
Toy Lei
Biography
Toy Lei is a multi-talented director, actor, fight choreographer and swordswoman. As a director, Lei has worked with Emmy award-winning cast and crew, and has won multiple Film, Best Actress, Best Action, Best Stunts awards across the breadth of her projects, and she has screened at prestigious festivals such as Etheria and San Diego Comic-con. She uniquely blends her knowledge of camera, martial arts and fight choreography to create in-depth holistic action films, rich with story. Because of this, In 2019 her feature-length script of BOXER was a semifinalist at the iconic Austin Film Fest. In addition, in 2019, she attended the NYWIFT FS2P directing program in New York, and now, just finished her film MOON which was shot as part of the Women in Media CAMERAderie production lab.
Lei is a proud mom to her puffy white dog, Wilfred.
Known For

TV
Grey's Anatomy
EP Doctor
2005

TV
Grey's Anatomy
Neurophysiologist
2005

TV
The Affair
Rita
2014

TV
Happy Endings
Waitress
2011

TV
The Brothers Sun
Auntie Victoria
2024

TV
Weird Loners
Toll Taker Bev
2015

Film
Rose Is a Rose Is a Rose
Trish
2017

Film
Stand Down Soldier
Mei-mei / Ling-ling
2014

Film
Magnum Opus
Officer Guo
2017

Film
Boxer
Boxer
2015

Film
The Lovely Rejects
Dr. Cho
2017

Film
Morning Song
Fangli

Film
Flesh and Sand
2017

Film
The Ossan
Rika
2024

Film
Model M!nority the Musical
Tita Ellie
Filmography
2024FilmThe Ossanas Rika2024TVThe Brothers Sunas Auntie Victoria2017FilmRose Is a Rose Is a Roseas Trish2017FilmMagnum Opusas Officer Guo2017FilmFlesh and Sand2017FilmThe Lovely Rejectsas Dr. Cho2015FilmBoxeras Boxer2015TVWeird Lonersas Toll Taker Bev2014TVThe Affairas Rita2014FilmStand Down Soldieras Mei-mei / Ling-ling2011TVHappy Endingsas Waitress2005TVGrey's Anatomyas EP Doctor—FilmModel M!nority the Musicalas Tita Ellie—FilmMorning Songas Fangli