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Kimberley Chen (born 23 May 1994)〔(Official Kimberley Chen on MySpace )〕 is an Australian singer, actress and model based in Taiwan. She attended Tintern Girls Grammar School in Melbourne, Australia. She was the youngest and only child model on the Channel 9's ''The Price Is Right'' and later appeared as Young Nala in Disney's ''Lion King'' at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne as well as the Shanghai Grand Theater in Shanghai. She is now a professional singer in Taiwan, singing both English and Chinese songs. Her debut album has been a commercial success and her debut song "愛你" (Love You) has more than 20,000,000 views on YouTube. ==Biography== Kimberley was first coached by her father in singing. She was then coached by Vladimir Vais, who is a world famous conductor and also musical director for the Russian Bolshoi Ballet for over 10 years. At a young age, Kimberley did photographic work and appeared in a McDonald's commercial, which was aired throughout Asia. Chen began singing for charities at the age of four with the help of her father. She was performing regularly at charity concerts and clubs. She donated to Australian Community Aid Abroad. When the East Timor Crisis came, she felt strongly for the Timorese and her donation went to Caritas Australia for direct aid to East Timor. In the 2003 Royal Children Hospital Good Friday Appeal on the Seven Network, at the age of 8, she sang and danced "Let's Get Loud" with backing dancers. Discovered by Grundy Television executive director Michael Whyte, Chen was offered the ongoing role as the featured child model on ''The Price Is Right'' for its 2003 revival. She performed in over 400 episodes on the Nine Network for 2 ½ years. In July 2005, Chen started playing the role of Young Nala in Disney's ''The Lion King'' at the Regent Theatre, Melbourne. In June 2006, Chen was offered the same role to perform in Shanghai's Grand Theatre for the season, through October 2006. While she was in Shanghai, Chen attracted quite a lot of interest from the local media. After ''The Lion King'', Chen stayed on to perform on a Shanghai television show. In March 2007, Chen was selected to sing the national anthem at the Australian Football League NAB Cup Grand Final in front of an audience of 40,000, which aired nationally on Seven. From April to November 2008, Chen was on the roster of artists at JYP Entertainment in New York. From November 2008 to June 2009, she was training independently in singing, dancing and acting in New York under the guidance of Yolanda Wyns, and recording with Grammy-award winners Gordon Chambers and Barry Eastmond. In March 2010, she was invited to compete in the Taiwanese televised singing competition ''One Million Star''. As she got good results on the programme, she was asked to be the guest singer for Kelly Clarkson's All I Ever Wanted World Tour in Taipei. She was signed with Sony BMG Taiwan, but in 2014, Blackie Chan and his wife, Christine Fan had signed her as a talent under their new talent agency, Black Swan Entertainment, and in 2015, Christine Fan also became her record producer. She also revealed that her family also publically announced on her Facebook page that they had become vegetarians. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kimberley Chen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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