Lela Lee
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
Lela Lee was born in Los Angeles and raised in Southern California. She
got the acting bug her freshman year at U.C. Berkeley when she was cast
as the lead in a play. After that, she double majored in Drama and
Rhetoric but ultimately graduated with a Rhetoric degree. Fresh out of
college, she was cast in two ground-breaking East Asian American independent
films, "Yellow" by Chris Chan Lee and "Shopping for Fangs" by Quentin
Lee and Justin Lin. Other notable appearances are; her recurring role
as "Bonnie" a surgical intern on "Scrubs" and as series regular "Jodi
Chang" on the Sci-fi series "Tremors." She was also cast in the pilots
"5 Houses" and "Times Square" which never aired on television. In
between her acting in television, independent films, and various
commercials, Lela works on her own writing projects and scripts. She is
most known for her comic strip and books by the title "Angry Little
Girls" based on her first character the "Angry Little Asian Girl" which
she created her sophomore year in college. The "Angry Little Asian
Girl" or "ALAG" was first a short video titled "Angry Little Asian
Girl-The First Day of School." After she made it, she was embarrassed
by its candor, so she hid it in her drawer for four years before she
finally dusted it off and added four more episodes. She sent it out to
festivals and surprisingly, critics gave the collected shorts glowing
reviews. On a whim, Lela made a batch of 300 t-shirts and sold out by
word of mouth. She now draws the Angry Little Asian Girl as a character
appearing in the syndicated weekly "Angry Little Girls" comic strip.