Neo Swee Lin (; ) is a Singaporean actress who has appeared in several Asian films and theatres, notably in TV films and drama since the 1990s.

Early life

Born in Singapore, Neo Swee Lin has a law degree from

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and trained at the

Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland ( gd, Conservatoire Rìoghail na h-Alba), formerly the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama ( gd, Acadamaidh Rìoghail Ciùil is Dràma na h-Alba) is a conservatoire of dance, drama, music, production, and ...

Theatre Works

Neo Swee Lin had appeared in over 40 theatre 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/妈妈的箱子 (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)'' * ''The Morning People (2020)'' * ''Romeo & Juliet (2020)'' * ''First Light (2020)'' * ''Homesick (2021)'' * ''Crazy Christmas (2021)''

Local TV and Film Works

Her local TV and film work included: Where Got Problem, Random Acts, Really Something,

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(1997 - 2007), Drive: Life and Death, The Celebration and Cut.

International Works

Her 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,

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, 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 got married on 12 August 1992.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neo, Swee Lin Singaporean actresses Singaporean people of Chinese descent Singaporean stage actresses Singaporean television actresses Singaporean film actresses Living people Year of birth missing (living people)