Elaine Tan

Elaine Tan is an English actress.

Early life

Tan trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School before graduating from the University of Exeter with a degree in Law and completing the Legal Practice Certificate with Distinction.

Career

In 2001, Tan was cast in the lead role of Liat by Trevor Nunn in his production of South Pacific at the Royal National Theatre, and sang the song "Happy Talk" as a duet with the character of Bloody Mary, which features on the musical soundtrack recorded at Abbey Road Studios.
In 2006, she was nominated for Best Actress at the ECU European Independent Film Festival.
Her television credits include Nighty Night, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet, EastEnders, 'Til Death, Boston Legal, Entourage, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Hawaii Five-0 and Doctor Who. She played Kelli Lin in Person of Interest, was Anne in Hand of God for Amazon, and 'Angeline Borgen' in the Norwegian crime drama Frikjent.
Tan played Lucy Chang in the HBO feature film Starter for 10, Sala Khan in the film Jewtopia, April in Gina Prince-Bythewood's Beyond the Lights, Xandra in Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice, and Elyse in Tully.
In 2023, Tan joined the cast of The Lazarus Project in the role of Zhang. In 2025, she joined the cast of Virdee as Rebecca Armitage.