the 2018 Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival for Octavio Is Dead! She is a music recording a… With 25 credits spanning from 1990 to 2026, Sook-Yin Lee has appeared in 24 films and 1 TV show.
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Most Popular Sook-Yin Lee Movies
- Shortbus (2006) — as Sofia
- Bad Company (1995) — as Waitress
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) — as Kwahng-Yi
- Green Dolphin Beat (1994) — as Mai-ling
- 3 Needles (2005) — as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
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