Pui Fan Lee (born ) is an English actress and television presenter. She is known for portraying Po in the original run of the children's television series ''

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'' between 1997 and 2001, and for presenting the

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preschool education series ''

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''.

Early life and education

Lee's family came from

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

. She was born in Birmingham, and grew up in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located south-east of Sheffield and nor ...

, where her family helped to run a Chinese take-away.

Career

She studied at the

London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA) is a drama school located in Hammersmith, London. Founded in 1861, it is the oldest specialist drama school in the British Isles and a founding member of the Federation of Drama Schools. In ...

(LAMDA), and once qualified, appeared in a number of TV shows before successfully applying and securing the role of Po in a new

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show called

. Lee was not only the voice of the character, but also was inside the costume for 365 episodes between 1997 and 2001. Along with

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, Chris Jarvis, and Sidney Sloane, Lee was one of the first presenters on

, the BBC digital television channel for younger children. Lee, alongside Chris Jarvis, were the first presenters to introduce programming on the

channel. In 2004, Lee had a minor role as a Thai jail girl in the 2004 film '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason''. In 2006, she presented the

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programme '' Fun with Phonics''. In 2019, she made a guest appearance in the British soap opera ''

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''. From 2021-2023, she appeared as Su Ping Lam on HBO's '' The Nevers''.

Personal life

Lee lives in

North London North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames and the City of London. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshi ...

References

External links

*
Profile
at Blackburn Sachs Associates
Interview
on CBeebies.com
''The Chris and Pui Roadshow'' website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lee, Pui Fan Living people English puppeteers Actresses from Nottingham Actresses from Birmingham, West Midlands Animal impersonators English people of Hong Kong descent English television actresses English television presenters 20th-century English actresses 21st-century English actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Female puppeteers CBeebies hosts