Yi moved to the United States from Asia at the age of 9. A year
afterwards she landed her first film role in "The Joy Luck Club" after
an open casting call.
She then went on to star in the Warner Brothers film "The Amazing Panda
Adventure." Yi decided to leave Los Angeles in the late 90s to attend
college at UC Berkeley, earning a B.S. in Business and a B.A. in Film.
She moved back to Los Angeles last year and can currently be seen in
the film "Smile" starring opposite Beau Bridges and Sean Astin.