Nome di nascita: N/A
Data di nascita: 1966-01-01
Luogo di nascita: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Dettagli
Nomi alternativi: Sook Yin Lee
Caratteristiche fisiche: N/A
Carriera
Prime apparizioni: - Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle (1990) come Narrator (voice)
Ruoli più importanti: - Shortbus (2006) come Sofia
- 299 Queen Street West (2023) come
- Toronto Stories (2008) come Willia
- Jack (2013) come Olivia Chow
- The Art of Woo (2001) come Alessa Woo
- Close to You (2024) come Emily
- Darkest Miriam (2025) come Susu Leung
- Mood Indigo (1993) come Jenny
- A Fermenting Woman (2024) come
- Rest and Relax (2024) come Multiple Roles
Punti salienti della carriera: - Shortbus (2006)
- 299 Queen Street West (2023)
- Toronto Stories (2008)
- Jack (2013)
- The Art of Woo (2001)
- Close to You (2024)
- Darkest Miriam (2025)
- Mood Indigo (1993)
- A Fermenting Woman (2024)
- Rest and Relax (2024)
Premi
Premi: - Nominated for 1 Genie - Best Achievement in Music - Original Score (2011)
- Nominated for 1 Gotham Independent Film Award - Best Ensemble Performance (2006)
- Nominated for 1 Platform Award (2024)
- Won Canadian Screen Award - Adapted Screenplay (2025)
- Nominated for 1 Canadian Screen Award - Achievement in Music - Original Song (2019)
- Won Canadian Screen Award - Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Dramatic Program or Mini-Series (2014)
- Won ICS Award - Best Supporting Actress (2007)
- Nominated for 1 Austrian Film Award - Best Sound Editing (Beste Tongestaltung) (2022)
- Nominated for 1 WIFF Prize in Canadian Film (2024)
- Nominated for 1 Golden Duke - International Competition (2010)
- Won Audience Choice - Best Feature Fiction (2025)
Biografia completa
Sook-Yin Lee 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.
