Christine Fan

FanFan was born in Columbus, Ohio on March 18, 1976. She is the elder of two children and has a younger brother. She attended Pomona College, and then transferred in her second year to Harvard Extension School, a distance-education branch of Harvard University.{{cite news |title=Harvard student or not? Christine Fan speaks out after being accused of lying about educational background |url=https://www.asiaone.com/entertainment/harvard-student-or-not-christine-fan-speaks-out-after-being-accused-lying-about |access-date=July 15, 2020 |work=AsiaOne |date=May 9, 2019 |language=en}} She subsequently dropped out to pursue her musical career.{{Cite web|url=https://star.ettoday.net/news/1441783|title=范瑋琪爆「哈佛假學歷」 首現身：出道被設定標籤 {{!}} ETtoday星光雲|last=ETtoday新聞雲|website=star.ettoday.net|date=May 10, 2019 |language=zh-Hant|access-date=January 31, 2020}}

FanFan hosted the variety show Bang Bang Tang ({{lang|zh|模范棒棒堂}}) on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has also starred in various commercials. On November 1, 2008, she held her first ticketed concert in Taipei. She later held concerts in Hong Kong and in the Chinese cities of Taichung and Beijing. She was also the special guest in JJ Lin's concert in Singapore.

FanFan has composed and written lyrics for herself as well as other artists, including Claire Kuo, Angela Chang, Freya Lim, and the girl group Hey Girl. In 2015, she and Blackie Chen founded a talent agent company and signed Kimberley Chen, and she became her mentor, talent agent and record producer while she was pregnant with twin boys.

In 2003, because of the pressure of her sudden change in career path suggested by her record company to let her become an actress, FanFan suffered major depressive disorder and mild anorexia. She eventually recovered through her religion and with support from friends. A week after receiving the diagnosis, her doctor committed suicide.[http://dailynews.sina.com/bg/ent/music/sinacn/20090819/1815590053.html Christine Fan's Darker Secrets (Chinese)]

FanFan dated basketball player turned entertainer Blackie Chen for ten years before he proposed on February 17, 2010, during a game between the New Jersey Nets and the Miami Heat at Meadowlands Arena.[http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#!/video/video.php?v=1364189021701&ref=mf "我的求婚超緊張的啊！但是希望能跟大家分享..."] Facebook. February 18, 2010. Retrieved November 24, 2012. They had courtside seats cheering for Chen's friend, Nets player Yi Jianlian. She also sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" for the Nets home game against the Memphis Grizzlies on February 21, 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.chinaculture.org/focus/focus/2010spring/2010-02/23/content_371927_3.htm |title=Nets Hold Evening of Chinese Culture to Celebrate Spring Festival |access-date=July 17, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150720194727/http://www.chinaculture.org/focus/focus/2010spring/2010-02/23/content_371927_3.htm |archive-date=July 20, 2015 |url-status=dead }}) Both Christians, they married on May 7, 2011, at a church in Taipei. Their twin sons were born on January 15, 2015. The couple is active in charity work, most notably co-founding the Love Life campaign.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

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• FanFan's World ({{lang|zh|范范的世界}}) (2000)
• The Sun ({{lang|zh|太陽}}) (2001)
• The Sound of Music ({{lang|zh|真善美}}) (2003)
• For Fan – Original Dream ({{lang|zh|最初的夢想}}) (2004)
• One to One ({{lang|zh|一比一}}) (2005)
• Our Anniversary ({{lang|zh|我們的紀念日}}) (2006)
• Philosopher ({{lang|zh-hant|哲學家}})'' (2007)
• Faces of FanFan (2008)
• F One (2009)
• Love and FanFan (2011)
• Together (爱,在一起) (2012)
• Fanfan's time to give thanks (范范的感恩節) (2016)
• Solitary Moment (恰如其分的自己) (2022)

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