Sook-Yin Lee
Known For
Acting
Born
in 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.
Most Known For
Sliders
as Pat
Shortbus
as Sofia
Jack
as Olivia Chow
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
as Kwahng-Yi
Endless Cookie
as Radio Announcer
Bad Company
as Waitress
3 Needles
as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
Darkest Miriam
as Susu Leung
Close to You
as Emily
Mood Indigo
as Jenny
Green Dolphin Beat
as Mai-ling
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus'
as Sofia
Boy Meets Girl
as Judy
Toronto Stories
as Willia
The Art of Woo
as Alessa Woo
Rest and Relax
as Multiple Roles
A Fermenting Woman
as Marielle
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls
299 Queen Street West
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band
as Self