Cathryn Lee
Cathryn Lee Yuan-ling is a Malaysian pianist, model and actress best known for her role as Jing Jing in the Hong Kong-Malaysian horror film Hungry Ghost Ritual.
Biography
Lee was born on 17 July 1989, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, into a wealthy family. Her mother was a former Miss World Malaysia champion. At the age of 8, she began learning the piano and ballet. After completing high school at 17, Lee enrolled at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire to study classical piano and later obtained a Bachelor of Music. In 2007, she achieved a Licentiate in Piano Solo from Trinity College London, and was mentored by Chinese pianist Li Yundi in Munich, Germany, during several summers. In 2010, while performing at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, she caught the attention of Fan Bingbing's agent, who offered her a contract with as an artist.Lee made her acting debut in 2012, starring in the lead role of the drama film My Dog Dou Dou. In 2014, she was cast as Jing Jing, a lead role and the younger half-sister with a strained relationship with Nick Cheung's character, in the Hong Kong-Malaysian horror film Hungry Ghost Ritual and garnered public recognition. She also took on lead roles in the 2016 Hong Kong action comedy film Special Female Force and the 2017 legal thriller series Legal Eagles. Subsequently, she focused on her career as pianist and media personality. In 2021, Lee received significant public backlash after making comments on women's physique in an Instagram story that were widely perceived as body-shaming. She was forced to apologize and temporarily deactivated her social media accounts.