Leanne Li

In this Chinese name, the family name is Li.

Leanne Li Yanan (Chinese: 李亞男; born 25 November 1984) is a Chinese-born Canadian actress and television host. She was the 2005 Miss Chinese International Pageant winner hailing from Vancouver, British Columbia.^[1]

Leanne Li
李亞男
Born	Li Yanan (1984-11-25) 25 November 1984 (age 40) Shanghai, China
Nationality	Chinese
Citizenship	Canadian
Alma mater	University of British Columbia
Occupation(s)	actress, host
Agents	TVB (2005–2017) Tailor Made Production Limited (2016–present)
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Spouse	Wong Cho-lam ​ (m. 2015)​
Children	Gabrielle Wong (daughter) Hayley Wong (daughter)
Parents	Li Qunli (father) Zhu Rucui (mother)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	李亞男
Simplified Chinese	李亚男
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Lǐ Yànán Yue: Cantonese Jyutping lei5 aa3 naam4

Early life

Leanne's family originates from Shanghai, China who later emigrated when she was a child. The eldest of two girls, she was a second year fine arts student at the University of British Columbia before participating in the pageants.

Pageant career

At the age of 20, Leanne competed as contestant #10 in Miss Chinese Vancouver 2004 pageant, taking the crown. She also took the titles of Miss Photogenic and Best Posture. As the winner of this pageant, she represented the city of Vancouver at Miss Chinese International in the following year.

In January, she arrived in Hong Kong to compete for the Miss Chinese International 2005 crown, and won.^[2] Being considered just a favorite, she beat out bigger favorite, Fala Chen of New York for the title. Her performance received positive reviews, especially during the final interview portion.

Personal life

Leanne is a Protestant. During the 48th TVB anniversary celebration, Wong Cho-lam proposed to her.^[3][4][5] Li and Wong married on Valentine's Day in 2015. Leanne and her husband Wong Cho-lam are both devoted Christians who have both publicly declared sexual abstinence before marriage. She gave birth to her daughter Gabrielle Wong on 17 December 2018.^[6] In Dec 2020, Leanne welcomed the birth of her second daughter Hayley.^[7]

TV dramas

• La Femme Desperado (2006) - Guest Appearance
• Love Guaranteed (2006)
• Dicey Business (2006)
• Drive of Life (2007)
• The Building Blocks of Life (2007)
• War of In-Laws II (2008) - Guest Appearance
• Forensic Heroes 2 (2008)
• The Money-Maker Recipe (2008)
• Burning Flame III (2009)
• The Stew of Life (2009)
• Suspects in Love (2010) - Guest Appearance
• The Mysteries of Love (2010) - Guest Appearance
• Only You (2011)
• The Other Truth (2011) - Guest Appearance
• Men with No Shadows (2011) - Guest Appearance
• No Good Either Way (2012)
• A Great Way to Care II (2013)
• Brother's Keeper (2013)
• Ruse of Engagement (2014)
• Black Heart White Soul (2014)
• Shades of Life (2014)
• Come On, Cousin (2014)
• With or Without You (2015)
• Fashion War (2016)

Film

• Blackhat (2015) as Emergency Worker