Ella Koon
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| Background information | |
| Chinese name | 官恩娜 |
| Pinyin | Guān Ēnnà (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Koon1 Yun1 Na4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Ella Koon Yun-na |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born |
9 July 1979 Tahiti, French Polynesia |
| Occupation | Singer, actress, model |
| Genre(s) | Cantopop, pop rock |
| Instrument(s) | Singing, guitar, piano, drums |
| Label(s) | Warner Music (2012-present) |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Ancestry | Bao'an County, Guangdong, China |
Ella Koon Yun-na (born 9 July 1979) is an ethnic Chinese Cantopop singer, actress and model based in Hong Kong.
Ella Koon was born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, of Hakka descent. She was raised in Hong Kong and attended high school in Birmingham, England. Koon is multi-lingual and speaks Hakka, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, and some French. Koon also plays the Gu-zheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument with 21 strings, as well as the Guitar and Piano. She is not a French citizen.
After completing her studies in England, Koon returned to Hong Kong in 2000 where she began her modeling career for various magazines, advertisements and commercials.
Modelling became her full-time profession from then on, and in 2001, she landed her first movie role in “I Do”. After the movie, she continued modelling; then in 2004 she was invited to attend a singing audition. The audition landed her a contract with Boombeat Music and launched her singing career. Her first few albums – “Original”, “Ellacadabra” (2005), “Lose Sanity” (2006) and the EP “Stages” (2008) were not particularly acclaimed. But as a singer on The Voice (超級巨聲) singing "Endless Love" she impressed audiences and further propelled her singing career.
Koon also starred in the popular TVB’s drama series “Revolving Door of Vengeance” in 2005 and “Survivor’s Law II ” in 2007. Viewers instantly fell in love with both of her characters on the shows. In “Revolving Door of Vengeance” she played “Hoi Sum” (meaning 'happy' in Cantonese), a carefree and happy-go-lucky girl. In “Survivor’s Law II,” she won the audience again with her character as “Lily” the sassy and stylish lawyer who could hold her own in the courtroom. Besides the drama series, Koon has been invited as a guest to several TVB games shows and was a host for two food travel shows with notable Hong Kong Chefs. Indeed, her most recent work with Kelvin Pan (Pan Kai Tai) has boosted her into the pinnacle of Hong Kong entertainment business.
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