Elizabeth Tan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 January 1990 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2008–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 , Maude in the gang drama, Top Boy and Emma Taylor in Irish Wish . [1]
In 2011, Tan's first major role portrayed 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. [2] [3]
Following this, Tan performed as Anna Zhou in Journey's End, [4] 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. Tan also had a role in the movie, Swinging with the Finkels , starring Martin Freeman, Mandy Moore and Melissa George.
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. [5]
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 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. [6] [7] [8] 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. [9] She portrays Jun in the Agatha Christie murder mystery, Agatha and the Midnight Murders .
| Year | Production | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Irish Wish [10] | Emma Taylor | |
| 2024 | Emily in Paris | Li | |
| 2024 | High Wire | Ling | |
| 2022 | London Kills | Kelly Thompson | |
| 2021 | Death in Paradise | Bliss Monroe | Christmas Special 2021 |
| 2020 | Agatha and the Midnight Murders | Jun | |
| Top Boy | Maude | ||
| Emily in Paris | Li | ||
| The Singapore Grip | Vera Chiang | ||
| 2019 | Resting | Linda | |
| The Verge | Brains | ||
| Access to Work | Brains | ||
| 2018 | Luck | Angie | |
| 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 Zhou | Episode: Journey's End |
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. [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] 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.
1883 Magazine https://1883magazine.com/elizabeth-tan/
Irish Wish https://deadline.com/2022/09/lindsay-lohan-netflix-rom-com-irish-wish-adds-five-1235118766/