20 Facts About Ella Chen

Ella Chen Chia-hwa is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and television host.

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

E's early days, Ella Chen signed autographs using the last character of her name,.

E's autograph sessions drew larger audiences, Ella Chen reverted to her simpler, English signature.

Ella Chen returned three weeks later to promote Super Star.

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

Ella Chen stayed away from filming for two days, during which she cut off approximately two centimeters of burnt hair on both sides of her head.

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

E's first album in 2001, Ella Chen has usually been the one to answer reporter's questions.

Ella Chen was the only member nominated for Best Lead Actress at the 41st Golden Bell Awards.

In 2006, Ella Chen accepted a role in drama series Hanazakarino Kimitachihe with Wu Chun.

In 2012, Ella Chen ventured onto the big screen in her first full-length film New Perfect Two alongside Vic Zhou.

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

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

Ella Chen was nominated for Best Entertainment TV Show Host along with Yu at the 49th Golden Bell Awards.

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

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

In 2023, Ella Chen participated in the fourth season of the Chinese reality singing survival show Ride the Wind, where she ended up placing first.

In October 2016, Ella Chen announced that she was 6 weeks pregnant with her first child with her husband, Alvin Lai, who is Malaysian.

Ella Chen first revealed her son nine months after his birth on social media.