Pui Fan Lee
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Early life and education
Lee's family came from Hong Kong.[4][5] She was born in Birmingham,[6] and grew up in Nottingham, where her family helped to run a Chinese take-away.
Career
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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.[9] Lee, alongside Chris Jarvis, were the first presenters to introduce programming on the CBeebies channel.[3]
In 2004, Lee had a minor role as a Thai jail girl in the 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.[1]
In 2006, she presented the BBC programme Fun with Phonics.
In 2019, she made a guest appearance in the British soap opera EastEnders.[2]
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Personal life
Lee lives in North London.[10]
References
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External links
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- Profile at Blackburn Sachs Associates
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- The Chris and Pui Roadshow website
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- 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
- Female puppeteers
- CBeebies hosts