Ella Chen

Singer

Birthday June 18, 1981

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Pingtung, Taiwan

Age 42 years old

Nationality Taiwan

Height 1.63 m

#62148 Most Popular

1941

S.H.E. was the only member nominated for Best Lead Actress at the 41st Golden Bell Awards.

1949

S.H.E. was nominated for Best Entertainment TV Show Host along with Yu at the 49th Golden Bell Awards.

Chen was a judge in Season 2 of the Chinese reality singing television show, Masked Singer.

1981

Ella Chen Chia-hwa (born 18 June 1981) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host.

S.H.E. is a member of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.

2000

On 8 August 2000, HIM International Music held a 'Universal 2000 Talent and Beauty Girl Contest' in search of new artists to sign under their label.

When Chen traveled with her older sister to Taipei for a holiday, S.H.E. discovered that her sister had registered her for the competition.

Intimidated by the long line of contestants and worried of facing ridicule for her tomboy personality, Chen almost gave up before the first round, but her sister convinced her to stay.

Chen's deep voice caught the label's attention, and S.H.E. reached the final round.

Her alto voice was noted for its strong and beautiful nature.

Following the conclusion of the contest, Chen returned to her duties at a local hospital, but received a call from HIM International requesting an additional audition.

After test recordings were done, S.H.E. signed on as part of HIM's newest girl group, S.H.E. Her English name 'Ella', which means courage, was derived from a personality test set by HIM Management Co. When Chen first tested out her signature, HIM employees were concerned that the signature would be easily forged due to its simplicity; thus, during S.H.E's early days, Ella signed autographs using the last character of her name,.

However, as S.H.E's autograph sessions drew larger audiences, Chen reverted to her simpler, English signature.

During her career with S.H.E, Chen has been the most accident-prone member.

2001

Since the release of S.H.E's first album in 2001, Chen has usually been the one to answer reporter's questions.

As the tomboy of S.H.E, Chen is frequently the subject of jokes targeting her gender and sexual orientation, but S.H.E. usually takes the jabs in stride.

In one online poll S.H.E. was labelled as one of China's Four Main Tomboys of the past century.

2003

On 29 July 2003, S.H.E. was sent to the hospital after jumping from the third story of a building and injuring her spine while filming a variety program; the two other members refused to jump.

S.H.E. returned three weeks later to promote Super Star.

In 2003, Chen starred in drama series The Rose (蔷薇之恋) with Joe Cheng (郑元畅) and Jerry Huang (黄志玮).

The drama was voted the Most Popular Drama at the Golden Bell Awards.

2004

As a singer and an actress, Chen has also appeared in various music videos such as 愛的重唱曲-覆水難收篇 (2004-04-05), 再一次拥有 (2005) by Kaira Gong and 愛到瘋癲 (2009) by Power Station.

2005

In 2005, during the filming of Reaching for the Stars, Chen burned her ears and hair on a candle, prompting crew members to send her to the National Taiwan University Hospital.

S.H.E. stayed away from filming for two days, during which S.H.E. cut off approximately two centimeters of burnt hair on both sides of her head.

In 2005, Chen and her S.H.E group mates were involved in a drama called Reaching for the Stars (真命天女).

2006

In 2006, Chen accepted a role in drama series Hanazakarino Kimitachihe (花样少年少女) with Wu Chun (吳尊).

The show was popular both in Taiwan and internationally in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and in non-Chinese speaking countries like Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, the USA and some European countries.

2007

In 2007, Chen was voted by online fans as Taiwan's most down-to-earth artist.

2009

In 2009, Chen composed a song for her seniors Power Station, entitled "Love Crazy/愛到瘋癲" (originally titled Shi Mian/Insomnia (失眠), written after her failed heartbreaking relationship).

The song was given to them as repayment for Power Station have given S.H.E the song "Freezer".

Chen had also composed a station song entitled "Pop Radio 91.7 jingle" for Taiwan Pop Radio station "Pop Radio 91.7," 再这里 for Huang Yi Da (黄义达), 鸟 for Yao Yao.

Her unusually deep voice earned her a starring role as the voice of Arthur in the Mandarin version of Arthur and the Minimoys.

2010

2010 marked Chen's return to the drama series arena when S.H.E. starred alongside Jerry Yan (言承旭), in Down With Love (就想賴著妳).

2012

In 2012, Chen ventured onto the big screen in her first full-length film New Perfect Two (新天生一對) alongside Vic Zhou (周渝民).

This was immediately followed by another equally successful movie, Bad Girls (女孩坏坏) with Mike He (賀軍翔).

Bad Girls' theme song was covered by Chen and became the carrier single of her first commercial mini album entitled To Be Ella/I am Chen Jia Hua, which topped the charts all over Asia and gained various praises from the critics and nominations from different award giving bodies on the same year.

2013

In 2013, Chen filmed a Chinese New Year Drama in Shanghai entitled Ji Pin Da Zuo Zhan which required her to film one month straight as S.H.E. went back and forth from Taiwan to Shanghai to fulfill her group activities in her home country.

Chen also hosted a dating show, Take Me Out, with Harlem Yu which began airing on 13 April 2013.

2018

Chen was a vocal mentor on Produce 101 China, which aired in 2018.

2020

In 2020, Chen joined Season 2 of the Chinese survival show, Youth With You, otherwise also known as Idol Producer Season 3, as a vocal coach along with Cai Xukun, Lisa and Jony J.