Scrubs Actor & Cartoonist Lela Lee on Portraying Asian Women with Complexity

Actor and cartoonist Lela Lee (Scrubs, Tremors, Better Call Saul) joins host Sabrina Cartan ahead of the Oscars to talk about Asian women's representation in media, including recent hit films like Everything Everywhere All At Once and Pixar's Turning Red. For nearly 30 years, Lela has guest starred in numerous iconic sitcoms and dramas, while also working on her Angry Little Asian Girl cartoon series, which has become an international phenomenon complete with books, a 12-part web series starring Margaret Cho, and a popular merch series.

Lela reflects on her time as Bonnie on the hit show Scrubs, why she left the show, and how she bonded over a Grey's Anatomy storyline with Sandra Oh. She also gets into the nuances of growing up Korean-American in the 1970s and 1980s, being an Asian daughter, and what it's been like to see her own children see Korean culture celebrated in pop culture today.

Follow Lela's work at https://angrylittlegirls.com/.

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