Angelica Lee

Lee Sinje (; born 23 January 1976) 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 (where she co-starred with the person who discovered her, Sylvia Chang), 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 exhibition 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. Together, the couple has twin boys, born on 8 July 2016.

Filmography + Film Year English title Original title Role Notes/ 1999 The Sunshine Cops 陽光警察 Katy Lam 2001 Betelnut Beauty 愛你愛我 Fei Fei Best Newcomer, Berlin Film Festival Awards2002 Princess D 想飛 Ling The Eye 見鬼 Wong Kar-mun Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading ActressWon Hong Kong Film Award for Best ActressWon Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actress Nominated Fangoria Chainsaw Awards for Best Actress Won Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan)2003 Robinson's Crusoe 魯濱遜漂流記 Hsiao Fei Golden Chicken 2 金雞2 Wife of Mr. Chan 2004 20 30 40 Xiao Jie Nominated Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress Koma 救命 Fung Chi-ching A-1 Headline A-1頭條 Elaine Tse 2005 Divergence 三岔口 Siu Fong / Amy Love's Lone Flower 孤戀花 Wubao 2006 Re-cycle 鬼域 Tsui Ting-yin Nominated Golden Horse Award for Best Leading ActressNominated Hong Kong Film Award for Best ActressNominated Golden Bauhinia Awardsfor Best Actress2007 Road to Dawn 夜。明 Xu Danrong Mini 米尼 Mini The Drummer 戰‧鼓 Hong Dou 2008 Missing 深海尋人 Dr. Gao Jing 2010 Ice Kacang Puppy Love * heroin: Ah niu 初戀紅豆冰 Fighting Fish Best Actress, 1st Golden Wau Awards 2011 Sleepwalker 夢遊 Cheng Chi-yee 2012 Melody 腳趾上的星光 Melody The Thieves 도둑들 Julie 2013 Out of Inferno 逃出生天 Si-lok 2015 Murmur of the Hearts 念念 Yu-mei Nominated Hong Kong Film Award for Best Supporting ActressNominated Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress 2019 The Garden of Evening Mists夕霧花園Teoh Yun Ling (younger) Movie adaptation of award-winning novel, The Garden of Evening Mists. Nominated Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress Won 31st Malaysia Film Festival for Best Actress 2023 Abang Adik Also as producer

+ Television 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