Coco Lee is one of the most popular and richest Pop Singer who was born on January 17, 1975 in Hong Kong, China. Actress and singer who earned notoriety through the popularity of Mandarin albums such as 1997’s Di Da Di as well as her roles in Chinese films such as the 2004 film Master of Everything. In 2001 she was nominated to win one of the Academy Award for Best Original track for “A Love Before Time” from Singer and actress who gained fame through popular Mandarin albums like 1998’s Di Da Di as well as roles in Chinese films like 2004’s Master of Everything. In 2001, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original song for “A Love Before Time” from Ang Lee‘s martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.’s martial arts epic Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
She worked with Singaporean pop singer She collaborated with Singaporean pop star JJ Lin on the song “Smile Shanghai” for Shanghai World Expo 2010. on the track “Smile Shanghai” for Shanghai World Expo 2010.
Coco Lee (Chinese: 李玟 ; pinyin: Lǐ Wén ; born Ferren Lee, 17 January 1975) is a Hong Kong-born American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress. Lee’s career began in Hong Kong and then expanded to Taiwan. Her single, “Do You Want My Love” also entered the US music charts. Her first full-length English language album was Just No Other Way. As a Chinese American, Lee is the first and only person of Chinese ethnicity to perform at the Oscars; she performed the Best Original Song nominated, “A Love Before Time” from the movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
After Lee graduated from high school in 1992, she returned to Hong Kong to see her sisters participate in the Miss Hong Kong Pageant. While there, she took part in the 12th Annual New Talent Singing Awards and was the first runner-up, singing Whitney Houston’s Run to you. The following day, Capital Artists offered her a recording contract. She made her debut by appearing in several compilation albums, such as Red Hot Hits ’93 Autumn Edition (火熱動感93勁秋版). In 1994, working with Fancy Pie Records, she released her first solo albums in Mandarin, Love from Now On (愛就要趁現在) and Promise Me (答應我). In 1995, she released an English language cover album, Brave Enough to Love, as well as her third Mandarin album, Woman in Love (被愛的女人). In 1996, Lee signed a contract with Sony Music Entertainment and her subsequent album, “Coco Lee” became the best-selling album of 1996 in Asia. In 1997, she released the Mandarin album “Sincere” as well as a self-titled Cantonese album. In 1998, the Mandarin album Di Da Di was released and sold to 1 million copies in less than 3 months.
She got married to businessman Jewish-Canadian Bruce Philip Rockowitz in July 2011, and they have a daughter named Carol. She has two sisters named Nancy Carol and Carol.
