Elaine Tan is an English actress.

Elaine Tan
Born
London, England
EducationSylvia Young Theatre School
Alma materUniversity of Exeter
OccupationActress
Years active1988–present
Known forStarter for 10

Early life

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Tan trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School[1] before graduating from the University of Exeter with a degree in law and completed the Legal Practice Certificate in London.[2]

Career

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In 2001 Tan was cast in the lead role of Liat by Sir Trevor Nunn in his production of South Pacific at the Royal National Theatre,[3] 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.[4]

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.[5] 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.[6]

In 2023, Tan joined the cast of The Lazarus Project in the role of Zhang.[7]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Film Role
1988 Infantile Disorders Tiny
2002 420 Seconds of Love Holly
2003 Out for a kill Luo Yi
2006 Apartment 406 Angela Proctor
2006 Starter for 10 Lucy Chang
2009 31 North 62 East Mai Li
2012 Departure Date Gorgeous Girl
2012 Mission Chinese Antu
2014 Beyond the Lights April
2014 Inherent Vice Xandra
2018 Tully Elyse
2022 The Hyperions Maya

Television

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Year Title Role
1988 Playbus Unknown
1990 Alfonso Bonzo Second Kid
1992 Uncle Jack Yasmin
2001 Risk Kim
2002–2003 Harry and Cosh Stacey
2003 Trust Jazz singer
2004 EastEnders Receptionist
2004 Nighty Night Gina
2004 Footballers' Wives Candy
2004 Auf Wiedersehen, Pet Waitress
2006 The Bill Shona Dickins
2006 Hollyoaks: In the City Gucci
2006–2007 EastEnders Li Chong
2008 Boston Legal Lisa
2009 'Til Death Julie
2010 Fake It til You Make It Leela
2011 Entourage Tammy
2011 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shizu Yoshi
2012 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Miss Lotus
2014 Person of Interest Kelli
2014 Hawaii Five-0 Zi Chen
2014 Hand of God Anne
2015–2016 Frikjent Angeline Borgen
2015 Doctor Who Nagata
2015 Grandfathered Heidi
2019 Love, Death & Robots Yan
(voice)
2020 Get Even Coach Evans
2022–2023 The Lazarus Project Zhang
2024 Red Eye Shen

References

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  1. ^ "Elaine Tan joins Sue Terry Voices!".
  2. ^ "Articles | Cornwall Campuses | University of Exeter".
  3. ^ Wolf, Matt (13 December 2001). "South Pacific". Variety. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  4. ^ "South Pacific - 2002 National Theatre Record - Rodgers & Hammerstein". 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Series 9: Everything You Need To Know". BBC. 8 July 2015.
  6. ^ "Tully: New Trailer For Jason Reitman And Charlize Theron's Latest". Empire. 3 July 2018.
  7. ^ "Meet the cast of The Lazarus Project season 2". Radio Times.
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