Pauline Chan (Australian actress)

Pauline Chan
Born	1956 (age 67–68) Vietnam
Occupation(s)	Actress, director, screenwriter, producer
Years active	1987–present

Pauline Chan (Chinese: 陈宝玲; pinyin: Chén Bǎolíng; born 1956) is an Australian actress, director, screenwriter and producer.

Early life

Born and raised first 16 years in Vietnam, Pauline Chan was sent during Vietnam War to Hong Kong. She is of Chinese descent and went in Hong Kong to High school, enrolled in Drama school and worked as an actress. Later she went to the United States and studied Filming at the University of California, Los Angeles. In 1980 Pauline Chan moved to Australia and lived in Sydney.

Career

In 1987 she debut as Australian actress in the George Miller produced Australian TV series Vietnam. In 1989 TV miniseries Bangkok Hilton, Pauline Chan has appeared as Kang playing a corrupt pretty warder near Nicole Kidman, Hugo Weaving and Denholm Elliott.

In 1994 Pauline Chan wrote and directed the film Traps. She also directed, wrote and produced the 2011 film 33 Postcards.

In 1991 at Torino International Festival of Young Cinema Chan's Short film Dusty Hearts won the Special Mention Award in Category Short Film Competition

Pauline Chan resides in Australia.

Filmography

as Actress

Zhu Lin and Pauline Chan (R) at the 33 Postcards premiere (2011)

• 1987 Vietnam TV series
• 1989 The Flying Doctors TV series
• 1989 Simon Templar – Fear in Fun Park TV series
• 1989 Bangkok Hilton TV miniseries
• 1989 Cassidy
• 1991 G.P. TV series
• 1992 The Girl from Tomorrow
• 1996 Little White Lies
• 1997 Paradiese Road
• 1998 The Sugar Factory
• 2001 Sword of Honour

as Director

• 1989 The Space Between the Door and the Floor
• 1991 Dusty Hearts
• 1994 Traps (also writer)
• 1996 Little White Lies
• 2011 33 Postcards (also writer)

as Producer

• 2006 Ultraviolet
• 2009 The Last Dragon – Search for the Last Pearl
• 2011 33 Postcards

External links

• Pauline Chan at IMDb