Pui Fan Lee

Pui Fan Lee is a British-Chinese actress and presenter.[1] Along with Sue Monroe, Chris Jarvis, and Sidney Sloane she was one of the first presenters on CBeebies, the BBC television channel for younger children.[2] She is known for portraying Po in the original 1997–2001 run of the children's television series Teletubbies,[3] and for presenting the CBeebies preschool education series Show Me Show Me.[4]

Lee's family came from Hong Kong.[5][6] She was born in Birmingham,[7] and grew up in Nottingham. She moved to London to study drama.[8] She took on the role of Po shortly after leaving Drama school.[9] She was the first presenter, alongside Chris Jarvis to introduce programming on the BBC digital channel CBeebies.[4]

Lee lives in North London.[10]

In 2004, Lee had a minor role in the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.[8]

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

References
  1. "BBC - Press Office - BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific launches three channels on Hong Kong's now TV". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2022. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 78 (help)
  2. Swettenham, Lee (26 January 2015). "CBeebies". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. "Teletubbies star Pui Fan Lee makes a guest appearance in EastEnders". Entertainment Daily. 13 November 2019. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  4. "Interview: CBeebies' Chris Jarvis on The Chris & Pui Roadshow". The List. 14 October 2013. 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. Retrieved 4 May 2022. {{cite web}}: no-break space character in |title= at position 78 (help)
  6. "Pui Fan Lee". sheil-land. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
  7. Broadhead, Ivan (20 February 2011). "Diaspora diaries". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  8. "Red Teletubby unmasked". Enfield Independent. 30 January 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  9. "Where are the Teletubbies, 20 years on?". New Statesman. 6 April 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  10. "Diaspora diaries". South China Morning Post. 20 February 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2022.
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