Elizabeth Tan (English actress)


Elizabeth Tan is a British actress. She is known for her roles as Vera Chiang in The Singapore Grip, Li in Emily in Paris, Maude in the gang drama, Top Boy and Emma Taylor in Irish Wish''.''
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Career

In 2011, Tan's first major role portrayed the character of Xin Proctor, a student who was best friends with Tina McIntyre played by Michelle Keegan, in the long-running ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, the show's first regular Chinese character.
Following this, Tan performed as Anna Zhou in Journey's End, the finale of series 4 of Doctor Who, Penny Anderson in New Tricks, Lu Choi in Hustle and the enigmatic Madame Ching in the fantasy drama Spirit Warriors. Other BBC television appearances include Spooks/''MI5, Hotel Babylon and the comedy series, Just for Laughs. She also performed her first Bollywood role as Pae in the Amtiaz Ali romantic comedy Love Aaj Kal, starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. Tan also had a role in the movie, Swinging with the Finkels, starring Martin Freeman, Mandy Moore and Melissa George.
In 2013, Tan played Princess Windsor in the BBC One school-based drama series, Waterloo Road. In the series, Princess' storylines involve a rocky relationship with George and a short-lived affair with Kevin Chalk.
She followed this with her 2019 performance as Maude in the Netflix gang drama Top Boy.
In 2015, Tan appeared as Sulim, a transgender woman, in The Syndicate, a BBC drama series depicting a syndicate of workers at a public hospital in Bradford who enter a lottery and win. In the same year, Tan appeared in the BBC series Way to Go as Ryh-Ming, a television sitcom starring Blake Harrison and created by Bob Kushell.
In 2020, Tan appeared in the role of Vera Chiang in the ITV World War II drama, The Singapore Grip, based on the novel of the same title by J. G. Farrell and adapted by Christopher Hampton.
She can also be seen in the role of Li in Netflix's drama series Emily in Paris, from the Sex and the City creator, Darren Star, which was released in 2020.
She portrays Jun in the Agatha Christie murder mystery, Agatha and the Midnight Murders''.

Film and television

YearProductionRoleNotes
2024Irish WishEmma Taylor
2024Emily in ParisLi
2024High WireLing
2022London KillsKelly Thompson
2021Death in ParadiseBliss MonroeChristmas Special 2021
2020Agatha and the Midnight MurdersJun
2020Top BoyMaude
2020Emily in ParisLi
2020The Singapore GripVera Chiang
2019RestingLinda
2019The VergeBrains
2019Access to WorkBrains
2018LuckAngie
2018CasualtySau Lai
2017Waterloo RoadPrincess Windsor
2015The SyndicateSue Lim
2015Way to GoRyh-Ming
2015New TricksPenny Anderson
2014Swinging with the FinkelsPedi
2013Love Aaj KalPae
2012Spirit WarriorsMadame Ching
2011Coronation StreetXin ProctorRegular role, 46 episodes
2010HustleLou Choi
2010Hotel BabylonCalli
2008Doctor WhoAnna ZhouEpisode: Journey's End

Theatre

Tan's notable theatre roles include, Stephanie, in J.C.Lee's "Luce" at the Southwark Playhouse where she portrayed an American college student dealing with abuse for which she received favourable reviews. She also played a wild teenager, Keiko, in Francis Turnly's "" at the Finborough Theatre.
Other theatre appearances include her roles as Abigail in Arthur Miller's The Crucible and her portrayal of Bunny, a Korean teenager, in the play, This Isn't Romance at the Soho Theatre.