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Pui Fan Lee : biography

14 July 1971 –

Pui Fan Lee (born July 14, 1971) is a British Chinese actress and presenter, best known for portraying Po (the red Teletubby) in the children’s television programme Teletubbies, and more recently for presenting the popular CBeebies pre-school educational program Show Me Show Me. She was the first presenter, alongside Chris Jarvis, to introduce programming on the BBC digital channel CBeebies. In January 2009, Pui left presenting CBeebies, moving on to host Show Me Show Me.

Life and career

Lee was born in Nottingham, and began her acting career while still at school when she was chosen to be part of Central Independent Television’s children’s workshop. During her time there she appeared in children’s dramas such as Murphy’s Mob and sketch comedy show Your Mother Wouldn’t Like It.

After she graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA), Lee has enjoyed a wide and varied career. She appeared in the Channel 4 series Metrosexuality, she portrayed Debra in the second season of the BBC television comedy series Chef! and she was ‘Joy Cipriani’ in Paul Abbott’s BBC drama State of Play. She also played a small part in the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason as one of the detainees of the Thai prison. She played a part in M.I.T.: Murder Investigation Team as a solicitor in 2005 and a prefect in The Worst Witch, . Lee has also appeared in the TV series Desmond’s as Debbie.

In 1997, Lee successfully auditioned for the part of Po. As well as playing the character in costume, she also provided the voice.

In 2002, Lee became the first face on CBeebies alongside Chris Jarvis. Following 7 years hosting the channel and appearing in programmes such as Fun With Phonics, she and Chris devised Show Me Show Me which is currently in its fourth series.

Since 2010, she and Jarvis toured UK theatres in The Chris and Pui Roadshow.

Lee speaks English, Cantonese and Hakka.

On Thursday, August 11, 2011, Chris Jarvis announced through Twitter the birth of Lee’s second child, a boy named Sacha.