Lee first received attention as a television presenter for Cable TV Hong Kong's entertainment and sports channels, having covered popular television programs such as King of Sports (體育王) and Amazing Spaces (空間大改造). In 2012, she signed an artiste contract with TVB. Lee won the Most Improved Female Artiste award at the 2016 TVB Anniversary Awards. In 2018, she won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress with her role in the drama Who Wants A Baby?.
Career
Ali Lee in 2011Lee in 2019
After receiving an associate degree in visual arts from the City University of Hong Kong,[2] Ali Lee briefly worked as a model for the magazine Weekend Weekly (新假期) and starred in a few television commercials. In 2008, Lee signed with Cable TV Hong Kong and began hosting numerous television programmes for the cable broadcaster, including entertainment shows, travelogues, and sports programmes. In 2011, she made her acting debut in the miniseries ICAC Investigators 2011.
Upon her contract expiration with Cable TV, Lee joined TVB[3] in late 2012. She appeared in FIFA Confederations Cup 2013 - Kick-Off Carnival and mainly played minor supporting roles in television dramas.
In the 2016 drama Fashion War, Lee played Vincy Kei, a headstrong socialite in a power struggle with Moses Chan’s character. She took on her first female leading role in the legal drama Law dis-Order, starring opposite veterans Alex Fong and Liu Kai-chi, earning her first nominations for Best Actress and Most Popular Female Character at the 2016 TVB Anniversary Awards. Lee gained recognition as an actress by winning the Most Improved Artiste awards at both the 2016 StarHub TVB Awards and TVB Anniversary Awards.
In 2018, Lee earned critical acclaim in the family drama Who Wants A Baby?. She played Ellen Tong, a new mother who struggled to balance her responsibilities. Lee won the Best Actress award at the 2018 TVB Anniversary Awards, becoming the first TVB artiste to have won the accolade only two years after being awarded the Most Improved Female Artiste award. She also guest starred in the drama Life on the Line as the wife of Joe Ma’s character.
In 2019, Lee played cardio-thoracic surgeon Kennis Ching in the critical acclaimed medical drama Big White Duel. In July 2019, due to her politicized social media posts, Lee was supposedly dropped from several drama series, including the sequels to Legal Mavericks, Who Wants a Baby? and Big White Duel.[5][6][7]
In 2020, Lee made her acting comeback in the action drama Death By Zero, in which she played a single mother who became the assistant of an assassin. In July, she published a memoir titled Where The Heart Is.[8][9]
In 2021, Lee played a divorced secretary in the romantic drama Beauty and the Boss, again starring opposite Moses Chan. With her role in the drama AI Romantic,[10] she was highly praised for her portrayal as an android and became a strong contender for Best Actress. With her role as Amelia Wong in Beauty and the Boss, Lee won the Most Popular Female Character award at the 2021 TVB Anniversary Awards. In 2022, she was one of the 12 contestant's in the second season of TVB's Variety Show: Dub of War.
Personal life
Starting from 2015, Lee dated former ViuTV artiste and stage actor Danny Chan.[11] They ended their relationship in late 2020.
1st Female Lead TVB Star Award Malaysia for Top 15 Favourite TVB Drama Characters StarHub TVB Award for Most Improved Female Artiste TVB Anniversary Award for Most Improved Female Artiste
^俏model扮「小強」探京奧情 [Model Ali Lee to cover Beijing Olympics for Cable]. Apple Daily (in Chinese). 20 May 2008. Archived from the original on July 7, 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
^李佳芯：做祥仔對手好幸福 [Ali Lee: Fortunate to act with Wayne Lai]. Oriental Daily (in Chinese). 21 June 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
^"是非精"李佳芯上位 [Gossip queen Ali Lee climbs to the top]. Qoos (in Chinese). 14 February 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2016.
