Ella Koon Yun-na (born 9 July 1979) is a former Hong Kong Cantopop singer and semi-retired actress.
Biography Ella Koon was born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, and is of Hakka descent." She was raised in Hong Kong and attended high school in Birmingham, England. Koon is multilingual and speaks Hakka, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, and some French. Koon also plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument with 21 strings, as well as the Guitar and Piano. She is not a French citizen.
Entertainment career After completing her studies in England, Koon returned to Hong Kong in 2000 where she began her modeling career for various magazines, advertisements and commercials. Modelling became her full-time profession.
In 2001, she landed her first movie role in "I Do". After the movie, she continued modelling; then in 2004 she was invited to attend a singing audition. The audition landed her a contract with Boombeat Music and launched her singing career. Her first few albums – "Original", "Ellacadabra" (2005), "Lose Sanity" (2006) and the EP "Stages" (2008) were not particularly acclaimed. But as a singer on The Voice () singing "Endless Love" she impressed audiences and further propelled her singing career.
Koon also starred in the popular TVB's drama series "Revolving Door of Vengeance" in 2005 and "Survivor's Law II " in 2007. In "Revolving Door of Vengeance" she played "Hoi Sum" (meaning 'happy' in Cantonese), a carefree and happy-go-lucky girl. In "Survivor's Law II," she won the audience again with her character as "Lily" the sassy and stylish lawyer who could hold her own in the courtroom. Besides the drama series, Koon has been invited as a guest to several TVB games shows and was a host for two food travel shows with notable Hong Kong Chefs. Indeed, her most recent work with Kelvin Pan (Pan Kai Tai) has boosted her into the pinnacle of Hong Kong entertainment business.
"I Do" was just the first of many movies Koon appeared and started in. She also landed roles in movies such as My Sweetie (甜絲絲, 2004), Drink, Drank, Drunk (千杯不醉, 2005), Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (冰河世紀二, 2006), The Shopaholics (最愛女人購物狂, 2006), Without Words (地老天荒, 2006), Undercover Hidden Dragon (至尊無賴, 2006), Arthur and the Minimoys (迷你魔界大冒險, 2007), Muddy but Pure White (泥巴色的純白, 2008), Playboy Cops (花花型警, 2008), Look for a Star (游龍戲鳳, 2008), Short of Love (矮仔多情, 2009) and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (冰河世紀三, 2009). She Played the role of Merry in the Clement Cheng movie 'Merry-go-round' (2010) in which her talent expresses perfectly.
Between 2010 and 2012, Koon became the first ever Asian GoDaddy Girl and was featured on the front page of the GoDaddy site for all Asian users. She was supported by DotAsia's coordination.
Incident In 2006, during promoting a Mid-Autumn Festival event, Koon was assaulted on stage by a man, later identified as Kalton Pan, a 22-year-old male. The man was immediately arrested and later sentenced to 9 months imprisonment. Koon was not harmed by the incident and decided against pursuing legal action against the man.
In September 2014, Koon was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, which made her right side of her face paralyzed.
Discography Original (2004) Ellacadabra (2005) Lose Sanity 失常 (2006) Stages (2008) Being (2010) Take A Shine to... (2011) Wanna Be (2013)
Filmography + Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 I Do Michelle Chung 2004 My Sweetie Sea Ko 2005 Crazy N' the City Chris's ex-girlfriend 2005 Drink, Drank, Drunk "Big Sister" beer girl 2005 Dragon Tiger Gate Luosha / Rosa Cantonese dub 2006 The Shopaholics Ding Ding-dong 2006 Without Words Snow Yip 2006 Undercover Hidden Dragon 36 2006 Ice Age: The Meltdown Cantonese dub 2006 The Heavenly Kings Cameo (uncredited) 2007 Arthur and the Invisibles Cantonese dub 2007 Kidnap Shirley 2007 Muddy but Pure White 2008 Playboy Cops policewoman 2009 Look for a Star Chihuahua 2009 Short of Love secretary 2009 Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs Cantonese dub 2009 Rebellion undercover cop 2010 Here Comes Fortune 2010 Just Another Pandora's Box Diao Chan 2010 Perfect Wedding 2010 Merry-Go-Round Merry / Young Eva 2016 House of Wolves
+ Television Year Title Role Notes 2004 Sunshine Heartbeat doctor guest star 2005 The Zone Gigi 2005 Medical Detectives Suet 2005 Revolving Doors of Vengeance Lee Hoi-sum 2006 Love a Flame Siu Fong 2007–2008 Survivor's Law II Lily Suen 2008 Dressage To Win cashier guest star 2008 This is My Home Yip Gong-on 2009 Rooms to Let Bee 2010 Rooms to Let 2010 Bee 2011 Only You Siu Shuk-chu Introduced in Ep.15 2011 Super Snoops Chow Kui-yeuk Introduced in Ep.3 2012 Highs and Lows Ko Hei Suen
References
External links Her Official Website