Fann Wong

[2] The following year, a Singaporean television producer discovered her and cast her in Dreams Come True, a Singapore drama series.

In late 1996, Fann released in Singapore her first Mandarin pop album Fanntasy, which contained a duet (theme song of her TV drama 'Brave New World') with Taiwanese singer Jeff Chang.

[13] The album was retitled I Live Alone and repackaged with two additional songs for the Taiwanese market and won 4 IFPI platinum sales awards in Taiwan, marking the start of Fann's regional success.

[2][14] In 1996, Fann starred in the 40-episode blockbuster drama Brave New World alongside Christopher Lee and Hong Kong actor Alex Man.

Fann also performed the theme song, "Don't let love become hard for us", as a duet with Taiwanese singer Jeff Chang.

[16] In 1998, Fann was named the female lead, Xiaolongnü, in TCS remake of the hit wuxia drama The Return of the Condor Heroes where she once again starred alongside Christopher Lee.

[17][18] The movie topped the Singapore box office for three weeks[19] and her role as a gritty wild-child won her a Best New Performer nomination at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards in 2000.

In 1999, Fann released her third album, Missing You, recorded "Private Number" with British boyband 911[22] and performed Moments of Magic, Singapore's official millennium song.

[28] She also began hosting travelogue shows, including Travel Hunt: Japan and Fann Adventure, which was filmed in South Africa and Malaysia.

[29] In 2002, Fann became the first Singaporean actress to play a major role in a Hollywood production, as Chon Lin in Shanghai Knights.

Clearly modelled after Zhang Ziyi of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, she combines a dancer's grace with a fighter's speed, and looks great standing still or whirling.

[30] In Hong Kong, the South China Morning Post stated that she "seems set to displace Lucy Liu as Hollywood's Asian babe du jour".

[37] In April 2005, Fann was invited to the Cannes MIPTV Media Market where she promoted House of Harmony and discussed possible collaborations with European industry professionals.

She performed at the Tonle Sap Water Festival Mega Concert and visited the Krousar Thmey blind school,[42] where she donated cassette recorders and biscuits.

At the begin of the year, she played a syren in the series The Legend of Master Ji 3, then she was invited to be a judge for TBS's fashion competition show Asian Ace.

Though she didn't release new album for years, she was still invited to perform at 9th Asia Song Festival which was held in Yeosul, Korea, on 4 August.

She worked with Hong Kong actor Bowie Lam (her husband in the drama) and Chinese director Zhang Jizhong.

[47] After giving birth to her son Zed in 2014, Fann took a step back in her career to focus on motherhood, only taking on acting projects occasionally.

[48] In 2018, Fann made her acting comeback in Doppelganger (TV series), which marked her first on-screen collaboration with husband Christopher Lee in almost 14 years.

In 2020, Fann made her Mediacorp English drama debut in the Hokkien opera themed series, Titoudao: Inspired by a True Wayang Star.

[51] In 2023, Fann was in negotiations to appear in the fourth season of the popular Chinese reality TV show Sisters Who Make Waves.