Kelly Chen Wai Lam Profile
Name: Kelly Chen Wai Lam (Kelly Chan, Chen Hui Lin, Chen HuiLin)
Chinese name: 陈慧琳 (陳慧琳)
Birth name: Chen Wai Man 陳慧汶 (Vivian Chen)
Birthday: September 13, 1972
Birth Place: Hong Kong
Height: 173cm
Blood type: O
Family: Parents, elder sister and younger brother
Education: Kobe Canadian Academy, Japan (high school)
Education: Parsons School of Design, New York (graphic design)
Language: Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Japanese
Profession: Actress and singer
Hobbies: Reading, interior design, packaging and textile design
Favorite color: Pink and red
Favorite food: Instant noodles
Favorite place: Wherever has sunshine and beach
Favorite sport: Dancing
Favorite actresses: Maggie Cheung, Julia Roberts, Jennifer Aniston and Nicole Kidman
Favorite movies: “An Autumn’s Tale,” “Pretty Woman,” “The Sixth Sense,” “The Others” and “Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi”
Favorite singers: Sandy Lam, Madonna, Alicia Keys, Macy Gray, Britney Spears, Destiny Childs, Pink, Park Ji-yoon and Utada Hikaru
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Kelly Chen Wai Lam Biography
After finishing her graphic design studies from New York, Kelly Chen came back to Hong Kong to pursue her career, and was introduced to one of her friend’s friend that owned a production studio. However at that moment there was no vacancy at the studio and Kelly was asked to do some audition instead.
Kelly Chen was picked to feature in superstar Jacky Cheung’s MV and later on started to feature in commercial ads in Shanghai. Her refreshing look was fast in capturing the eyes of audiences and movie producers…
Kelly Chen later made her movie debut “Whatever Will Be, Will Be” in August 1995 alongside Aaron Kwok and sang the movie theme song. Kelly then released a compilation album “Break The Sky” in September 1995 with another 3 new stars.
Kelly Chen then released her first Cantonese solo album “Dedicated Lover” in December 1995 and in May 1996 released her first Mandarin album “I Don’t Think So.” Later in November 1996 Kelly released her Japanese Single “Traveller.”
Kelly Chen continued her stardom across Asia both in acting and singing; her achievement in singing is however much successful then acting.
Kelly Chen is one of the very few Chinese that released Japanese album and was quite well received by the Japanese fans. Kelly also appeared in one of the Japanese TV dramas.
Kelly Chen has conducted concerts worldwide including Australia and USA and almost every part of Asia. Her album “Paisley Galaxy” (花花宇宙) released in year 2000 is one the all time best seller in Hong Kong and created the techno trend among Chinese community.
Kelly Chen is also famous for her involvement in various charities like ambassador for Red Crescent and UNICEF. She also established the ‘Kelly Chen Children Education Fund’, hoping to help more and more needy children.
In October 2004, Kelly Chen became the first Hong Kong female celebrity to be awarded as “The Outstanding Young Persons of The World” for her contribution to children, world peace, and human rights.
Why I like Kelly Chen Wai Lam
Well Kelly Chen was probably the first celebrity that I idolized; she sings quite well, acts quite well and looks very well. :)
Kelly might not be in her prime these days, but I still like her nonetheless.
Kelly Chen Pictures, Photos and Videos
December 28th, 2005 at 11:15 am
[...] Kelly Chan Wai Lam had attended an opening ceremony in Macau for Mcdonald new outlet, the organizer had returned the favor by donating HK$150,000 to “Kelly’s Children Education Fund” (陳慧琳兒童助學基金). [...]
February 23rd, 2006 at 7:46 am
I really love her song and I really like her. She is really PRETTY and SEXY.
April 25th, 2006 at 10:23 am
I’ve only seen her in two movies so I can’t say much about her acting, but I must say that her beauty is really striking. It’s a very unique type of beauty that totally caught me off guard. I like that. Very refreshing.
April 25th, 2006 at 12:03 pm
Kelly’s acting is fair enough.. but her appearance is really breath taking, simply gourgeous.
May 4th, 2006 at 1:59 pm
[...] Hong Kong pop singer Kelly Chen will be having her Hong Kong concert on June 30, clashing with World Cup 2006. [...]
July 13th, 2006 at 12:18 am
I love Kelly Chen! She’s Pretty and se can sing very good! She’s my number 1 !!!!
July 13th, 2006 at 12:29 am
Hi Yuunhaa.. nice to see you. Not many Kelly’s fans around this blog, maybe people can’t find this page, or just that her popularity around Asia is not as strong as it used to be..
July 24th, 2006 at 2:17 am
[...] Yupe, it’s Hong Kong popstar Kelly Chen that’s featuring in the videos of TV commercial ads for Toto, a Japanese manufacturer for toilet products. [...]
August 24th, 2006 at 9:53 pm
[...] Whether Jun Ji-hyun will star in a Hollywood movie is still uncertain, but she’s likely to star her next movie in a China-Japan-Korea joint production, which maybe starring Kelly Chen from Hong Kong and Ito Misaki from Japan as well. [...]
October 29th, 2006 at 3:59 am
[...] UMG contracted singers like Jacky Cheung, Eason Chan, Kelly Chen, Jordan Chan, Eric Suen etc. had all presented in the concert; while some former UMG’s singers like Alan Tam, Andy Hui and William Su also sang in the concert as special guest. [...]
November 6th, 2006 at 8:06 am
[...] This year even is hosted by real life celebrity couple Carol Cheng and Lui Fong. Other than Andy Lau and Leon Lai, other heavyweight singers that performed at the show include Hacken Lee, Kelly Chen, Joey Yung, Miriam Yung, Leo Ku, Kenny Bee, Denise Ho, Ella Koon, Jordan Chan, Twins etc. [...]
November 10th, 2006 at 12:45 am
Kelly Chan you are the most beautiful. Eventhough i am nepali i do love you.Keep on doing good job.
February 26th, 2007 at 6:58 am
She is another hotty !!!
March 17th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
so ugly and old !!!
March 18th, 2007 at 12:34 am
mirror… she’s getting old, but still looks good. I don’t mind having a girlfriend like that at all.
March 18th, 2007 at 10:02 pm
I really like Kelly Chen. She’s very pretty and her voice is just amazing. She’s acted quite a bit, but I prefer her singing. Especially her themesong for the Korean drama DaeJangGeum!
March 28th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
nice site
March 28th, 2007 at 8:27 pm
Thanks for the complement sunilbabu.
March 31st, 2007 at 2:42 pm
She looks damn good to me!
March 31st, 2007 at 4:30 pm
Kelly is still looking good… but getting old pretty fast. These days there are artist that still look good (some even better) in 40s; Kelly unfortunately lacks a bit of elegance to shine in recent years, and is not showing the ‘energy’ as she used to be.