Chee graduated from Victoria Junior College's theatre studies and drama programme.
[1] Chee was discovered on YouTube by Heidi Levitt for Wayne Wang's TIFF feature Princess of Nebraska.
Besides English, Chee also speaks fluent Mandarin and Cantonese, and travels between Asia and the United States for work.
Chee played the titular role in HBO Asia's Grace, headlining the show with Russell Wong.
[2] She also starred alongside Joan Chen and Chin Han, Don Hany, and Michael Dorman in HBO Asia's Serangoon Road.