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Pui Fan Lee

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Pui Fan Lee
Born (1971-07-14) 14 July 1971 (age 55))[1]
Birmingham, England
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television presenter
Known forPo in Teletubbies
Notable workTeletubbies
CBeebies
Show Me Show Me

Pui Fan Lee (/ˈpɔɪ/; born 1969 or 1970[2]) 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,[3] and for presenting the CBeebies preschool education series Show Me Show Me.[4]

Early life and education

Lee's family came from Hong Kong.[5][6] She was born in Birmingham,[7] and grew up in Nottingham, where her family helped to run a Chinese take-away.

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.[8][9]

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.[10] Lee, alongside Chris Jarvis, were the first presenters to introduce programming on the CBeebies channel.[4]

In 2004, Lee had a minor role as a Thai jail girl in the 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.[2]

In 2006, she presented the BBC programme Fun with Phonics.

In 2019, she made a guest appearance in the British soap opera EastEnders.[3]

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

Personal life

Lee lives in North London.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Pui Fan Lee". Retrieved 28 June 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Red Teletubby unmasked". Enfield Independent. 30 January 2014. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Teletubbies star Pui Fan Lee makes a guest appearance in EastEnders". Entertainment Daily. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Interview: CBeebies' Chris Jarvis on The Chris & Pui Roadshow". The List. 14 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "BBC - Press Office - BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific launches three channels on Hong Kong's now TV". www.bbc.co.uk. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  6. ↑ "Pui Fan Lee". sheil-land. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. 1 2 Broadhead, Ivan (20 February 2011). "Diaspora diaries". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  8. ↑ "Pui Fan Lee". www.nmplive.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 April 2024.
  9. ↑ "Where are the Teletubbies, 20 years on?". New Statesman. 6 April 2017. Archived from the original on 24 August 2021. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  10. ↑ Swettenham, Lee (26 January 2015). "CBeebies". Manchester Evening News. Archived from the original on 16 October 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
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