Yo Ying

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Role

Director | Writer | Actress

Yo Ying

Biography

Yo Ying is a multilingual actress, writer, & designer who relies on caustic wit & espresso to function. She's lived in Italy as a fashion designer, then to New York University Tisch to study dramatic arts, & has finally landed in Los Angeles for film. Born to immigrant parents, she has one foot on each side of the cultural divide - & perfect straight A's. She is the lead performer for Lionsgate's "Now You See Me Live!" Bilingual World Tour along with Harper's Bazaar Shanghai. Most recently, Yo Ying just wrapped as the lead on Full Moon Feature's "Weedjies: Halloweed Night" (Creators of "Ghoulies"), Kevin Hart's LOL Network, & Khloe Kardashian's "Twisted Sisters". You can also catch her on NBC "The Today Show", Telemundos, Love of the Gram, I.D. Discovery's "Twisted Sisters". "Hiraeth Beckons Me" & "A Woman's Touch", which Yoying wrote, produced, & starred in, won "Best Actress" at the Trojan Film Festival. Yo Ying is the director of Sonderlust Cinema, a global media business company based in Asia & Hollywood. The company focuses on financing, developing, producing, and distributing content for film/TV. The primary goal in the creation of Sonderlust Cinema is to create more opportunity for BIPOC/LGBTQ artists. She was a top finalist on The Voice of China & Supergirl. She has performed on the same stage with global Asian stars such as Wang Feng, Joey Yung, Qi Qing, & Fei Yu Qing for audiences over 28,000 people. Her viral Social Experiments & Comedic Sketches have received over 50 Million views total.