Pauline Chan (, vi, Trần Bảo Lính; born 1956) is an Australian actress, director, screenwriter and producer.

Early life

Born and raised 16 years in

Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

, Pauline Chan was sent to Hong Kong during the

Vietnam War The Vietnam War (also known by #Names, other names) was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vie ...

. She is of Chinese descent. Chan attended high school, enrolled in drama school, and worked as an actress in Hong Kong. Later, she traveled to the United States and studied Film at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

. In 1980, Pauline Chan moved to Sydney, Australia.

Career

In 1987 she debut as Australian actress in the George Miller produced Australian TV mini-series ''

''. In 1989 TV miniseries ''

Bangkok Hilton ''Bangkok Hilton'' is a three-part Australian mini-series made in 1989 by Kennedy Miller Productions and directed by Ken Cameron. The title of the mini-series is the nickname of a fictional Bangkok prison in which the main protagonist (Nicole ...

'', Pauline Chan has appeared as Kang playing a corrupt pretty warder near Nicole Kidman,

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and Denholm Elliott. In 1991 at

Torino International Festival of Young Cinema The Torino Film Festival (also called the Turin Film Festival, TFF) is an international film festival held annually in Turin, Italy. Held every November, it is the second largest film festival in Italy, following the Venice Film Festival. It was f ...

, Chan's Short film ''Dusty Hearts'' won the ''Special Mention Award'' in Category Short Film Competition. In 1994 Pauline Chan wrote and directed the film ''Traps''. She also directed, wrote and produced the 2011 film ''

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''. Chan is set to direct the upcoming crime thriller ''Neponset Circle'' starring Guy Pearce and Jeffrey Dean Morgan.

Filmography

as Actress

*1987 ''

'' TV mini-series *1989 '' The Flying Doctors'' TV series *1989 '' Simon Templar – Fear in Fun Park'' TV series *1989 ''

'' TV miniseries *1989 ''Cassidy'' *1991 ''G.P.'' TV series *1992 ''The Girl from Tomorrow'' *1996 ''Little White Lies'' *1997 '' Paradise Road'' *1998 ''The Sugar Factory'' *2001 '' Sword of Honour''

as Director

*1989 ''The Space Between the Door and the Floor'' *1990 'Hang Up' *1991 ''Dusty Hearts'' *1994 '' Traps'' (also writer) *1996 '' Little White Lies'' *2002 'Journey to Mongolia' *2003 'Tears and Fairytales' *2011 ''

'' (also writer)

as Producer

*1997 'Sugar Factory' (feature film, company co-director) *2002 'Rush Hours 2' (feature film, production manager) *2002 'Journey to Mongolia' (documentary) *2003 'tears and Fairytales' (documentary) *2003 'Belly of the Beast' (feature, Assoc Producer) *2006 'Ultraviolet' (feature film, producer HongKong) *2009 ''The Last Dragon – Search for the Last Pearl'' *2011 ''33 Postcards'(feature film) *2017 'Butterflies Across the Sea (TV series, producer Australia) *2018 'The Gateway' (feature film, Executive Producer)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Pauline 1956 births Australian film actresses Australian television actresses Australian film directors Australian film producers Australian women film directors Hoa people Hong Kong people of Hoa descent Living people Vietnamese emigrants to Hong Kong Vietnamese emigrants to Australia Australian people of Chinese descent UCLA Film School alumni Australian actresses of Asian descent