Renee Li-Yen Lim (born ) is an Australian

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, television presenter and medical doctor. She is best known for her roles as Constable Jung Lim in ''

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'', Mae in ''

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'' and her recurring role as Vivienne Hart in '' The Secret Daughter''.

Early life and education

Lim was born in

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to Chinese-Malaysian parents who had migrated from Malaysia to Australia in the 1970s. When she was five years old, her parents divorced. Lim was primarily raised by her single father. Her mother moved to Malaysia and remarried, with a

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man. Lim would often travel to Malaysia, where she had family other than her mother, to visit her mother. Lim's father later also remarried, and had a son with his new wife when she was 12 years old. Lim graduated as the dux of her high school Hampton Senior High School. Few from Lim's high school pursued tertiary studies, and she had initially intended to "be a doctor on weekdays, a lawyer on weekends, an actor on the holidays and a dancer at night". At 17 years old, Lim moved to Sydney,

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to commence medical studies at the

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, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 2001. In 2000, Lim co-directed the University of New South Wales Medical Revue, ''American Booty'' (an homage to the 1999 film '' American Beauty''), alongside Keith Lim and Jason Appleby. Also during her university studies, Lim co-authored two academic articles.

Career

Medical career

Lim is a physician, mostly working in part-time, locum posts in emergency medicine,

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, and

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departments, and a clinical lecturer at the

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's Northern Clinical School. She is the Director of Programs at the Pam McLean Centre, an organisation that develops communication training for medical professionals. Lim considered leaving medical practice altogether to focus on acting; however, she realised that she "love it", adding that "acting is now my job opposed to my hobby".

Entertainment career

As an actor, Lim made ten guest appearances on the Australian hospital drama '' All Saints'' as Suzi Lau, and appeared as a regular cast member on SBS's police drama ''

'' as Jung Lim. Lim played Mae, the younger Thai girlfriend of Josh's father, in ''

'', and starred in ''Forget Me Not'' in 2014, and in '' The Secret Daughter'', ''Wonderland'' and ''

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'' in 2016. As a presenter she has appeared on the ABC's ''Ask The Doctors'', and on ''Food Investigators'' and ''Destination Flavour''. Lim creates content for Nay In The Life, a multi-platform project that combines video, theatre and written content centred around well-being and personal development.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lim, Renee Actresses from Perth, Western Australia Actresses from Sydney Australian film actresses 21st-century Australian medical doctors Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of Malaysian descent Australian television actresses Australian television presenters Living people University of New South Wales Medical School alumni 1970s births Australian women television presenters Australian actresses of Asian descent