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Toy Lei

  • Actress
  • Writer
  • Director
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Toy Lei
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Boxer (2015)
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Selected as one of the top 5 filmmakers by the prestigious Asian-American Film Lab and New York Women in Film and Television, for her 2012 directorial debut The Wedding, Toy Lei is a multi-talented actor, director, fight choreographer and swordswoman. Lei has won multiple Film, Best Actress, Best Action, Best Stunts awards across the breadth of her projects, and in 2019 her feature-length script of Boxer was a semifinalist at the iconic Austin Film Fest. She also attended the highly-selective 2019 NYWIFT FS2P directing program in New York. Her emotional intensity and movement skills contributed to her casting by director Alejandro Innaritu for his Oscar-winning 2017 Carne y Arena. Lei is a proud mom to her dog, Wilfred.
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  • Awards
    • 13 wins & 8 nominations

Photos43

Grey's Anatomy
as Rita from THE AFFAIR
Boxer
Tolltaker Bev on Weird Loners
Toy Lei in Mercy
Directing on MOON
Toy Lei in The Spider and the Bird (2015)
Toy Lei
Toy Lei and Hayley Law in The Line (2018)
Toy Lei
Elle Schneider and Toy Lei
Taking a moment for smoked salmon sandwiches on MOON

Known for

Carne y arena (2017)
Carne y arena
8.6
Short
  • Actress
  • 2017
James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
Grey's Anatomy
7.6
TV Series
  • EP Doctor
  • Neurophysiologist
Tim Meadows, Cheryl Hines, Jason Sudeikis, and Johnny Pemberton in Son of Zorn (2016)
Son of Zorn
6.8
TV Series
  • Carol
  • Co-Worker
Toy Lei in Boxer (2015)
Boxer
8.7
Short
  • Boxer
  • 2015

Credits

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Actress

  • Merrily
    • Yana
    • In Production
    • 2023
  • Level One
    • Wendy
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • The Ossan
    • Rika
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Inside
    • Dolores the Rescuer
    • Completed
    • Short
  • Pride of the Fist
    • Violet, Wrath
    • In Production
  • Sean Taylor in Shine, Baby, Shine (2023)
    Shine, Baby, Shine
    • Sarah
    • Short
    • 2023
  • Man Child (2022)
    Man Child
    • Doctor
    • Short
    • 2022
  • Tiffany Gong in Conjured My Mom for Her B-Day (not a Clickbait) (2021)
    Conjured My Mom for Her B-Day (not a Clickbait)
    • Mom
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Friending
    • The One That Got Away
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Undead Radio (2020)
    Undead Radio
    • Diane
    • Podcast Series
    • 2020
  • Eric Howell Sharp and Toy Lei in Hello Angel City (2020)
    Hello Angel City
    • Agent
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Beyond Saving (2020)
    Beyond Saving
    • Kat
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Whitmer Thomas and Kailee McGee in Partied to Death (2020)
    Partied to Death
    • Mommy
    • Short
    • 2020
  • The Numbers Game
    • Natalie
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • On My Block (2018)
    On My Block
    • Party Guest
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • James Pickens Jr., Ellen Pompeo, and Chandra Wilson in Grey's Anatomy (2005)
    Grey's Anatomy
    • Neurophysiologist
    • EP Doctor
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Griffith Park
    • Brooke Lee (2018)
    • TV Series
    • 2018
  • The Line (2018)
    The Line
    • Brenda
    • Short
    • 2018
  • The Salvation (2018)
    The Salvation
    • Mayako
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Home Sweet Home
    • Kim
    • Short
    • 2018

Writer

  • The Numbers Game
    • executive story editor
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Cricket Peters, George Shaw, Toy Lei, Justin McQueede, Sachiko Ishida, Narayana Cabral, Edmund Kwan, Erica Allseitz, and Lovel Johnson Jr. in How to Get Caught (2016)
    How to Get Caught
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Film Lab Presents (2014)
    Film Lab Presents
    • writer
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2015
  • Toy Lei in Boxer (2015)
    Boxer
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Toy Lei in The Spider and the Bird (2015)
    The Spider and the Bird
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Kevin Herrmann in My Angel's Home (2014)
    My Angel's Home
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Shootout
    • Writer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Eve! (2013)
    Eve!
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Pain N Love
    • Writer
    • Short
    • 2013
  • The Wedding
    • story
    • writer
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Wilfred Lei and Kelsey Gunn in Moon
    Moon
    • Writer
    • Short

Director

  • Eric Howell Sharp and Toy Lei in Hello Angel City (2020)
    Hello Angel City
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • The Numbers Game
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2019
  • Transition (2018)
    Transition
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2018
  • Try Harder Tomorrow (2017)
    Try Harder Tomorrow
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • She & He (2017)
    She & He
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Cricket Peters, George Shaw, Toy Lei, Justin McQueede, Sachiko Ishida, Narayana Cabral, Edmund Kwan, Erica Allseitz, and Lovel Johnson Jr. in How to Get Caught (2016)
    How to Get Caught
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2016
  • Film Lab Presents (2014)
    Film Lab Presents
    • co-director
    • TV Series
    • 2014–2015
  • Toy Lei in Boxer (2015)
    Boxer
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2015
  • Kevin Herrmann in My Angel's Home (2014)
    My Angel's Home
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2014
  • Shootout
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • Eve! (2013)
    Eve!
    • Director
    • TV Movie
    • 2013
  • Pain N Love
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2013
  • The Wedding
    • Director
    • Short
    • 2012
  • Wilfred Lei and Kelsey Gunn in Moon
    Moon
    • Director
    • Short
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

Videos5

TOY Lei acting reel
Demo Reel 3:05
TOY Lei acting reel
Hostile Border
Trailer 2:01
Hostile Border
Hostile Border
Trailer 2:02
Hostile Border
The High Tower
Trailer 0:58
The High Tower
Boxer Trailer 1
Trailer 0:49
Boxer Trailer 1

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Toy
  • Height
    • 5′ 4″ (1.63 m)

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    Played bass with Loiz Lane who appeared on Arsenio Hall.

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