{"id":56490,"date":"2026-05-30T12:34:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=56490"},"modified":"2026-05-30T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T04:34:02","slug":"hong-kong-born-actress-kaja-chan-on-her-burning-desire-as-she-rises-on-tv-video-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=56490","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong-born actress Kaja Chan on her \u2018burning desire\u2019 as she rises on TV, video games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/05\/30\/aa2882e4-247a-4581-865d-43fa5d68319b_69200bfb.jpg?itok=lh1T1pRz&amp;v=1780108606\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Theatre emphasises the principle of directorial intention, a specific creative vision and message that a performance aims to communicate.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Hong Kong-born actress Kaja Chan applies this theory to her life. She has known she wanted to act for as long as she can remember, and has steered her career with unwavering focus.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Chan, 25, was born to a Polish mother and Chinese father and grew up in Sha Tin and Tai Po in Hong Kong\u2019s New Territories.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1xdhyk6 ec74h0k0\">Now based in London, Chan is making her mark across every medium, having appeared in Netflix\u2019s <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\"><em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Bridgerton<\/em> season 2<\/span>, headlined indie short films and delivered both a voice-over and motion capture performance for the hit video game <em data-qa=\"ContentSchemaRender-defaultRenderMapFunctions-Component\" class=\"css-1mniedq ex3nmsa15\">Split Fiction<\/em> (2025), a role that earned her a longlist nomination for the 2026 Bafta Game Awards.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">She has also performed at venues such as London\u2019s Royal Court Theatre and the Old Vic but still remembers being cast as the lead in her school play at age seven.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cI was on cloud nine, having the time of my life \u2013 and then swine flu hit,\u201d she recalls of the play that was subsequently cancelled. \u201cBut from that young age, I had this clarity of vision that this was not going to be the last time I acted in a play \u2026 That lost opportunity, failure, rejection by the world made me even more determined to make it happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/entertainment\/article\/3355254\/hong-kong-born-actress-kaja-chan-her-burning-desire-she-rises-tv-video-games?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theatre emphasises the principle of directorial intention, a specific creative vision and message that a performance aims to communicate. 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