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Lillian Lim

Lillian Lim

Actor

Lillian Lim was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, on March 29, 1952, and lived the first ten years of her life in Chinatown. Her first language was Toisan, the farmers' dialect of southern China around Canton (now known as Guangzhou). She graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelors Degree in Pharmacy in 1975, worked for three years and then returned to university to acquire a Doctorate Degree in Dentistry in 1983. After working as a dentist for 27 years she sold her practice and in September of 2010, at the age of 58, enrolled in a one-year fashion design programme. Upon graduation she took a year of mandarin language classes and then flew to Shanghai, China, in November, 2012, to do a one-year fashion design internship with a couture designer who now designs and manufactures for Armani. She returned to Vancouver in October, 2013, to care for her ailing 90-year-old mother and decided to try her hand at her first love, acting. At the age of 62 she found an agent through her middle daughter, Megan Hui (a stunt actor with dual Canadian/American citizenship), in May, 2014, and has since booked a role in five feature films (The Unseen (2014), DARC (2015), Birth of the Dragon (2016), Meditation Park (2017) and The Perfection (2018)), a commercial (jet.com) in 2015 and several episodic television productions. She has never looked back.

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Works as
Actor
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 29 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Down 24% in 30 days

What are Lillian Lim's films like?

Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
28%
Self
24%
Society
22%
Morality
15%
Survival
7%
Power
4%
Community3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds2 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity2 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 7 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 5 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Gentle: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their gentle movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 6 · Charged 1 · Intense 0

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 1

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 6 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 7 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
7
Warm
4
Joyful
4
Bittersweet
2
Tense
1
Other
2

How their films linger

Feel-good6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet2

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Lillian Lim's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 22 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Hallmark+ (7).

Subscription and free streaming for Lillian Lim's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

29 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page.

  • Two for Tee(2026)

    as Leigh Anne

    Midcredits score: 69th percentile of all films

  • Pickled Rabbit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as An Yue

  • Deck the Halls on Cherry Lane(2024)

    as Sally

    Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films

  • Holidazed(2024)

    Show 8 episodes · as Chung Shifu

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all shows

  • Avatar: The Last Airbender(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Grandmother

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all shows

  • Sight Unseen(2024)

    Show 1 episode · as Claire Chan

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all shows

  • Joy Ride(2023)

    as Helen

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Fit for Christmas(2022)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • A Big Fat Family Christmas(2022)

    as Mrs. Lin

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • A Little Vacation (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    as Ellen

  • Heart of the Matter(2022)

    as Gloria Wu

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • Turning Red(2022)

    as Auntie Ping (voice)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • A Sugar & Spice Holiday(2020)

    as Mimi Yung

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Jingle Bell Bride(2020)

    as Renee's Mother

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Snowpiercer(2020)

    Show 1 episode · as Proprietor

    Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all shows

  • Motherland: Fort Salem(2020)

    Show 20 episodes · as The Biddy

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Come Around (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)

    as Gloria (mother)

  • A Midnight Kiss(2018)

    as Restaurant Owner

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Perfection(2018)

    as Elderly Woman on Bus

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Altered Carbon(2018)

    Show 1 episode · as Hostess

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Meditation Park(2017)

    as Anita

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Birth of the Dragon(2016)

    as Janet Wei

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • Rufus-2(2017)

    as Mrs. Rumstitch

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Legion(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as The Monk

    Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all shows

  • Mech-X4(2016)

    Show 2 episodes · as Old Lady

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Travelers(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Terminal Patient #5

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • The Romeo Section(2015)

    Show 1 episode · as Chinese Woman

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all shows

  • Fargo(2014)

    Show 1 episode · as Nurse

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Moonboy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 85th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 29 titles, 28 of them dated from 2014 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

Meditation Park (2017)

$60K worldwide

Highest rated

Meditation Park (2017)

Midcredits 79th

Most popular right now

Two for Tee (2026)

Film career

20142026

Peak 2017 · steadily prominent in film for years. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting29 of 29: 29 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score52nd

By decade

2010s12 · acting2020s16 · acting

Billing

usually 13th · top billed in 0% of 6 roles

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30.

How do Lillian Lim's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 14; across their 7 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Approval · how many liked their films

61stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Reach · how many have seen their films

58thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 7

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up7
  • 50th to 74th10
  • 25th to 49th8

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 25 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser10
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · actor

Rufus-2 (2017)

83rd percentile spread · 27% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Meditation Park (2017)

Midcredits 79th · 72% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 80, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Lillian Lim work with?

People who share at least 2 of Lillian Lim's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Michael Shepard shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers

Producers