Sook-Yin Lee
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Sook-Yin Lee (born 1966) 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.
Known for
Credits
Shortbus (2006)
as Sofia
Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
as Kwahng-Yi
Bad Company (1995)
as Waitress
3 Needles (2005)
as Tong Xiu, the Rice Farmer's Wife
Close to You (2024)
as Emily
Mood Indigo (1993)
as Jenny
Gifted and Challenged: The Making of 'Shortbus' (2007)
as Sofia
Darkest Miriam (2025)
as Susu Leung
Green Dolphin Beat (1994)
as Mai-ling
Toronto Stories (2008)
as Willia
Boy Meets Girl (1998)
as Judy
The Art of Woo (2001)
as Alessa Woo
Jack (2013)
as Olivia Chow
Endless Cookie (2025)
as Radio Announcer
Escapades of the One Particular Mr. Noodle (1990)
as Narrator (voice)
A Fermenting Woman (2024)
as Marielle
Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
299 Queen Street West (2023)
Actor
Rest and Relax (2024)
as Multiple Roles
Whispers and Shoulders (2015)
as Specter
Five Bucks at the Door: The Story of Crocks N Rolls (2019)
Actor
Death and Sickness. (2020)
as Herself
No Tickets at the Door (—)
Actor
Boys Night (2026)
as Ed's Mom (voice)