Fann Wong
| Fann Wong | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | (traditional) |
| Chinese name | (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Fàn Wénfāng (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Faan6 Man4-fong1 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Fann Woon Fong |
| Origin | Singapore |
| Born | Singapore |
| Occupation | actress, singer, model |
| Genre(s) | Mandopop |
| Years active | 1994–present |
| Spouse(s) | Christopher Lee (m. 2009) |
| Children | Zed Lee (Born on 9 August 2014) |
| Ancestry | Huizhou, Guangdong, China |
Fann Woon Fong (simplified Chinese: ; traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Fàn Wénfāng), better known by her stage name Fann Wong, is a Singaporean actress, singer and model.
At Singapore's Star Awards 1995, Fann became the first actress to win both the Best Actress and Best Newcomer awards in the same year. After gaining regional exposure and popularity in Asia through film and television productions, she became the first Singaporean actress to break into Hollywood, playing Chon Lin in the 2003 film Shanghai Knights. She was also the youngest actress to have earned an All-Time Favourite Award at the Star Awards. In late 2002, Fann became attached to Malaysian actor Christopher Lee, with whom she has collaborated eight times. She married Lee on 29 September 2009. She is known to zealously safeguard her privacy.
Born in Singapore to Hakka tailor parents, Fann shared her childhood with three siblings—an older sister, as well as a younger brother and sister. She was educated at Temasek Secondary School, where she took her GCE 'O' Level examinations in 1987.
Wong was a child actor while in primary school and featured in several SBC children's programmes. At the age of 16, she won a beauty contest organised by Her World, a Singapore fashion magazine. She started a successful modelling career in Singapore, and spent the next two years modelling part-time while taking her GCE 'A' Level examinations at a private school. She afterward earned a diploma in fashion merchandising from LIFS.
Fann moved to Taiwan in 1993. One of her earliest successes was in an Oil of Ulan (now Oil of Olay) commercial aired in Taiwan and Singapore. The following year, a Singaporean television producer discovered her and cast her in Dreams Come True, a Singapore drama series. Fann soon starred in two more Singapore television series, The Challenger and Chronicle of Life.
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