Pamelyn Chee

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In this Chinese name, the family name is Chee.
Pamelyn Chee
Born (1984-03-13) 13 March 1984 (age 40)
Singapore
NationalitySingaporean
EducationVictoria Junior College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • photographer
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese齊騛
Simplified Chinese齐騛
Hanyu PinyinQǐ Fēi

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

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

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2007 The Princess of Nebraska
2008 Pulau Hantu June
2015 3688 Teresa
Prescient Anna / Emma
2016 The Faith of Anna Waters May Wong
2017 Beyond Skyline Kanya
2019 Interface Operator 749 Short film
2021 Boogie Mrs. Chin

Television series

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2008 The Little Nyonya Libby
Beach.Ball.Babes
2009 Together Wang Yanxia
Your Hand in Mine Ah Bing
2010 Point of Entry Vivian De Cruz Guest [4]
Unriddle Cynthia
The Pupil Pam Tay Guest
2011 Point of Entry 2 Vivian De Cruz
Perfect Deception
A Song to Remember Su Yingying
2012 Point of Entry 3 Vivian De Cruz
Beyond Shen Meichen
The Quarters Tao Hualing
2013 Serangoon Road Su Ling HBO Asia [5][6]
2014 Grace HBO Asia [6][7]
2015 2025 Elizabeth Pang
2016 Stitchers Mei Ling S2 Ep.6

References

  1. ^ "Seven Series [Actresses]: Pamelyn Chee". Sinema.SG. 17 November 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  2. ^ Frater, Patrick (7 March 2014). "'Grace' Horror Series Underway at HBO Asia". Variety. Retrieved 25 August 2024.
  3. ^ "My Beauty Wardrobe: Pamelyn Chee". MY LITTLE BAKERINA. 11 August 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  4. ^ "Pamelyn Chee: I'm three parts boy, one part woman". xin.msn.com. 1 December 2010. Archived from the original on 4 December 2010. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  5. ^ "5 questions with Pamelyn Chee". Today. MediaCorp Press. 11 October 2013.
  6. ^ a b "Roll the credit". South China Morning Post. 11 October 2014. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  7. ^ Frater, Patrick (2 September 2014). "HBO Asia Finalizes Multi-Platform Launch for 'Grace'". Variety. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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