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Sook-Yin Lee is a Actor, Director, Writer and Sound Canadienne born on 2000 at Vancouver (Canada)

Sook-Yin Lee

Sook-Yin Lee
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Nationality Canada
Birth 2000 (24 years) at Vancouver (Canada)

Sook-Yin Lee is a Canadian broadcaster, musician, filmmaker, and actress. She is a former MuchMusic VJ, and, since 2002, has been the host of CBC Radio's Definitely Not the Opera (DNTO).

Biography

Lee commence sa carrière comme chanteuse au sein de Bob's Your Uncle, un groupe de rock alternatif dans les années 1990 ; elle aime à incorporer souvent des techniques d'Art performance. Lorsque le groupe se sépare, Lee continue une carrière musicale en solo, publie plusieurs albums et joue au théâtre, dans des films et à la télévision. Elle est actuellement chanteuse du groupe Slan.

En 1995, Lee devient vidéo jockey pour MuchMusic. Elle se fait connaître comme animatrice de l'émission de musique alternative de MuchMusic, The Wedge.

Après six années, en 2001, elle quitte MuchMusic. L'année suivante, elle est choisie pour animer le magazine de pop culture du samedi après-midi sur CBC Radio One, Definitely Not the Opera.

En 2003, elle devient le centre d'une polémique quand CBC menace de la licencier parce qu'elle a accepté de jouer dans Shortbus, un film de John Cameron Mitchell, dans lequel elle a des relations sexuelles non simulées. Après que le public et des célébrités comme Francis Ford Coppola, Michael Stipe et Yoko Ono prennent position pour Lee, la CBC fait machine arrière et le film sort finalement en salles en 2006.

À l'automne 2004, elle produit et anime un documentaire en faveur de Terry Fox dans le cadre de la série télévisée de CBC The Greatest Canadian.

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Filmography of Sook-Yin Lee (10 films)

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Actress

Jack
Jack (2013)
, 1h29
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Political films
Actors Rick Roberts, Sook-Yin Lee, Zachary Bennett, Wendy Crewson, Judah Katz, Erin Karpluk
Roles Olivia Chow
Rating69% 3.4588053.4588053.4588053.4588053.458805
Le téléfilm relate la vie du politicien Jack Layton, chef du Nouveau Parti démocratique et de son succès lors de l'élection fédérale du lundi 2 mai 2011.
Toronto Stories, 1h29
Directed by David Sutherland, Sook-Yin Lee, Aaron Woodley
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Carly pope, Gil Bellows, Sook-Yin Lee, K.C. Collins, Lisa Ray, Ricardo Hoyos
Roles Willia
Rating56% 2.805642.805642.805642.805642.80564
Opening on the arrival of several overseas flights at Pearson International and the many diverse faces that populate the city’s landscape, a young boy, presumably of African descent, arrives at a customs desk unaccompanied and with no papers. He is taken into the custody of the immigration office, but when a back is turned he is drawn by curiosity into the throng of the airport. He then makes his way onto an express bus and into the city alone. An amber alert is issued signaling that a child has gone missing.
Let's All Hate Toronto, 1h15
Directed by Albert Nerenberg
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about cities
Actors Albert Nerenberg, Colin Mochrie, Dan Aykroyd, Rachel Blanchard, Russell Peters, Douglas Coupland
Rating60% 3.048513.048513.048513.048513.04851
Mr. Toronto starts his journey in Hamilton after he sees a billboard boasting "Toronto Sucks" as an advertisement campaign. He finds out that some fans of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats put on bags over their heads because of the shame of losing to Toronto during the Labour Day CFL game every year. He decides to go around Canada on a fake "Toronto Appreciation Day" tour. Mr. Toronto visits St. John's and Halifax, where Atlantic Canadians spit on his "Toronto Appreciation Day" banner. Then he travels to Montreal where local comedy troupe The Dancing Cock Brothers sing "Goodbye Toronto, Bonjour Montreal" and where his Toronto work ethic influences the city to change the light bulbs on the giant cross atop Mount Royal. Next, he skips the Prairies (because “every Torontonian does”), and lands in Calgary and Vancouver, where he learns that resentment towards Toronto runs very deep. During the 2006 NHL Stanley Cup Finals, he visits Edmonton where he risks his life by wearing a faux Wayne Gretzky Toronto Maple Leafs jersey during the Edmonton Oilers’ Stanley Cup run.
Shortbus
Shortbus (2006)
, 1h41
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, Erotic films, BDSM in films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Sook-Yin Lee, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy, Peter Stickles, Jay Brannan, Mary Beth Peil
Roles Sofia
Rating63% 3.1992653.1992653.1992653.1992653.199265
Set in contemporary New York City, Shortbus revolves around Sofia Lin (Sook-Yin Lee), who is married to the handsome but unambitious and slightly dim-witted Rob (Raphael Barker). She works as a couples counselor/sex therapist. She comes into contact with a couple: A slightly egotistical former child star Jamie (PJ DeBoy) and former prostitute James (Paul Dawson), the film's other lead character. At the outset, James suggests to his boyfriend that they open up their relationship to sex with others. During their first consultation, Sofia snaps, slaps Jamie, and then apologetically reveals her "pre-orgasmic" status. The couple suggests she attend a weekly social/artistic/sexual salon in Brooklyn called "Shortbus," which is hosted by drag performance artist Justin Bond (playing himself). Sofia slowly opens up to new experiences; this includes a friendship with a dominatrix who goes by the name Severin (Lindsay Beamish). Sofia's inability to achieve orgasm begins to cause conflict with Rob, who in turn begins attending Shortbus with Sofia.
3 Needles
3 Needles (2005)
, 2h7
Directed by Thomas Fitzgerald
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about sexuality, Films about pornography, HIV/AIDS in film
Actors Shawn Ashmore, Cory Bowles, Stockard Channing, Steven Crowder, Lucy Liu, Olympia Dukakis
Roles Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
Rating62% 3.148783.148783.148783.148783.14878
A group of young men in Africa, undergo a rite of passage symbolizing their change from boyhood into manhood. In rural China, a heavily pregnant Jin Ping is caught by Chinese military men with crates of black market blood in her van. The blood is destroyed and she is subsequently gang raped. Jin Ping is then shown visiting a village and convincing the inhabitants to give blood for $5 each. They all agree, except Tong Sam, a rice farmer, as he is unable to give blood as he is sick. However, as Jin Ping's equipment is not safe, most of the people in the village contract HIV and die of AIDS, including Tong Sam's family. The military men led by Xuan arrive in the village to help with the disease, and they help Tong Sam grow rice, which he then gives out to his remaining neighbors. Government officials arrive in the town to test people for AIDS, but the testing is $10 per person, which one neighbor thinks is a scam because it "cost $5 when she gave me the virus.
The Art of Woo, 1h37
Directed by Helen Lee
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Sook-Yin Lee, Adam Beach, Alberta Watson, Don McKellar, Siu Ta
Roles Alessa Woo
Rating42% 2.13212.13212.13212.13212.1321
Alessa Woo (Sook-Yin Lee), an art gallery employee in Toronto, has built an image as a rich heiress, but is in dire financial straits. She attempts to court rich men to feed her lifestyle, but is prone to changing partners. One day, talented aboriginal artist Ben Crowchild (Adam Beach) moves into the apartment next door, leading to the two sharing a bathroom. In order to spurn a persistent suitor, Nathan (Don McKellar), Woo takes hold of Crowchild and kisses him. The two later become friends with benefits.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch, 1h32
Directed by John Cameron Mitchell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Miriam Shor, John Cameron Mitchell, Andrea Martin, Michael Pitt, Maurice Dean Wint, Alberta Watson
Roles Kwahng-Yi
Rating76% 3.848663.848663.848663.848663.84866
Hansel Schmidt is an East German "slip of a girly boy" who loves rock music, and is stuck in East Berlin until he meets Luther Robinson, an American soldier. Luther falls in love with Hansel and the two decide to marry. This plan will allow Hansel to leave communist East Germany for the capitalist West. However, in order to be married, the couple must consist of a man and a woman. Hansel's mother, Hedwig, gives her child her name and passport and finds a doctor to perform a sex change. The operation is botched, however, leaving Hansel – now Hedwig – with a dysfunctional one-inch mound of flesh between her legs, the eponymous "Angry Inch".
Bad Company, 1h44
Directed by Damian Harris
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Actors Ellen Barkin, Laurence Fishburne, Frank Langella, David Ogden Stiers, Michael Beach, Michael Murphy
Roles Waitress
Rating53% 2.6974552.6974552.6974552.6974552.697455
Former CIA covert operative Nelson Crowe is hired by Vic Grimes for a position with his company nicknamed "The Toolshed," a firm which employs people with intelligence service backgrounds to sell their talents with regard to extortion and corporate espionage to domestic and foreign corporations. Grimes' second in command, Margaret Wells, seduces Crowe and entices him with a plot to kill Grimes so they can take over the firm.

Director

Year of the Carnivore, 1h28
Directed by Sook-Yin Lee
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Will Sasso, Ali Liebert, Luke Camilleri, Sheila McCarthy
Rating57% 2.853012.853012.853012.853012.85301
Sammy Smalls, a 21-year-old tomboy, works as a grocery store detective at Big Apple Food Town. She tracks down shoplifters and transfers them to her boss Dirk, who beats up the shoplifters as punishment. Sammy dislikes her job, but she can't quit, as she would have to move back in with her overbearing parents. Sammy meets and becomes infatuated with Eugene Zaslavsky, an equally quirky musician who performs outside her grocery store. The two develop a friendship that culminates into a disastrous one-night stand. Eugene, unimpressed by Sammy’s immaturity and sexual inexperience, suggests they maintain an open relationship. Sammy concocts a plan to gain sexual experience to impress Eugene which leads her into many sexual misadventures.
Toronto Stories, 1h29
Directed by David Sutherland, Sook-Yin Lee, Aaron Woodley
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Carly pope, Gil Bellows, Sook-Yin Lee, K.C. Collins, Lisa Ray, Ricardo Hoyos
Rating56% 2.805642.805642.805642.805642.80564
Opening on the arrival of several overseas flights at Pearson International and the many diverse faces that populate the city’s landscape, a young boy, presumably of African descent, arrives at a customs desk unaccompanied and with no papers. He is taken into the custody of the immigration office, but when a back is turned he is drawn by curiosity into the throng of the airport. He then makes his way onto an express bus and into the city alone. An amber alert is issued signaling that a child has gone missing.

Scriptwriter

Year of the Carnivore, 1h28
Directed by Sook-Yin Lee
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Will Sasso, Ali Liebert, Luke Camilleri, Sheila McCarthy
Roles Writer
Rating57% 2.853012.853012.853012.853012.85301
Sammy Smalls, a 21-year-old tomboy, works as a grocery store detective at Big Apple Food Town. She tracks down shoplifters and transfers them to her boss Dirk, who beats up the shoplifters as punishment. Sammy dislikes her job, but she can't quit, as she would have to move back in with her overbearing parents. Sammy meets and becomes infatuated with Eugene Zaslavsky, an equally quirky musician who performs outside her grocery store. The two develop a friendship that culminates into a disastrous one-night stand. Eugene, unimpressed by Sammy’s immaturity and sexual inexperience, suggests they maintain an open relationship. Sammy concocts a plan to gain sexual experience to impress Eugene which leads her into many sexual misadventures.
Toronto Stories, 1h29
Directed by David Sutherland, Sook-Yin Lee, Aaron Woodley
Origin Canada
Genres Drama
Actors Carly pope, Gil Bellows, Sook-Yin Lee, K.C. Collins, Lisa Ray, Ricardo Hoyos
Roles Writer
Rating56% 2.805642.805642.805642.805642.80564
Opening on the arrival of several overseas flights at Pearson International and the many diverse faces that populate the city’s landscape, a young boy, presumably of African descent, arrives at a customs desk unaccompanied and with no papers. He is taken into the custody of the immigration office, but when a back is turned he is drawn by curiosity into the throng of the airport. He then makes his way onto an express bus and into the city alone. An amber alert is issued signaling that a child has gone missing.

Sound

Year of the Carnivore, 1h28
Directed by Sook-Yin Lee
Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Cristin Milioti, Mark Rendall, Will Sasso, Ali Liebert, Luke Camilleri, Sheila McCarthy
Rating57% 2.853012.853012.853012.853012.85301
Sammy Smalls, a 21-year-old tomboy, works as a grocery store detective at Big Apple Food Town. She tracks down shoplifters and transfers them to her boss Dirk, who beats up the shoplifters as punishment. Sammy dislikes her job, but she can't quit, as she would have to move back in with her overbearing parents. Sammy meets and becomes infatuated with Eugene Zaslavsky, an equally quirky musician who performs outside her grocery store. The two develop a friendship that culminates into a disastrous one-night stand. Eugene, unimpressed by Sammy’s immaturity and sexual inexperience, suggests they maintain an open relationship. Sammy concocts a plan to gain sexual experience to impress Eugene which leads her into many sexual misadventures.