Pui Fan Lee
Pui Fan Lee (born January) is an English actress and television presenter. She is known for portraying Po in the original run of the children's television series Teletubbies between 1997 and 2001, and for presenting the CBeebies preschool education series Show Me Show Me.
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Pui Fan Lee
- Name
- Pui Fan Lee
- Born
- 14 July 1971
- Birthplace
- Birmingham, England
- Occupation
- * Actress
- Known for
- Po in Teletubbies
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
- Languages
- English
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• Name — Pui Fan Lee • Born — 14 July 1971 • Birthplace — Birmingham, England • Occupation — * Actress • television presenter • Known for — Po in Teletubbies • Notable Works — Teletubbies CBeebies Show Me Show Me
Early life and education
Early life and education
Lee's family came from Hong Kong. She was born in Birmingham, and grew up in Nottingham, where her family helped to run a Chinese take-away.
Career
Career
She studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), and once qualified, appeared in a number of TV shows before successfully applying and securing the role of Po in a new CBBC show called Teletubbies. Lee was not only the voice of the character, but also was inside the costume for 365 episodes between 1997 and 2001. Along with Sue Monroe, Chris Jarvis, and Sidney Sloane, Lee was one of the first presenters on CBeebies, the BBC digital television channel for younger children. Lee, alongside Chris Jarvis, were the first presenters to introduce programming on the CBeebies 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 BBC programme Fun with Phonics. In 2019, she made a guest appearance in the British soap opera EastEnders. From 2021-2023, she appeared as Su Ping Lam on HBO's The Nevers.
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Personal life
Lee lives in North London.
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- 1.Pui Fan Lee.
- 2.Teletubbies star Pui Fan Lee makes a guest appearance in EastEnders. Entertainment Daily. 13 November 2019.
- 3.Interview: CBeebies' Chris Jarvis on The Chris & Pui Roadshow. The List. 14 October 2013.
- 4.BBC - Press Office - BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific launches three channels on Hong Kong's now TV. www.bbc.co.uk.
- 5.Pui Fan Lee. sheil-land.
- 6.Broadhead, Ivan. Diaspora diaries. South China Morning Post. 20 February 2011.
- 7.Pui Fan Lee. www.nmplive.co.uk.
- 8.Where are the Teletubbies, 20 years on?. New Statesman. 6 April 2017.
- 9.Swettenham, Lee. CBeebies. Manchester Evening News. 26 January 2015.
- 10.Red Teletubby unmasked. Enfield Independent. 30 January 2014.
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