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Who is Lily Chee?
Li-Ling Chee, better known under the alias Lily Chee, was born on 19 September 2003 under the zodiac sign of Virgo in Brooklyn, New York City USA. She’s a 20-year-old fashion model, actress, and social media personality, probably best recognized for landing the role of young Elektra in the Netflix superhero series “Daredevil” (2016), playing Young Jessica Rho in the action crime film “Sunset Park” (2017), and featuring as Britney in the YouTube web series “Chicken Girls” (2018-2019).
How rich is she? Lily Chee’s Net Worth
As of the latter part of 2023, Lily’s net worth is estimated at over $1.5 million, acquired through her thriving career in the film industry as a professional actress. She has garnered eight television and film acting credits since she embarked on her professional acting journey in 2016. Alongside her acting pursuits, she ‘s accumulated an impressive portfolio of modeling endeavors, which include collaborations with numerous high-profile fashion brands. Moreover, she’s increased her fortune through various brand endorsem*nts and sponsored posts shared across her official social media platforms.
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Early Life, Parents, Siblings, Nationality, Ethnicity, Religion, Educational Background
Lily spent her formative years in her birthplace of Brooklyn, where she was raised by her father, Mac, and her mother, Rebecca; however, their professions remained undisclosed to the public. Regarding her siblings, she has two younger sisters, named Mabel and Nuala, both of whom are also recognized as models and social media stars. Lily holds American nationality and belongs to a mixed ethnic group since her father is of Chinese and Malaysian descent, while her mother has Scottish and Irish heritage. In terms of religion, she identifies herself as a Christian. Regarding her educational history, Lily completed her high school education at Professional Children’s School in 2021. She is currently a student at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, which she joined after matriculation to continue her academic journey.
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Modeling Career
Lily’s professional modeling career started suddenly when she was only nine years old, after being spotted by a talent agent from Wilhelmina Models while she was shopping with her father in Brooklyn. Encouraged by the agent to pursue a modeling career, she ventured into the world of fashion, landing various modeling opportunities and working for such prominent brands as Old Navy and Target. Her successful career as a model eventually paved the way for her involvement in acting. Speaking further about her modeling gigs, Lily has also modeled for such brands as Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Marc Jacobs Fragrance, Maddie Ziegler, Dior, and many others, as well as appearing in fashion shows for renowned designer Alivia Simone and Petite Parade. Since 2020, Lily has been represented by Industry Model Group.
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Rise to Prominence as an Actress
Lily took her first career steps as an actress when she joined the SAG-AFTRA union at the age of 11, which led her to her debut TV appearance as young Elektra in a 2016 episode of the notable Netflix superhero series “Daredevil”. Created by fellow filmmaker Drew Goddard, the series is based on the Marvel Comics superhero Matt Murdock, a blind lawyer who fights for justice in the courtroom by day and transforms into Daredevil at night to fight crime in New York City. Within the show, Lily had the privilege of sharing the screen with esteemed actors such as Charlie Cox, Deborah Ann Woll, and Elden Henson, among others. Her performance was highly appreciated, opening doors to more acting opportunities. Her next role came in 2017 when she portrayed the younger version of Jessica Rho in Jason Sarrey’s action crime film “Sunset Park”, starring alongside Michael Trevino, Robert Miano and Sam Douglas.
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Continued Success
Lily achieved significant success in her acting career through the role of Britney in the YouTube teen comedy-drama web series “Chicken Girls”, which revolves around three middle school students portrayed by Annie LeBlanc, Brooke Elizabeth Butler, and Dylan Conrique. She appeared in 24 episodes aired from 2018 to 2019. Concurrently, she also featured in the music video for LeBlanc’s single “Don’t Keep Me Guessing”, released in 2018. It was followed by her guest role as a model girl in a 2019 episode of the HBO Max comedy series “The Other Two”, created by Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly. Later that same year, she was chosen to play the recurring character Sarah ‘Britney’ in the Brat TV teen drama web series “Zoe Valentine”, next to Diego Velasquez and Anna Catchcart.
In 2020, Lily made a guest appearance as Melanie in an episode of the NBC medical drama series “New Amsterdam”, created by David Schulner and based on Eric Manheimer’s book “Twelve Patients: Life And Death At Bellevue Hospital”. Most recently, Lily secured the lead role of Harper in a short romantic comedy film, entitled “nothing, except everything.” (2023), co-starring with David Mazouz.
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YouTube Channel
Apart from her careers in modeling and acting, Lily Chee has also made a name for herself as a successful social media personality and fashion influencer. She gained enormous popularity on her official YouTube channel, which she uses to share diverse content related to fashion, beauty, education, work, daily routines, and vlogs, among others. Her self-titled YouTube channel was created on 5 December 2012, but she only became active when she uploaded her debut video, entitled “MY FIRST VLOG!!!! | Lily Chee”, on 6 October 2017.
Thanks to her engagement content on the platform, she has accumulated an impressive fan base, boasting nearly 320,000 subscribers, while her videos have been viewed more than 18 million times in total. Among her most viewed are such titles as “day in my life: working at brandy”, “my workout routine”, and “mexico vlog”, to name a few. Thanks to her accomplishments and activity on the platform, Lily earned a Shorty Award nomination for Best Breakout YouTuber in 2020.
Other Social Media Platforms
In addition to her presence on YouTube, Lily also expanded her influence across other social media platforms. She gained enormous popularity on Instagram, on which she runs her official account under the username ‘lilychee’ with more than 1.6 million followers. Lily also regularly shares engaging short-form videos of herself on the highly popular TikTok application, on which she goes by the same nickname ‘lilychee’. She’s garnered over 1.2 million followers there, while her videos have collected over 70 million likes. Additionally, her presence on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter, is also notable as she runs her account ‘@LilyChee’ with more than 26,000 followers. Besides that, she runs a Snapchat account under the username ‘cheebirdl’ and has an official Facebook page with over 20,000 followers.
Appearance and Vital Statistics
Lily has long brown hair and dark brown eyes. She stands at a height of 5ft 8ins (1.73m), her weight is around 126lbs (57kgs), and vital statistics 33-24-35, bra size 32D. Her dress size is 4 (US), and shoe size 8.5 (US).
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Personal Life and Trivia
While she is very open to sharing details of her professional endeavors, Lily is quite the opposite when it comes to speaking about her personal life. She tends to keep all details about it under a low profile. Despite this, there have been some speculations in the media about her romantic involvement with actor William Franklyn-Miller. However, both Lily and William have chosen to remain silent about those rumors as neither of them confirmed or denied them. Her residence is still in New York.
Lily is known for her charity work, and she actively collaborates with the Pencils of Promise foundation. Her favorite hobbies include traveling around the world, dancing, shopping, and playing soccer.
