Elizabeth Tan

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

Career In 2011, Tan's first major role portrayed the series regular 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 (Angus Deayton) and a short-lived affair with Kevin Chalk (Tommy Lawrence Knight).

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 (with Mark Addy), 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 series regular 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 Year Production Role Notes 2024 Irish Wish Emma Taylor 2024 Emily in Paris Li 2024 High Wire Ling 2022 London Kills Kelly Thompson 2021 Death in Paradise Bliss Monroe Christmas Special 2021 2020 Agatha and the Midnight Murders Jun Top Boy Maude Emily in Paris Li The Singapore Grip Vera Chiang 2019 Resting Linda The Verge Brains Access to Work Brains 2018 Luck Angie Casualty Sau Lai 2017 Waterloo Road Princess Windsor 2015 The Syndicate Sue Lim Way to Go Ryh-Ming New Tricks Penny Anderson 2014 Swinging with the Finkels Pedi 2012 Spirit Warriors Madame Ching 2011 Coronation Street Xin Proctor Regular role, 46 episodes2010 Hustle Lou Choi Hotel Babylon Calli 2009 Love Aaj Kal Pae 2008 Doctor Who Anna 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 "[Harakjuku Girls]" 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.