Neo Swee Lin

Neo Swee Lin
Neo in 2025
Born
Winifred Neo Swee Lin

(1963-02-15) 15 February 1963 (age 63)
Colony of Singapore
EducationCHIJ Katong Convent
Alma mater
Occupations
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1986–present
Height1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)
Spouse
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(m. 1992)​
Musical career
Instruments
Member ofTheNeoKELELims
Chinese name
Chinese梁瑞玲
Hanyu PinyinLiáng Ruìlíng

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

Year Title Role Notes Ref
1997 12 Storeys Rachel
1998 The Teenage Textbook Movie
1999 Anna and the King Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung
2007 Katong Fugue Short film
Just Follow Law NRT Representative
2008 Kallang Roar the Movie
2009 The Blue Mansion Wee Pei Shan
2010 Phua Chu Kang The Movie Phua Ah Ma
2015 My Autograph Book Su Min Short film
2018 You Mean the World to Me Cheng
2019 Repossession Sister Agnes
2023 Tomorrow Is a Long Time Wan

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:

References

  1. 1 2 Neo was reported as being 35 years old in a Straits Times article dated 16 November 1998.
  1. ↑ Said, Nabilah (11 November 2014). "The Way We Go: A Singaporean play on finding love late in life". The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  2. ↑ Lim, Charmaine (22 May 2023). "Pangdemonium play Doubt: A Parable challenges height differences and personal doubt". The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "Speak Mandarin? Got problem". The Straits Times. No. 12. 16 November 1998. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ "Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama". HeraldScotland. July 1994. Archived from the original on 8 January 2022. Retrieved 8 January 2022.
  6. ↑ "Production of Mail Order Bride | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com. Archived from the original on 12 August 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
  7. 1 2 3 4 "STUDYING DRAMA". The New Paper. 29 August 1992. p. 30. Retrieved 29 September 2022 – via NewspaperSG.
  8. ↑ "Kay Siu marries actress". The New Paper. 13 August 1992. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "6 charged over public assemblies including Phua Chu Kang actors Lim Kay Siu and Neo Swee Lin". CNA. Retrieved 28 September 2026.
  10. ↑ TheNeoKELELims - Twitch. Retrieved 19 September 2025 – via www.twitch.tv.
  11. ↑ Anne, Sue. "Neo Swee Lin". www.sifa.sg. Archived from the original on 27 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  12. ↑ "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.
  13. ↑ Loh, Genevieve (23 October 2009). "True Blue". TODAY. Singapore. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Ong, Sor Fern (29 May 2020). "Monologues marred by uneven performances, bad writing". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  15. ↑ Hoo, Shawn (4 June 2023). "Theatre review: Pangdemonium's Doubt is a parable of ambiguity for #MeToo age". The Straits Times. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  16. ↑ Hoo, Shawn (18 August 2023). "Theatre review: Stellar acting in Tender Submission, but it preaches to the choir". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 17 September 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.