Winifred Neo Swee Lin (born 15 February 1963) is a Singaporean actress who has appeared in several Asian media productions and theatrical works since the 1980s.
Early life Born in Singapore, Neo Swee Lin has a law degree from National University of Singapore and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.
Career Neo's 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, Lim Kay Siu, 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 married on 12 August 1992.
In 2026, they were both charged with taking part in a public assembly.
The two streams regularly in Twitch together under the username TheNeoKELELims.
Filmography Film and television YearTitleRoleNotesRef199712 StoreysRachel1998The Teenage Textbook Movie1999Anna and the KingLady Jao Jom Manda Ung 2007Katong FugueShort filmJust Follow LawNRT Representative2008Kallang Roar the Movie2009The Blue Mansion Wee Pei Shan2010Phua Chu Kang The MoviePhua Ah Ma2015My Autograph BookSu MinShort film2018You Mean the World to MeCheng2019RepossessionSister Agnes 2023Tomorrow Is a Long TimeWan
Her other works included: Where Got Problem? (1999), Random Acts, Really Something, Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd (1997–2007), Drive: Life and Death, The Celebration and Cut and My Grandson, the Doctor (1996-1997).
Theatre Neo has appeared in more than 40 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 (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) Work/Home Balance (2020; online) The Morning People (2020) Romeo & Juliet (2020) First Light (2020) Homesick (2021) Crazy Christmas (2021) Doubt: A Parable (2023) Tender Submission (2023)
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