Yeo Yann Yann is a Malaysian actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. She portrays the main character of Christine Wang in Disney+'s original series American Born Chinese.
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Yann Yann is a multi-award-winning actress from Malaysia, who won Best Leading Actress at the 56th Golden Horse Awards for her starring role in the feature "Wet Season." In the film, Yann Yann plays a lonely teacher who forms a special bond with her student who has been abandoned by his parents. She became a household name in Asia when her film "Ilo Ilo" won the Caméra d'Or award, at the Festival de Cannes that year. Subsequently, she won Best Supporting Actress at the 50th Golden Horse Awards and took home the same prize at the 8th Asia Film Awards for her role as a pregnant mother fighting for the love of her son with his nanny. Her very nuanced performance also won her Best Actress at numerous international film festivals including India, Vladivostok, and Dubai. She began her career in theater and has been acting since her early 20s, winning many theatre awards along the way. She has also starred in many television shows and is a two-time Asian Television Awards Best Actress nominee. Yann Yann received her first Best Actress nomination at the 2020 International Emmy Awards for her powerful performance as a mother of an autistic child, in the HBO series "Invisible Stories," for which she also won the Best Actress Award at the 2020 Asian Film and Television Creative Awards. Most recently, in 2023, Yann Yann was nominated for Best Supporting Actress by the Indian Critics Choice Short Series Awards and Best Actress (Drama) at the Indian Filmfare OTT Awards for her role in Amazon Prime’s "Modern Love, Mumbai," based on stories from the New York Times. In the anthology series, she speaks entirely in Hindi. Next up for Yann Yann is Gareth Evan’s latest action feature "Havoc" for Netflix opposite Tom Hardy and Forest Whitaker. In the Disney+ Original series "American Born Chinese," she stars as Jin’s mom Christine Wang, a strong-willed, opinionated mother and wife with a sly wit, who loves her family deeply.
In February 2022, it was reported that Yann Yann along with, Michelle Yeoh, Ben Wang, Chin Han, Daniel Wu, Ke Huy Quan, Jim Liu, and Sydney Taylor were cast in starring roles for the aforementioned series.[1].
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Yeo Yann Yann on the Internet Movie Database
Yeo Yann Yann on Wikipedia
Yeo Yann Yann (@yeoyannyann) on Instagram
