Florence Tan

Florence Tan
Chinese name	陳秀麗 (traditional)
Chinese name	陈秀丽 (simplified)
Pinyin	Chén Xiùlì (Mandarin)
Born	Florence Tan Siew Lee (1977-06-30) 30 June 1977 Malaysia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997-current
Label(s)	Lafeng Entertainment
Spouse(s)	Jack Liu
Children	Novia & Viola Liu

Florence Tan (Chinese: 陳秀麗; pinyin: Chén Xiùlì, born 30 June 1977) is a FLY Entertainment artiste based in Singapore. She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1997 to 2006 and managed by Lafeng Entertainment but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis.

Career

Tan joined the TCS (predecessor of MediaCorp) after winning the gender category in the Star Search 1997.She was previously based in Singapore but left MediaCorp for family reasons. She returned to performing in 2011, after joining Chinese TV station Lafeng Entertainment (拉風娛樂). She made her debut in Immortal Love, opposite veterans such as Chew Chor Meng, Huang Wenyong and Xiang Yun. In 1998, she was cast in the popular "wuxia" drama series The Return of the Condor Heroes and went on to act in several such "guzhuang" period dramas. Her last drama with TCS was Concubines of the Qing Emperor.

In 2006, after getting married, Tan subsequently left the industry. She relaunched her career in China after signing with Lafeng in 2011 and earned high praise for her role as a scheming concubine in Mystery in the Palace (深宫諜影).^[1] She returned to Singapore and made a cameo appearance in the 2012 anniversary drama Joys of Life as the dead wife of Zhao Dagou, played by former co-star Chew Chor Meng in a flashback.^[2] She is now actively filming movie and drama in China and Asia.

Personal life

Tan left MediaCorp after marrying a Taiwanese businessman. She has twin daughters (b. 2008).

Filmography

Host in Variety Show

2001 (travel show) to Cambodia, Korea, China, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland, London etc.

2001 (Happy Whole Day)

2003 (New Era in Food)

2003 (Big sale in Weekend)

2003 (Chinese New Year Count Down Show)

2006 (Happy in Australia)

Movie

2015 (Jigong Zhi Ren Huang Ding)

Music/CD

1999 Release album ‘Wok Of Life’ CD

2001 release album’ Celebration Mediacorp Music First Album’

2003 Release Album ‘Chinese Goat New Year Song’ CD

Advertisement/ Commercial:

1997-1998 Spoke Person for Swatch Singapore

1998 Spoke Person for cosmetic Inuovi

2003 TV Commercial for Marine Cove

2004-2005 Spoke Person for watch Longines

2005 Spoke Person for beauty centre ‘Royal Body Perfect’

Accolades

References

External links

• Archived Bio on MediaCorp website