JENNIFER LIM attended the Yale School of Drama, where she received her MFA in Acting. She is half Chinese and half Korean, and speaks Cantonese and Mandarin fluently (as well as basic Korean).

 

She made her Broadway debut starring in David Henry Hwang's Chinglish, for which she earned: a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Broadway Debut, the IASNY Trophy for Excellence, and a Drama Desk Nomination. She was also named “Most Exciting Broadway Newcomer" in New York Magazine's 2011 Culture Awards.



Additionally, Jennifer has worked Off-Broadway and in many prominent downtown NYC and regional theaters. She has helped develop new works at Sundance Theater Lab, Roundabout Theater, MTC, Public Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Atlantic Theatre, Ars Nova, The Women's Project, Clubbed Thumb, Lark Play Development Center, New Dramatists, Pan Asian Rep, EST, New Georges, Cherry Lane Theater, Second Generation, and Ma-Yi Theater Co. 



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