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Pui Lee

Pui Fan Leeis a British-Hong Konger actress and presenter. Along with Sue Monroe, Chris Jarvis, and Sidney Sloane she was one of the first presenters on CBeebies, the BBC television channel for younger children. She is known for portraying Po in the original 1997–2001 run of the children's television series Teletubbies, and for presenting the CBeebies preschool education series Show Me Show Me.

Lee's family came from Hong Kong. She was born in Birmingham, and grew up in Nottingham. She moved to London to study drama. She took on the role of Po shortly after leaving Drama school. She was the first presenter, alongside Chris Jarvis to introduce programming on the BBC digital channel CBeebies.

Lee lives in North London.

In 2004, Lee had a minor role as a Thai jail girl in the 2004 film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.

In 2019, she made a guest appearance in the British soap opera EastEnders.

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