Ella Koon Yun-na (born 9 July 1979) is a former Hong Kong Cantopop singer and semi-retired actress.
Ella Koon was born in the French Polynesian island of Tahiti, and is of Hakka descent. She was raised in Hong Kong and attended high school in Birmingham, England. Koon is multilingual and speaks Hakka, Cantonese, English, Mandarin, and some French. Koon also plays the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese musical instrument with 21 strings, as well as the Guitar and Piano. She is not a French citizen.
After completing her studies in England, Koon returned to Hong Kong in 2000 where she began her modeling career for various magazines, advertisements and commercials. Modelling became her full-time profession.
In 2001, she landed her first movie role in "I Do". After the movie, she continued modelling; then in 2004 she was invited to attend a singing audition. The audition landed her a contract with Boombeat Music and launched her singing career. Her first few albums â "Original", "Ellacadabra" (2005), "Lose Sanity" (2006) and the EP "Stages" (2008) were not particularly acclaimed. But as a singer on The Voice () singing "Endless Love" she impressed audiences and further propelled her singing career.
Koon also starred in the popular TVB's drama series "Revolving Door of Vengeance" in 2005 and "Survivor's Law II " in 2007. In "Revolving Door of Vengeance" she played "Hoi Sum" (meaning 'happy' in Cantonese), a carefree and happy-go-lucky girl. In "Survivor's Law II," she won the audience again with her character as "Lily" the sassy and stylish lawyer who could hold her own in the courtroom. Besides the drama series, Koon has been invited as a guest to several TVB games shows and was a host for two food travel shows with notable Hong Kong Chefs. Indeed, her most recent work with Kelvin Pan (Pan Kai Tai) has boosted her into the pinnacle of Hong Kong entertainment business.
âÂÂI Do" was just the first of many movies Koon appeared and started in. She also landed roles in movies such as My Sweetie (çÂÂ絲絲, 2004), Drink, Drank, Drunk (Ã¥ÂÂæ¯ä¸ÂéÂÂ, 2005), Ice Age 2: The Meltdown (å°河ä¸Âç´ÂäºÂ, 2006), The Shopaholics (æÂÂæÂÂ女人購ç©çÂÂ, 2006), Without Words (å°èÂÂ天èÂÂ, 2006), Undercover Hidden Dragon (è³å°Âç¡賴, 2006), Arthur and the Minimoys (è¿·ä½ éÂÂçÂÂ大åÂÂéª, 2007), Muddy but Pure White (泥巴è²çÂÂç´Âç½, 2008), Playboy Cops (è±è±åÂÂè¦, 2008), Look for a Star (游é¾Âæ²鳳, 2008), Short of Love (ç®ä»Âå¤Âæ , 2009) and Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (å°河ä¸Âç´Âä¸Â, 2009). She Played the role of Merry in the Clement Cheng movie 'Merry-go-round' (2010) in which her talent expresses perfectly.
Between 2010 and 2012, Koon became the first ever Asian GoDaddy Girl and was featured on the front page of the GoDaddy site for all Asian users. She was supported by DotAsia's coordination.
In 2006, during promoting a Mid-Autumn Festival event, Ella was assaulted on stage by a man, later identified as Kalton Pan, a 22-year-old male. The man was immediately arrested and later sentenced to 9 months imprisonment. Ella was not harmed by the incident and decided against pursuing legal action against the man.
In September 2014, Ella was diagnosed with Bell's palsy, which made her right side of her face paralyzed.