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==Early life and education==
Lee's family came from [[Hong Kong]].<ref name="bbc.co.uk">{{Cite web |title=BBC - Press Office - BBC Global Channels Asia-Pacific launches three channels on Hong Kong's now TV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/bbcworldwide/worldwidestories/pressreleases/2007/10_october/now_tv.shtml |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=www.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pui Fan Lee |url=https://www.sheilland.com/pui-fan-lee |access-date=2022-05-04 |website=sheil-land}}</ref> She was born in
==Career==
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Lee's first television experience came as a member of the [[Central Junior Television Workshop]], set up by the ITV Franchise holder of the time,[[ITV Central|Central Independent Television]].{{cn|date=March 2024}} The workshop was based in Central's two studio locations of Birmingham & Nottingham, and from the Nottingham workshop, she was selected and cast as Hannah in the [[Children's ITV]] drama series, [[Murphy's Mob]] at the age of 13.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
She would later go on to study at the [[London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art]] (LAMDA), and once qualified, appeared in a number of tv shows before successfully applying and securing the role of Po in a new [[CBBC]] show called [[Teletubbies]]. Lee was not only the voice of the character but also was inside the costume for 365 episodes between 1997 and 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pui Fan Lee |url=https://www.nmplive.co.uk/pui-fan-lee |access-date= |website=www.nmplive.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/tv-radio/2017/04/where-are-teletubbies-20-years|title=Where are the Teletubbies, 20 years on?|magazine=New Statesman|date=6 April 2017|accessdate=9 September 2020}}</ref>
Along with [[Sue Monroe]], [[Chris Jarvis (presenter)|Chris Jarvis]], and [[Sidney Sloane]], Lee was one of the first presenters on [[CBeebies]], the BBC digital television channel for younger children.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Swettenham|first1=Lee|title=CBeebies|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/whats-on/film-news/gallery/cbeebies-8515582|accessdate=16 September 2020|work=Manchester Evening News|date=26 January 2015}}</ref> Lee, alongside [[Chris Jarvis (presenter)|Chris Jarvis]], were the first presenters to introduce programming on the [[CBeebies]] channel.<ref name=list/>
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