Elizabeth Tan (English actress)

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Elizabeth Tan
Born (1990-01-06) 6 January 1990 (age 34) [1]
London, England
OccupationActress
Years active2006–present

Elizabeth Tan (born 6 January 1990) is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Vera Chiang in The Singapore Grip , Li in Emily in Paris and Maude in the gang drama, Top Boy. [2]

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Career

In 2011 Tan's first major role was portraying the character of Xin Proctor, a student who was best friends with Tina McIntyre played by Michelle Keegan, in the long-running ITV soap opera, Coronation Street , the show's first regular Chinese character. [3] [4]

Following this, Tan performed as Anna Zhou in Journey's End, [5] the finale of series 4 of Doctor Who , Penny Anderson in New Tricks , Lu Choi in Hustle and the enigmatic Madame Ching in the fantasy drama Spirit Warriors . Other BBC television appearances include Spooks / MI5 , Hotel Babylon and the comedy series, Just for Laughs . She also performed her first Bollywood role as Pae in the Amtiaz Ali romantic comedy Love Aaj Kal , starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. She also had a role in the movie, Swinging with the Finkels , starring Martin Freeman, Mandy Moore and Melissa George.

In 2015 Tan appeared as Sulim, a transgender woman, in The Syndicate (with Mark Addy), a BBC drama series depicting a syndicate of workers at a public hospital in Bradford who enter a lottery and win. In the same year, Tan appeared in the BBC series Way to Go as Ryh-Ming, a television sitcom starring Blake Harrison and created by Bob Kushell.

In 2013 Tan played Princess Windsor in the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo Road . In the series, Princess' storylines involve a rocky relationship with George (Angus Deayton) and a short-lived affair with Kevin Chalk (Tommy Lawrence Knight).

She followed this with her 2019 performance as Maude in the Netflix gang drama Top Boy. [6]

In 2020, Tan appeared in the role of Vera Chiang in the ITV World War II drama, The Singapore Grip , based on the novel of the same title by J. G. Farrell and adapted by Christopher Hampton. [7] [8] [9] She can also be seen in the role of Li in Netflix's drama series Emily in Paris , from the Sex and the City creator, Darren Star, which was released in 2020. [10] She portrays Jun in the Agatha Christie murder mystery, Agatha and the Midnight Murders .

Film and television

YearProductionRoleNotes
2024 Irish Wish [11] Emma Taylor
2024 Emily in Paris Li
2024 High Wire Ling
2022 London Kills Kelly Thompson
2021 Death in Paradise Bliss MonroeChristmas Special 2021
2020Agatha and the Midnight MurdersJun
Top Boy Maude
Emily in Paris Li
The Singapore Grip Vera Chiang
2019RestingLinda
The VergeBrains
Access to WorkBrains
2018LuckAngie
Casualty Sau Lai
2017 Waterloo Road Princess Windsor
2015 The Syndicate Sue Lim
Way to Go Ryh-Ming
New Tricks Penny Anderson
2014 Swinging with the Finkels Pedi
2013 Love Aaj Kal Pae
2012 Spirit Warriors Madame Ching
2011 Coronation Street Xin Proctor Regular role, 46 episodes
2010 Hustle Lou Choi
Hotel Babylon Calli
2008 Doctor Who Anna ZhouEpisode: Journey's End

Theatre

Tan's notable theatre roles include, Stephanie, in J.C.Lee's "Luce" at the Southwark Playhouse where she portrayed an American college student dealing with abuse for which she received favourable reviews. [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] She also played a wild teenager, Keiko, in Francis Turnly's "[Harakjuku Girls]" at the Finborough Theatre. Other theatre appearances include her roles as Abigail in Arthur Miller's The Crucible and her portrayal of Bunny, a Korean teenager, in the play, This Isn't Romance at the Soho Theatre.

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References

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  2. ↑ Crawford, Sue (12 October 2020). "Sixty Seconds: Elizabeth Tan on being taken under Michelle Keegan's 'wing' on Corrie, and why her Singapore Grip role is so relevant". Metro . p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Inside Soap". Inside Soap (5): 32. 5–11 February 2011.
  4. ↑ Digital Spy (5 January 2011). "Corrie 'to get first Chinese resident". Digital Spy .
  5. ↑ Dr Who Guide (15 March 2013). "Elizabeth Tan".
  6. ↑ Waterloo Road Wiki. "Top Boy season 3".
  7. ↑ "David Morrissey and Jane Horrocks to star in The Singapore Grip for ITV". Belfast Telegraph . 11 March 2019.
  8. ↑ "JG Farrell: master of black humour and humanity being derailed". The Irish Times . 26 January 2019.
  9. ↑ Rosseinsky, Katie (8 September 2020). "Elizabeth Tan: It's rare to find a three-dimensional East Asian character in period dramas". Evening Standard .
  10. ↑ "Lily Collins To Star In Darren Star's 'Emily In Paris'". deadline.com. Deadline.
  11. ↑ "Ed Speleers, Alexander Vlahos, Ayesha Curry, Elizabeth Tan and Jane Seymour Join Lindsay Lohan in Rom-Com 'Irish Wish' at Netflix". Netflix. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  12. ↑ A Younger Theatre (15 March 2016). "REVIEW: LUCE, SOUTHWARK PLAYHOUSE".
  13. ↑ The Observer (20 March 2016). "Luce Review". TheGuardian.com .
  14. ↑ The American. "REVIEW: LUCE".
  15. ↑ WhatsOnStage (11 March 2016). "Luce Review".
  16. ↑ British Theatre (12 March 2016). "REVIEW: Luce, Southwark Playhouse".
  17. ↑ Partially Obtrsucted View. "Theatre review: Luce".
  18. ↑ The Reviews Hub (13 March 2016). "Luce – Southwark Playhouse, London". Archived from the original on 23 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2020.

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