There is one funny scene in “Knocked Up” that made us wonder, “Who is that funny Asian girl, the stoner girlfriend of one of the equally stoned guys? People who saw that movie couldn’t believe what they were seeing – and what they were hearing. The clip, not in its entirety, can be seen on Youtube, but you’ll know why we didn’t upload it here.
Her name is Charlyne Yi. She is a 23-year-old musician, writer, painter and actress (yes, she is 23) who is appearing in her first leading role in the “Paper Heart” mockumentary, which opened last Friday. She wrote the movie, which won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.
In this video clip from the Tonight Now on Aug. 6, she does E.T., mumbles while playing the guitar and tries to convince Conan O’Brien she is not “high.”
Yi is a product of Spam meat lovers–Koreans and Filipinos. Yi was born in Los Angeles, California. Her mother is of Filipino-Spanish descent and her father is Korean.