Pui Fan Lee

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Pui Fan Lee (born 14 July 1971) is a Chinese-British actress, best known for portraying Po (the red Teletubby) in the children's television program Teletubbies. She was the first presenter, alongside Chris Jarvis, to introduce programming on the BBC digital channel CBeebies. Pui ceased to present Cbeebies in January 2009.

[edit] Early life

She was educated at New College Nottingham.

[edit] Career

She has had a wide and varied career encompassing both ends of the acting spectrum (she infamously appeared topless in the Channel 4 series Metrosexuality, where she was depicted in a steamy lesbian sex scene). She portrayed Debra in the second season of the BBC television comedy series Chef!. 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.

Currently she is working for CBeebies, co-starring in 'Show Me Show Me' with co-creator Chris Jarvis. The first 40 half hour episodes will be broadcast on the CBeebies Channel, BBC1 & 2 from Monday July 6th, 2009. From August 2009, Chris and Pui will move to Los Angeles to host a new pre-school show for an American network. She will appear in The Mr Men Show Season 2 as the voices of Little Miss Giggles and Little Miss Magic.

[edit] External links

• Pui Fan Lee at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile at Blackburn Sachs Associates

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