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Leann Lei

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Leann Lei was born and raised in China. Her father was a high school math teacher; her mother, an entrepreneur and a homemaker. She has a younger brother and a younger sister.

Leann received classical music training, singing opera, playing piano, from XingHai Music College in GuangZhou, China; Franz Schubert Conservatorium in Vienna, Austria and University of Kentucky in the USA. She received her Master of Arts' degree from Northern Kentucky University. She speaks Mandarin, English, Cantonese, and conversational German.

Leann taught vocal performance, music, piano and Mandarin in public schools in China and in Kentucky before she moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career. She has collaborated with many talented filmmakers on dynamic roles in films and TV shows.

Leann founded a production company, XLL Entertainment, in 2015. Since then, she has produced many independent short and feature length films.

Leann lives in Glendora CA with her husband, James. In her spare time, Leann loves gardening in her backyard, camping, spending time with her family, and singing worship songs at New Heart Foursquare Church.
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  • Awards
    • 9 wins & 9 nominations

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Known for:

Tales from the Loop (2020)
Tales from the Loop
7.4
TV Series
  • Xiu
Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.4
  • Additional Crew
  • 2021
Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic in Castle (2009)
Castle
8.1
TV Series
  • Serafina
David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel in Bones (2005)
Bones
7.8
TV Series
  • Tammy Hyun

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Actress

  • Lose-Lose
    • Rose
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • POP!
    • Wei
    • Post-production
    • Short
  • Veil of Dreams
    • Mei
    • Post-production
  • Parables of Jesus (2022)
    Parables of Jesus
    • Debtor #1
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Electric Easy (2021)
    Electric Easy
    • Podcast Series
    • 2021
  • Li (2021)
    Li
    • Li
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Melba Martinez, Kalo Moss, Dash McCloud, Shanessa Khawaja, Otmara Marrero, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Jenna Qureshi, and Justin Sun in Launchpad (2021)
    Launchpad
    • Mother
    • TV Series
    • 2021
  • Apart, Together (2021)
    Apart, Together
    • Jia
    • Short
    • 2021
  • Discover Indie Film (2019)
    Discover Indie Film
    • (Prom Time!) Judy
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Tales from the Loop (2020)
    Tales from the Loop
    • Xiu
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Dennis MaGee Fallon, Luke Barnett, Sunil Narkar, Leann Lei, Mona Sishodia, Pritesh Shah, Roxy Shih, and Richa Moorjani in Invisible Brown Man (2020)
    Invisible Brown Man
    • Angie Delroy
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Places We Won't Walk (2020)
    Places We Won't Walk
    • Anne
    • Short
    • 2020
  • Conphidance in Little America (2020)
    Little America
    • Telemarketer #1
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Magic Kingdom (2020)
    Magic Kingdom
    • Auntie May
    • Short
    • 2020
  • RuPaul and Izzy G. in AJ and the Queen (2020)
    AJ and the Queen
    • Nurse
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Five-Cent Life (2019)
    Five-Cent Life
    • Xianmin Yu
    • 2019
  • Under the Flag (2019)
    Under the Flag
    • Mom
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Terry Hu in End of Summer (2019)
    End of Summer
    • Marianne
    • Short
    • 2019

Producer

  • Parables of Jesus (2022)
    Parables of Jesus
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2022
  • Five-Cent Life (2019)
    Five-Cent Life
    • co-producer
    • 2019
  • Bernard Bullen and Daniel John Silva in Coyote (2019)
    Coyote
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Blue Pig (2019)
    Blue Pig
    • line producer
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Jilon VanOver, Meg Weidner, Violet Hicks, and James Robert Lopez in Best Mom (2018)
    Best Mom
    • line producer
    • producer
    • 2018
  • Bibi Nshimba in Untrafficked (2017)
    Untrafficked
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Anthony Ma, Camille Wormser, and Tiago Ferreira in Before I Got Famous (2017)
    Before I Got Famous
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2017
  • Patrick Wells Valenti, Leann Lei, Steven Jared Mangurten, René Mena, Paris Dylan, Bruno Reyes, and James Robert Lopez in Out of Town (2017)
    Out of Town
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2017
  • Before I Got Famous (2017)
    Before I Got Famous
    • producer
    • TV Movie
    • 2017
  • Buddy Solitaire (2016)
    Buddy Solitaire
    • executive producer
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Lee Chen, Leann Lei, Glenn Zhang, and Norma Ouyang in Karma (2014)
    Karma
    • producer (as Xuelian Lei)
    • Short
    • 2014

Additional Crew

  • The Tiger's Apprentice
    • Adr Loop Group
    • In Production
    • 2024
  • Michelle Yeoh, Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Meng'er Zhang, Simu Liu, Awkwafina, and Florian Munteanu in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    • adr loop group
    • 2021
  • Westworld (2016)
    Westworld
    • adr loop group
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Erinn Hayes and Rob Huebel in Medical Police (2020)
    Medical Police
    • adr loop group
    • TV Series
    • 2020
  • Tzi Ma, Russell Wong, Tsai Chin, Godfrey Gao, and Clara Lee in The Jade Pendant (2017)
    The Jade Pendant
    • adr loop group
    • 2017
  • Alice Wen, Connor Kalopsis, Cameron Kalopsis, Charlotte MacInnis, and Victor Ma in Journey to the East (2016)
    Journey to the East
    • acting coach
    • dialect coach: on set (2016)
    • TV Series
    • 2016
  • Matt Damon in The Great Wall (2016)
    The Great Wall
    • adr loop group
    • 2016
  • Hollywood Adventures (2015)
    Hollywood Adventures
    • cast assistant
    • 2015
  • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    • Xuelian Lei
  • Height
    • 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)

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    • Female

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