Jennifer Lim (theatre actress)

Jennifer Lim (born 1979) is a Chinese/Korean theatre actress most noted for her performance in the 2011 Broadway show Chinglish by playwright David Henry Hwang, appearing at the Longacre Theatre.

Lim was born in Hong Kong. She obtained a Bachelor's degree in Drama from the University of Bristol in 2000, and subsequently studied for an MFA at the Yale School of Drama. She is fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese and English.

Lim's career has taken her all over the world, as she built up a variety of international credits necessary to qualify for a U.S. visa. She played Ophelia in a Mandarin Chinese performance of Hamlet directed by Richard Schechner in Poland and Shanghai, appeared in Medea in Turkey and in a performance of Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven in Vienna. She has also performed in Scotland, Belgium, Spain, Germany and Norway.

She had a role in the 2008 Hollywood movie 27 Dresses, which starred Katherine Heigl, and TV appearances on As the World Turns, The Good Wife and Royal Pains.