Pui Fan Lee (born
) is a British-born Chinese actress and presenter.
Along with
Sue Monroe,
Chris Jarvis, and
Sidney Sloane
Sidney Sloane (born Gary Gibson; 7 June 1967) is a British actor and television presenter. Born to Afro-Caribbean parents, he grew up in the Wandsworth and Wimbledon borders of South London. He attended Southmead Primary School and John R.C ...
she was one of the first presenters on
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older childr ...
, the BBC television channel for younger children. She is known for portraying Po in the original 1997–2001 run of the children's television series
Teletubbies
''Teletubbies'' is a British children's television series created by Anne Wood and Andrew Davenport for the BBC. The programme focuses on four differently coloured characters known as the Teletubbies, named after the television screens on th ...
,
and for presenting the
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older childr ...
preschool education series ''
Show Me Show Me
''Show Me Show Me'' is a pre-school television series that aired on CBeebies from 6 July 2009 to 30 October 2015 and is presented by Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee. The series teaches and shows children to read stories about their toys.
Chara ...
''.
Lee's family came from
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
.
She was born in
Birmingham
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, and grew up in
Nottingham
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. She moved to
London
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to study drama.
She took on the role of Po shortly after leaving Drama school. She was the first presenter, alongside
Chris Jarvis to introduce programming on the BBC digital channel
CBeebies
CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It is also the brand used for all BBC content for children aged 6 years and under. Its sister channel CBBC is aimed at older childr ...
.
[
Lee lives in ]North London
North London is the northern part of London, England, north of the River Thames. It extends from Clerkenwell and Finsbury, on the edge of the City of London financial district, to Greater London's boundary with Hertfordshire.
The term ''nort ...
.
In 2004, Lee had a minor role as a Thai jail girl in the 2004 film '' Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason''.
In 2006 Lee presented The BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
...
''.