Angelica Lee
Lee Sinje is a Malaysian film actress and pop singer. She started her career in singing and later moved on to acting in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Lee starred in The Eye, the hit Asian horror film by the Pang Brothers, winning her the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress, Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards and a Hong Kong Golden Bauhinia Awards. She is among the very few Asian artists to be awarded Best Newcomer Awards at the Berlin Film Festival in 2001 for her role in Betelnut Beauty.
Lee has also starred in the films 20 30 40, and Koma. She worked with the Pangs again on Re-cycle, which was screened at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival.
Lee is also a visual artist. In her 20s, she began painting in Taiwan to cope emotionally with the loss of her grandmother. Since then, Lee has had several solo exhibitions in Taipei, including Hum, in 2011 at Tina Keng Gallery and Beyond Silence in 2023 at the Liang Gallery. Her first solo exhibtion in Hong Kong was in December 2025, Childtopia at New Street Art Gallery.
Early life
On 23 January 1976, Lee was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia to a motorcycle shop owner and a homemaker. During her years in primary school, Lee was an active participant in singing competitions, where she won numerous awards, and in various sport-related activities. At Keat Hwa Secondary School, she was the head of her school's drama club. In 1995, at 19 years old, Lee was discovered by Sylvia Chang at a Kuala Lumpur film audition.Philanthropy
In 2006, Sinje and friends Charlie Yeung, Gigi Leung and Valen Hsu formed "Little Yellow Flower Education Foundation," a non-profit organization serving children in need.Personal life
She is married to Hong Kong born Thai director Oxide Pang.Together, the couple has twin boys, born on 8 July 2016.
Filmography
| Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
| 2002 | Never Ending Summer | 沒完沒了的夏天 | Mango | |
| 2003 | Si Shui Nian Hua | 似水年華 | ||
| 2005 | Love's Lone Flower | 孤戀花 | Wubao | |
| 2007 | Big Shot | 大人物 | Tian Sisi | |
| 2014 | The Election | 選戰 | Yip Ching | |
| 2025 | The Resurrected | 回魂計 | Netflix |
Discography
- 1996: 同一個星空下
- 1998: Bye Bye 童年
- 1999: 第三代李心潔 裙擺搖搖
- 2000: 愛像大海
- 2003: Man & Woman