[3] Chen began appearing in commercials at age 6 and discovered her love for performing when she picked up dancing in secondary school.
[5][6] She played a cameo role in Echoing Love (2011), an anthology film co-directed by her father Edmund Chen.
Chen is also a regular face in fashion magazines and she has appeared in ad campaigns for brands which include hello, Goldheart and Orasyl.
[1] She landed her first lead role in Teenage Textbook: The Series (2021), acting alongside Xuan Ong, Chris Mak, and Gavin Teo.
[17] In an interview in September 2023, Chen revealed that she struggles with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) since childhood, but only came to know her condition in 2021 when she was studying psychology.