Charlyne Yi

Charlyne Yi
Yi in San Diego, CA, July 2009
Born Charlyne Amanda Yi
(1986-01-04) January 4, 1986
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actress, comedian, musician, writer
Years active 2006–present

Charlyne Amanda Yi[1][2] (born January 4,[2] 1986[3][4] or 1987[5][6]) is an American actress, comedian, musician and writer. Her performances include music, magic, games, and often audience participation.[7]

Her screenwriting debut, the feature film Paper Heart, won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. She is also known for her role as Dr. Chi Park on the Fox medical drama House, the voice of every Ruby on the Cartoon Network animated series Steven Universe, the voice of Chloe Park on We Bare Bears and the voice of Alice on Summer Camp Island.

Early life

Charlyne Yi was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother, a native of the Philippines, is of Filipino and Spanish descent, and her father is of Chinese Mexican, Native-Mexican, Korean, Irish, German, French, and Native American ancestry.[7][8][9] She attended the University of California, Riverside before leaving to pursue a full-time career in comedy. She had an early interest in performing when she attended Bloomington High School and was involved in theatre.

Career

Performing in the Garfunkel and Oates Christmas Show at the UCB Theater

Yi began by performing in Bloomington, California.[7] After high school, she has performed shows in Los Angeles at The Steve Allen Theater, and The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. In 2005 and 2006, she performed in the New York Comedy Festival,[10] and in 2007 HBO's U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Colorado.[7] Yi's film debut was in Judd Apatow's 2007 film, Knocked Up. In 2008, Yi performed as part of the Apatow for Destruction Live comedy show at Montreal's Just For Laughs Festival.[11]

In the 2009 film Paper Heart, a "hybrid documentary"[12] which Yi executive produced in addition to co-writing, she starred as a fictional version of herself, along with Michael Cera.

Yi was chosen as one of Venus Zine's "25 under 25" women for 2009.[13]

She has also appeared alongside Saturday Night Live cast member Fred Armisen in the music video for the song "Rabbit Habits" by Philadelphia experimental band Man Man.

Yi and Paul Rust formed the band The Glass Beef. The duo share one electric guitar and both sing lead vocals. In 2006, they released their debut album, The Farewell Album, produced by John Spiker, bassist of Tenacious D.

Yi was featured in the video "Song Away" by Hockey.[14] She is currently in the band Sacred Destinies.

In January 2010, Yi performed a duet about break-up lines (the opposite of pick-up lines) with Demetri Martin on the episode "2" for the Comedy Central sketch series Important Things with Demetri Martin. However, the duet was cut from the final edit of the episode. . She also appeared in Lucifer season 3 episode 25 as the angel of death.

From October 2011 to May 2012, Yi starred in Fox's series House as Dr. Chi Park, a young doctor with anger-management issues.[15][16]

Non-profit work

Yi has been involved with Oxfam America since 2010, working to raise awareness about poverty and hunger around the world.[17] Yi started the non-profit Caring is Cool in 2011, and hosted a benefit show to raise money for the organization.[18]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2007Knocked UpJodi
2008CloverfieldParty Goer
Semi-ProWheelchair Jody
2009Paper HeartCharlyne YiNominated - Comedy Film Award for Best Actress
All About SteveYoung Protester
2010FastDonna Fast2-minute video short
2012This Is 40Jodi
2014The Last Time You Had FunBetty
2016NerdlandBecky (voice)
2017The Disaster ArtistSafoya
Literally, Right Before AaronClaire
The Lego Ninjago MovieTerri IT Nerd (voice)
2018Puppet Master: The Littlest ReichNerissa
Next GenMai Su (voice)
Second ActPost-production
2019Always Be My MaybePost-production

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2006Help Me Help YouCharlyne1 episode, "The Sheriff"
200730 RockGrace Park1 episode, "The C Word"
Cold CaseDorky Girl1 episode, "Stand Up and Holler"
PowerloafingExecutive Assistant
2008Miss GuidedKarey1 episode, "Pool Party"
2011Love BitesAdult store cashierEpisodes: Unaired Pilot, "Firsts"
2011–2012HouseDr. Chi ParkSeries regular (season 8)
2011Yo Gabba Gabba!Edith1 episode, Episode 55 "Treasure"
2013ConanHerselfSeason 3, episode 135
2015LookingCashierSeason 2, episode 7, "Looking for a Plot"
2015–presentSteven UniverseRuby (voice)
Homeworld Rubies (voice)		9 episodes
We Bare BearsChloe Park (voice)Series regular
2016LoveCoriSeason 1, recurring role
Jane the VirginAngelaEpisode: "Chapter Thirty-Nine"
Future-Worm!Zoe (voice)Episode: "Bug vs. the Babysitter"
2017Twin PeaksRubyEpisode: "Part 15"
Danger & EggsLayla (voice)Episode: "Keep Off the Grass/Pennies"
Room 104GracieEpisode: "FOMO"
2018LuciferRay-Ray / AzraelEpisode: "Boo Normal"[19]
DIYEli (voice)Series regular
Summer Camp IslandAlice (voice)Series regular
YearTitleType
2015Oh The Moontext/image hybrid

References

  1. ↑ https://www.whitepages.com/name/Charlyne-Amanda-Yi/Glendale-CA/10n9fhvw
  2. 1 2 http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/39461. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ LaPorte, Nicole (31 May 2007). "Suddenly, Yi is sitting pretty". LA Times. Yi's fortune turned pretty quickly considering the Fontana native is only 21
  4. ↑ Saba, Michael (30 September 2009). "Charlyne Yi: Geek Love". Paste. 23-year-old Charlyne Yi is a real-world version
  5. ↑ Boyd, Betsy (27 February 2007). "10 Comics to Watch - Charlyne Yi". Variety.com. Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Yi's surreal comedic vision is unlike anything anything else. In fact, she's already being compared to Andy Kaufman and Pee-wee Herman — unique performers with whom the 20-year-old daughter of a Spanish-Filipino mother and a half-Korean, half-Irish-German-French-Native American dad is only vaguely familiar.
  6. ↑ Chang, Elysha (24 October 2017). "David Cross, Charlyne Yi, and the Luxury of Forgetting". gq.com. At a party in 2007, David Cross made fun of a 20-year-old Charlyne Yi's pants.
  7. 1 2 3 4 Boyd, Betsy (2007-02-26). "Charlyne Yi: 10 Comics to Watch". Variety. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  8. ↑ Black, John, "Falling in Love with Charlyne Yi", Color Magazine USA
  9. ↑ Prentice, Claire, "Preview: Charlyne Yi - Dances on the Moon", edinburgh-festivals.com, 3/8/2010
  10. ↑ Keepnews, Peter (2005-11-03). "Upstart Comedians Goofing on Andy". The New York Times. Retrieved 2007-04-24.
  11. ↑ "Just For Laughs highlights". Variety. 2008-07-10.
  12. ↑ "Film Review: Paper Heart". Archived from the original on January 10, 2010. Retrieved 2009-03-10.
  13. ↑ Venus Zine Staff (March 1, 2009). "25 under 25". Venus Zine. Archived from the original on March 6, 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2017. Funny lady Charlyne Yi's name may not sound familiar, but you have seen her in movies and TV shows like Knocked Up and Miss Guided, and now in Paper Heart, a half-documentary, half-narrative starring Yi's real-life love interest Michael Cera about the meaning of love. Aww.
  14. ↑ "Song Away by Hockey with Charlyne Yi".
  15. ↑ "Bio: Charlyne Yi / Dr. Chi Park" Archived October 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine., FOX website for the House MD series
  16. ↑ "Charlyne Yi as Dr. Chi Park on House". channelAPA.com. November 1, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2011.
  17. ↑ Actress Charlyne Yi fights hunger with Oxfam — Oxfam America Archived September 21, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  18. ↑ Charlyne Yi | Caring is Cool is my new NON-PROFIT I made to help Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  19. ↑ Petski, Denise (May 21, 2018). "'Lucifer': Fox Sets Airdate For Two Bonus Episodes Of Canceled Series". Deadline Hollywood.
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