Neo Swee Lin

Neo Swee Lin
Neo Swee Lin
梁瑞玲
Born	Colony of Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Alma mater	National University of Singapore ; Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Occupation	Actor
Spouse	Lim Kay Siu (m. 1992)
Chinese name
Chinese	梁瑞玲
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liáng Ruìlíng

Neo Swee Lin (Chinese: 梁瑞玲; pinyin: Liáng Ruìlíng; ) 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 National University of Singapore^[1] and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.^[2]

Theatre Works

Neo Swee Lin had appeared in over 40 theatre plays which included:

Dragon's Teeth Gate (1986)^[3]
Three Children (1987)
Three Children (1988)
M. Butterfly (1989)
The Moon is Less Bright (1990)^[3]
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

Film
Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref
1988	The Teenage Textbook Movie
1997	12 Storeys	Rachel
1999	Anna and the King			^[4]
2007	Katong Fugue		Short film	^[5]
2008	Kallang Roar the Movie
2009	The Blue Mansion	Wee Pei Shan		^[6]
2010	Phua Chu Kang The Movie	Ah Ma

Her local TV and film work included: Where Got Problem, Random Acts, Really Something, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd (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),^[7] 3 Japanese Women (Cockpit Theatre) and Trishaw.

Personal life

Neo first met her husband, Lim Kay Siu, a veteran theatre actor, on her first theatre play, Dragon's Teeth Gate in 1986.^[3] The two would act as a married couple four years later on the play, The Moon is Less Bright.^[3] They got married on 12 August 1992.^[8]

References

^ Amri, Khairul (20 February 2014). ""There will always be the [preachers] who think their way is the only way": Interview with Neo Swee Lin from the House of Bernarda Alba". Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ "Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama". HeraldScotland. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "STUDYING DRAMA". The New Paper. 29 August 1992. p. 30. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
^ Anne, Sue. "Neo Swee Lin". www.sifa.sg. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
^ "Objectifs' Now Showing exhibition: Showcasing the best of Southeast Asian short films". Experience Singapore's arts and culture with #SGCultureAnywhere. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
^ Loh, Genevieve (23 October 2009). "True Blue". TODAY. Singapore. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
^ "Production of Mail Order Bride | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
^ "Kay Siu marries actress". The New Paper. 13 August 1992. p. 9.

External links

Neo Swee Lin at IMDb

[1] Amri, Khairul (20 February 2014). ""There will always be the [preachers] who think their way is the only way": Interview with Neo Swee Lin from the House of Bernarda Alba". Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[2] "Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama". HeraldScotland. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.

[:0-3] "STUDYING DRAMA". The New Paper. 29 August 1992. p. 30. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via NewspaperSG.

[4] Anne, Sue. "Neo Swee Lin". www.sifa.sg. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.

[5] "Objectifs' Now Showing exhibition: Showcasing the best of Southeast Asian short films". Experience Singapore's arts and culture with #SGCultureAnywhere. 12 August 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.

[6] Loh, Genevieve (23 October 2009). "True Blue". TODAY. Singapore. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

[7] "Production of Mail Order Bride | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.

[8] "Kay Siu marries actress". The New Paper. 13 August 1992. p. 9.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]