Neo Swee Lin

In this Chinese name, the family name is Neo.

Neo Swee Lin (born 15 February 1963)^[a] is a Singaporean actress who has appeared in several Asian media productions and theatrical works since the 1980s.

Neo Swee Lin
Neo in 2025
Born	(1963-02-15) 15 February 1963 (age 62)[a] Colony of Singapore
Nationality	Singaporean
Education	CHIJ Katong Convent[1]
Alma mater	National University of Singapore Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Occupations	Actress singer
Years active	1986–present
Height	1.52 m (5 ft 0 in)[2]
Spouse	Lim Kay Siu ​ (m. 1992)​
Musical career
Instruments	Vocals ukulele
Member of	TheNeoKELELims
Chinese name
Chinese	梁瑞玲
Hanyu Pinyin	Liáng Ruìlíng

Early life

Born in Singapore, Neo Swee Lin has a law degree from National University of Singapore^[4] and trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.^[5]

Career

Neo's international film and theatre work includes: Takeaway, The Letter (Lyric Hammersmith), Mail Order Bride (West Yorkshire Playhouse),^[6] 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.^[7] The two would act as a married couple four years later on the play, The Moon is Less Bright.^[7] They married on 12 August 1992.^[8]

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		[9]
2007	Katong Fugue		Short film	[10]
	Just Follow Law	NRT Representative
2008	Kallang Roar the Movie
2009	The Blue Mansion	Wee Pei Shan		[11]
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:

• Dragon's Teeth Gate (1986)^[7]
• Three Children (1987)
• Three Children (1988)
• M. Butterfly (1989)
• The Moon is Less Bright (1990)^[7]
• 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)^[12]
• The Morning People (2020)
• Romeo & Juliet (2020)
• First Light (2020)
• Homesick (2021)
• Crazy Christmas (2021)
• Doubt: A Parable (2023)^[13]
• Tender Submission (2023)^[14]