Florence Tan

Florence Tan
Chinese name	陳秀麗 (traditional)
Chinese name	陈秀丽 (simplified)
Pinyin	Chén Xiùlì (Mandarin)
Birth name	Florence Tan Siew Lee
Born	(1977-06-30) 30 June 1977 Malaysia
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997-2006; 2011-present
Spouse(s)	劉傑克
Children	2 daughters

Florence Tan (Chinese: 陳秀麗; pinyin: Chén Xiùlì, born 30 June 1977) is a Malaysian actress. 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).

Career

Tan joined the TCS (predecessor of MediaCorp) after winning the gender category in the Star Search 1997. 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.

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

Incomplete list

· Immortal Love 不老传说 1997

· Return Of the Condor Heroes 神雕侠侣 1998

· Cai Xing Gao Zhao 财星高照 1999

· Living In Geylang 丫茏，丫茏 1998

· Wok Of Life 福满人间 1999

· Legendary Swordsman 笑傲江湖 2000

· On The Frontline 穿梭生死线 2000

· Zero to Hero 迷幻特警 2005

· Hainan Kopi Tales 琼园咖啡香 2000

· My Genie (sitcom) 我爱精灵 2001

· The Hotel 大酒店 2002

· Bukit Ho Swee 河水山 2002

· Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre 倚天屠龙记 2003

· My Genie II (sitcom) 我爱精灵II 2002

· A Child’s Hope 孩有明天 2003

· Qin Wang Li Shi Min 秦王李世民 2005

· Yin Cha Yang Cuo 阴差阳错 2005

· The dragon Heroes 赤子成龙 2005

· Tian Wai Fei Xian 天外飞仙 2006

· My Bratty Princess 刁蛮公主 2006

· Concubines of the Qing Emperor 大清后宫 2006

· The Last Princess 最后的格格 2008

· Joy Of wok 春到人间 2012

· Mystery in the Palace 深宫谍影 2012

· Tian Tian Happy 天天有喜 2013

· Tang Palace 唐宫燕 2013

· Tian Long Ba Bu 天龙八部 2013

· New Buddha 新济公活佛 2014

· Xian Xia Jian 仙侠剑 2014

· Woman Tear 女人泪 2014

· Tian Tian Happy II 天天有喜II 2014

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’

• Zero to Hero
• Bukit Ho Swee
• The Invincible Squad
• The Return of the Condor Heroes

Award Nominations

Star Awards

References

External links

• Archived Bio on MediaCorp website