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Isabel Chan

b. 1979

Chinese actress

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Born 1979. Isabel Chan is a Chinese actor, film actor and financial advisor.

Chan Yat Ling , known in the West as Isabel Chan or Yat Ling Chan, is a Malaysian Chinese actress based in Hong Kong. Chan Yat Ling is the Cantonese equivalent of her Mandarin Chinese name. She has been active as a Cantonese language performer since 1998 and has taken part in films, radio, television and advertising work. She was featured in several films directed by Pang Ho-Cheung, including the romantic comedy Love in a Puff.

Background Chan Yat Ling was born in 1979 in Malaysia, and grew up in Hong Kong where she attended Canossa College and Po Chiu Catholic Secondary School. At Hong Kong Shue Yan University, she studied Counseling and psychology. She married in 2013, and has a son, Lo Chun Hei.

Career Until 2007, Isabel Chan was a full-time financial advisor. She has, however, modelled, acted on television and in advertising, and acted in Cantonese language films and videos from 1999; her acting debut was in 1998. As of 2018 she has continued to act in films. named because the trio wished to disband when they reach the age of 48 years. They have revived Legend, previously sung by Raidas in the 80s, and When I Think of You by Danny Chan. The remake of Legend has been described as the "song of the year ... (MKB48) is once again inflaming the hearts of fans." Legend (1987) was "a classic work of integrating Chinese musical instruments with the popular British new wave style of the 80s." As of May 2017, MKB48 was considering a tour, after a successful performance in Guangzhou.

Filmography As Chan Yat Ling, or Isabel Chan In 1999, she was in The Truth About Jane and Sam directed by Derek Yee, and played Nurse Joe Chan in Fly Me to Polaris by Jingle Ma. In 2000, she performed in I.Q. Dudettes by Frankie Chan, What is a Good Teacher, And I Hate You So, and the video Fei hu xiong shi zhi Zhong Huan cha shi xiong sha an. In 2001 she was in Yau leng ching shu. In 2003, she starred as Gucci in the video My Grandma Is a Kung Fu Master! In that year, she did four The New Option videos: The Syndicate, The Final Showdown, The Campaign, and Confrontation, and a series of four more with Cantonese titles: Fei hu xiong shi zhi jiu shi zhe, Fei hu xiong shi zhi jie jin feng bao, Fei hu xiong shi zhi fu chou, and Fei hu xiong shi zhi bian yuan ren, in which she played Bibi.

In 2004, she was in Sex and the Beauties and PaPa Loves You, and played a teenager outside the curio shop in The Miracle Box. In 2005, she played the lead, Lisa, in Set to Kill by Marco Mak, and was in the film The China's Next Top Princess. In 2007, she played Wai-Ying in Trivial Matters, in the segment "It's a Festival Today", produced by Pang Ho-cheung. In 2008 she starred in a short, called Mr Right. She was in Lazy Hazy Crazy in 2015, and in Paws-Men in 2018.

As Isabel Chan In 2003, she played Joey in Looking For Mister Perfect and Blind Chu's wife in Colour of the Truth. She starred as young Flavia in Butterfly by Yan Yan Mak in 2004. In 2005, she was in Dragon Reloaded, and in 2006 she played Fonda's bridesmaid in The Shopaholics by Wai Ka-fai. She played Isabel in a series of three films directed by Pang Ho-cheung: Love in a Puff (Hong Kong title: Chun Jiao yu Zhi Ming, 2010), Love in the Buff (2012) and Love Off the Cuff (2017).

As Chan Yat Ling In 2019, she played the lead in Missbehavior (Congratulations to Ba Po, or Congratulations on the Eight Women) directed by Pang Ho-cheung.

Awards 1999 Seattle International Film Festival China Stars award for actors in best new film or TV series: Summer Vacation before Y2K.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Hong Kong Shue Yan University, Canossa College
Also known as
Yat Ning Chan, Chen Yi Ning, 陳逸寧, Chan Yat Ling

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Isabel Chan?

Chinese actress

When was Isabel Chan born?

Isabel Chan was born on 24 November 1979 in Hong Kong.

What is Isabel Chan's occupation?

Isabel Chan is an actor, film actor and financial advisor.

What nationality is Isabel Chan?

Isabel Chan is Chinese.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Isabel Chan

· Wikidata: Q517063

· DBpedia: Isabel Chan

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