Kiki Yeung was born in Hong Kong and moved to Seattle, Washington with her family at the age of 12. During her teenage years, she developed a passion for solo voice competitions, earning third place in the Hong Kong school district solo voice competition.
As a multi-talented individual, Kiki was also a member of her school's swim team and spent ten years training to become a classical pianist. Her academic pursuits took her to the University of Washington, where she majored in Drama and developed an interest in philosophy.
After graduating, Kiki began her career in the film industry, working with acclaimed directors Wilson Yip and Benny Chan on films such as SPL 2, Triumph in the Skies, and Little Big Master. She also acted in a promo film for Cyberport TV Hong Kong and appeared in commercials and industrials for major brands.
Kiki's theatrical endeavors included writing, producing, and directing plays at the University of Washington's Ethnic Cultural Theatre and the World Famous Pike Place Market Theater. She also performed sketch comedy with the Pork Filled Players in Seattle and directed student showcases at Faust International Youth Theatre.
In addition to her stage work, Kiki has also been a co-host for COX4SD entertainment television show called Asian Voices and hosted the La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival twice. She was a diversity scholarship recipient at Freehold Studio Theatre's Ensemble Training Intensive with a Shakespeare concentration and presented her one-woman show at the Pan Asian Repertory Theater in New York.
After giving birth to her son Sky, Kiki took up stand-up comedy and founded Crazy Woke Asians (CWA),an award-winning comedy show featuring the funniest Asian American comedians. The show has performed at the World Famous Laugh Factory, The Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv, Haha Comedy Club, and Ice House Comedy Club, with sold-out tours in Seattle and New York.
Kiki has performed at the New York Comedy Festival, Carolines on Broadway, Stand Up NY, Caveat, and more. She has been featured in various media outlets, including NBCLA, LA Times, Whohaha Comedy Call Out, The Seattle Times, Broadway World, San Diego Union Tribune, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pix 11 NY, ASAM News, Asian Journal, and more.
Kiki has partnered with NBC for the first-ever All Asian Solo Performance Festival at the Santa Monica Playhouse and has raised funds for the Gofundme AAPI Fund and Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles through CWA benefit shows. She has also been nominated for an award for her romantic comedy series "Sweet and Sour Chicks".
Kiki can be heard on her podcast "Crazy Woke Asians with Kiki Yeung" on all major platforms and will be performing at Laugh Factory Vegas in September and on ABC this fall.
