Sook-Yin Lee

Born in Vancouver in 1966, Sook-Yin Lee is a Canadian multimedia artist, actress, film director, musician, and broadcaster. She began as a MuchMusic VJ in 1995, hosting the alternative music show The Wedge, and later became the host of CBC Radio One's Definitely Not the Opera in 2002. On screen, she played a small part in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) and appeared in 3 Needles (2005). For Shortbus (2006), she received a best supporting actress award from the International Cinephile Society in 2007. She won a 2014 Canadian Screen Award for playing Olivia Chow in Jack. As a director, she debuted with the short Escapades of One Particular Mr. Noodle in 1990, and her first feature, Year of the Carnivore, premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009.