Elizabeth Tan

Born in London, British actress Elizabeth Tan took her first major role in 2011 as Xin Proctor in Coronation Street, a series regular and the long-running ITV soap's first regular Chinese character. She went on to appear in Doctor Who, New Tricks, Hustle, and the fantasy drama Spirit Warriors, and took her first Bollywood role as Pae in Love Aaj Kal. Her film work includes Swinging with the Finkels (2011) and Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020), while on television she played Princess Windsor in Waterloo Road, Sulim in The Syndicate, and Ryh-Ming in Way to Go. Her leading roles include Maude in the Netflix gang drama Top Boy, Vera Chiang in the ITV World War II drama The Singapore Grip, Li in Emily in Paris, and Emma Taylor in Irish Wish (2024). On stage, she appeared in Luce at the Southwark Playhouse, earning favorable reviews, Harakjuku Girls at the Finborough Theatre, and This Isn't Romance at the Soho Theatre.