Entertainment
There are 18 profiles in this category :
Jennifer Lim
Actor and Filmmaker
Arts. Culture. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Theatre.
Jennifer Lim is an actress and filmmaker. Her acting work encompasses film, TV, theatre and radio in the UK and abroad.
Hailing originally from Singapore where her television appearances include the Mandarin series, Waves Of Courage and The Broadcaster, Jennifer is probably best known for her role as Kana in the smash hit horror film, Hostel. Written and directed by Eli Roth of Cabin Fever fame (himself the star of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds) and exec produced by Tarantino, Hostel went on to gross more than $45 million at the U.S. box office.
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Daniel York
Actor, writer, director, film maker, musician, composer, polemicistArts. Culture. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Music. Theatre.
Born of mixed Singapore Chinese/British parentage, as an actor has appeared at the Royal Shakespeare Company, Royal Court, Royal National Theatre, Edinburgh Traverse, Hampstead, The Gate, Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Manchester Library, Leicester Haymarket and was Fortinbras opposite Alan Rickman’s Hamlet at Riverside Studios. For Mu-lan Theatre Company played leading roles in their award winning productions of Porcelain and The Magic Fundoshi as well in Sun Is Shining which played to sold out audiences at the King’s Head and Battersea Arts Centre in London as well as off Broadway New York. Has also worked extensively in Singapore for Singapore Repertory Theatre, tHEATREwORKs, Wild Rice and Pangdemonium as well as appearing at the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre in Yellow Earth’s English & Mandarin production of King Lear and touring the US in the acclaimed Aquila Theatre Company’s tour of Aristophanes’ The Birds.
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Liz Chi Yen Liew 柳琪妍
Musician / ComposerEntertainment. Music.
LIZ CHI YEN LIEW is a musician and composer. She studied the piano and violin at the junior Royal Academy of Music, gained A's in practical and theoretical Music A levels, won an organ scholarship, then graduated with a Bachelor of Science Honours Music degree at City University in London whilst also completing her Licentiate of Guildhall School of Music performance diploma.
After her rigorous classical music training she ventured into the world of pop music and has since toured/performed/recorded with diverse artists including Moby, Gnarls Barkley, Goldfrapp, Nelly Furtado, Lamb, Asian Dub Foundation, KLF/Orb, Barry Adamson.
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Jo Ho
Screenwriter and Film DirectorEntertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Literature.
Jo Ho is a self-taught, award-winning British Born Chinese screenwriter and director who was recently named Winner of the Women In Film and Television's 'New Talent' Award (2010). In the same week, she was also nominated for The CDN's 'Best Breakthrough Production Talent' Award, with her TV series, Spirit Warriors now in the running for 'Best Children's Programme' at 2011 Broadcast Award's.
Last year, she was named one of the Top Ten Outstanding Young Chinese People in the UK, and presented with the Big Ben Award for her 'Outstanding Achievement by a Chinese Woman in the UK Film and Television Industry’.
She has been selected for international development schemes including Pygmalion (Pal Labs) and was sponsored by AMPAS (Oscars), NFTS and Film Council on a trip to LA, as one of UK’s top upcoming talents.
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Stephen Hoo 何天放
ActorArts. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Theatre.
Stephen Hoo born and raised in London studied Theatre at The Brit Performing Arts School. He then went on to study Modern and Classical Chinese at The School of Oriental and African Studies (University of London), where he also studied Film & Theatre of China, Taiwan and the Diaspora.
Stephen is proud of his Chinese heritage and actively seeks work where these themes are present. He has played the infamous Song Liling in David Henry Hwangs subversive “M.Butterfly”, the rough mainlander Ming opposite David Tse in Simon Wu's “Wolf in the House”, adopted Terry in Rikki Beadle-blair's “HOME”, the drunken foul mouthed Charlie in “BODEGA LUNG FAT” at The Hackney Empire and British born Chinese Chris in Soho Theatre's “Soho Streets”.
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David Tse Ka-Shing
Freelance actor, writer, theatre director and film-maker. Creative Director of Chinatown Arts Space (part-time)Arts. Culture. Education. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Theatre.
David read law before training at Rose Bruford College (acting) and the Leicester Haymarket Theatre (directing). He studied Beijing Opera movement with Lee Siu Wah and during M. Butterfly with Jamie Guan. Inspired by East Asian physical style, he became Artistic Director of Yellow Earth Theatre where for 13 years, he successfully led the company to become the UK’s only revenue-funded British East Asian touring theatre.
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Kenny Ren
Chinese Performer of Saxophone & MagicArts. Culture. Dance. Entertainment. Music. Sports.
Kenny Ren aims to build cultural partnerships between artists, schools, businesses and communities across the UK and China.
Kenny Ren was born in a tradition art family in Shandong, China. He enjoyed growing up with arts and music and found that he was gifted, developing as a multi-talented artist.
In 1994, he joined the Opera House of Shan Dong and qualified as a professional musician. In 2001, he further studied in Malaysia and in 2003 he moved to the United Kingdom.
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Natasha Huang
Make-up artist / DesignerArts. Entertainment. Film, TV & Radio. Fashion. Theatre.
Natasha is an award-winning professional make-up artist/designer, who was born in Taipei Taiwan.
Natasha came to London in 2003 to study at the London College of Fashion (University of the Arts London) and graduated in 2006 with a degree in 'Special effects Make-up (Film & TV)'.
After her graduation, she landed her first theatre job at Yellow Earth Theatre as Make-up & Hair Designer for the production of "King Lear" (a co-production with the Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre) which took her to work in Shanghai and Chongqing in China, and thereafter, the production toured Britain including at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stafford-upon-Avon where she had the honor to meet and chat with HRH Prince of Wales there in November 2006.
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Jih-Wen Yeh
Artistic Director and ProducerArts. Culture. Dance. Education. Entertainment.
Taiwanese-born Jih-Wen Yeh trained in both Chinese and contemporary dance at the Taiwan Junior College and gained her BA (Hons) Dance Theatre at the Laban centre, London in 1993.
Jih-Wen has choreographed and performed professionally in both Chinese and contemporary dance. She had won a choreographic award from the Dance of Black Origin Festival led by the Greenroom Manchester. By March 2001 she had completed her fourth contract with the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London to perform in the production of "Turandot" 2001. She is also working closely with the Chinese Arts Centre as an ongoing workshop leader since 1997. Jih - Wen
was selected and awarded as one of the ten leadership training course in East Scheme in 2007.
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Christopher CF Chow
Director and Film EditorEntertainment. Film, TV & Radio.
Born in Hong Kong, at the age of 11 Christopher came to study in the UK by himself. After completing his psychology degree, Christopher was not satisfied, and decided to embark on a career which combines his passion in the human psychology and films.
He attended the London Film Academy and received an award for the "Most Enterprising Student of 2005-2006". Many of Christopher's films have been screened in various international festivals, including his directorial debut short film - a suspense thriller - "Purgatory" which received "Commendation" at the Festival of Fantastic Films, in Manchester.
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