Wong was awarded the Loke Cheng Kim scholarship to the Royal Ballet School in London.
[3] She wrote her dissertation on Falun Gong as it combined her interests in movement, spirituality and her heritage as an ethnic Chinese.
Wong Li Lin made her television debut in 1994 and has acted in dramas such as Masters of the Sea (1994) and Rising Expectations (长河) (1997).
She became a household name for her lead role as Inspector Elaine Tay in Mediacorp Channel 5 cop drama Triple Nine (Season 1 and 2) from 1995 to 1997.
[9] Wong married Chinese-American actor and host Allan Wu in Los Angeles, California, United States in December 2003.