Josie Ho
Template:Short description Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox person Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-yi (Template:Lang-zh; born 26 December 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is the daughter of the Macao casino magnate Stanley Ho.
Acting career
She has played many roles, including portraying the parts of prostitutes, which were in strong contrast to her own wealthy upbringing as a billionaire's daughter. For the film Exiled, Ho did not work with a script. Recalling the experience in a recentTemplate:When interview, she said of director Johnnie To, "[He] basically tells actors what to do ... Johnnie wants us to come to the set with our mind completely clean, like a white piece of paper. That way, he can draw whatever he wishes on us."<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Ho starred alongside Eason Chan in the Pang Ho-cheung directed slasher film, Dream Home.<ref>Korean Trailer for "Dream Home' Punishes the Audience Template:Webarchive, bloody-disgusting.com; accessed 17 September 2015.</ref>
In 2009, Ho along with husband Conroy Chan, and Andrew Ooi, co-founded 852 Films, a film production company.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Personal life
Ho is the youngest daughter of businessman Stanley Ho and Ho's second wife Lucina Lam. She has 3 older sisters and 1 younger brother, Pansy, Daisy, Maisy and Lawrence, as well as numbers of half-brothers and half-sisters.
In November 2003, Ho married musician-actor Conroy Chan Chi-chung in Australia.
She credits her oldest sister Pansy with supporting her early efforts to establish a singing career over the objections of their father.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Victory | Disappearance | |
| 1995 | Tragic Commitment | Blacky | |
| Black Dream | Naked shopkeeper | ||
| 1996 | Those Were the Days | Man-Sze | |
| Lost and Found | Yee | ||
| 1997 | All's Well, Ends Well 1997 | Kung's secretly loved girlfriend | |
| Chinese Box | Lilly | ||
| 1998 | The End of Love Generation | ||
| You Light Up My Life | Joyce | ||
| Anna Magdalena | Michelle | ||
| 1999 | Slow Fade | Kim | |
| Purple Storm | Guan Ai | ||
| 2000 | Sexy and Dangerous II | Nozzle | |
| For Bad Boys Only | Jean | ||
| 2001 | Forever and Ever | Fion | |
| The Enemy | Wendy | ||
| The Legend of a Professional | Jenny | ||
| City of Desire | Pepper | ||
| Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster | Mavis Ho | ||
| 2002 | Color of Pain | Ching Yin | |
| Dead or Alive: Final | Jun | ||
| Women from Mars | Tom's ex-girlfriend | ||
| Tai Tai | Clara | Short film | |
| Frugal Game | Mrs. Lai | ||
| So Close | Ching | ||
| 2003 | My Lucky Star | Mrs. Ma | |
| And Also the Eclipse | |||
| The Twins Effect | Lila | ||
| 1:99 Shorts | Segment: "8" | ||
| Naked Ambition | Tess | ||
| 2004 | Six Strong Guys | Eva | |
| Butterfly | Flavia | ||
| 2005 | House of Fury | GJ | |
| 2006 | McDull, the Alumni | Office girl | |
| Isabella | Woman at herbal tea shop | ||
| The Heavenly Kings | Herself | Cameo | |
| Men Suddenly in Black 2 | Mrs. Turtle | ||
| Exiled | Jin (Wo's wife) | ||
| 2007 | Simply Actors | Working girl | |
| The Drummer | Sina | ||
| 2008 | A Decade of Love | Segment: "Open Rice" | |
| 2009 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | Cantana | |
| LaMB | Keiko Suzuki | Voice for English and Cantonese | |
| Cut Short | Josie | Short film | |
| Murderer | Minnie | ||
| Poker King | Ms. Fong | ||
| 2010 | Dream Home | Cheng Lai-sheung | Also producer |
| 2011 | Contagion | Li Fai's sister | |
| 2012 | Floating City | ||
| The Courier | Anna | ||
| Motorway | Wei | ||
| 2013 | Badges of Fury | Head Chief | Cameo |
| Open Grave | Brown Eyes | ||
| 2014 | The Apostles | ||
| Naked Ambition 2 | Shodaiko Hatoyama | ||
| The Seventh Lie | Femme Fatale | ||
| 2015 | Full Strike | Ng Kau-sau | |
| In the Room | Orchid | Completed | |
| 2016 | House of Wolves | ||
| 2019 | Lucky Day | Mrs. Kok | |
| 2021 | Edge of the World | Madame Lim | Also producer |
| Habit | Post-production, producer | ||
| Two Komachis<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Guest role | ||
| 2022 | ONPAKU | Sarah | |
| TBA | Mother Tongue | Josie & Mustang | Filming |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | The Criminal Investigator<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| 1997 | Mystery Files | ||
| Dongfang Muqin | Shi Xiaofang (Chaoyi He) | 22 episodes 1997 | |
| A Road and a Will | Yue Wing-kam | ||
| 1999 | At the Threshold of an Era | ||
| 2000 | At the Threshold of an Era II | ||
| 2010 | The Fugitive: Plan B | Hwai | |
| 2014 | Tomorrow Is Another Day | Ting Ho-ho | TVB Anniversary Award for Best Supporting Actress |
Awards and nominations
Film Awards
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Dream Home | The 30th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actress<ref name="香港電影金像獎">Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Nominated |
| 2004 | Naked Ambition | The 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress<ref name="香港電影金像獎"/> | Template:Won |
| Twin Effects | Template:Nominated | |||
| 2002 | Forever and Ever | The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress<ref name=":0" /> | Template:Nominated |
| 2000 | Purple Storm | The 19th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress<ref name="香港電影金像獎"/> | Template:Nominated |
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Butterfly/ Hu Dei | Best Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Nominated |
| 2004 | Naked Ambition | Best Supporting Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Nominated |
| 2002 | Forever and Ever | Best Supporting Actress<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Won |
| 2000 | Purple Storm | Best Supporting Actress | Template:Nominated |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The 51st Sitges Film Festival | The Time Machine Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Won | |
| 2010 | Dream Home | The 43rd The Sitges Film Festival | Best Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Won |
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | The 5th World Grandmaster Award | World Most Outstanding Grandmaster Excellence Award<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Won | |
| 2017 | In The Room | The 1st Profima International Film Fest & Award | Supreme Best Supporting Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Won |
| 2015 | The Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers | The Best Charm Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Won | |
| 2014 | Tomorrow is another day | The TVB Anniversary Awards | Best Supporting Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Won |
| 2000 | Purple Storm | Taiwan Golden Horse Award | Best Supporting Actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | Template:Nominated |
References
External links
- Template:IMDb name
- Josie Ho at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
- Official Josie Ho website
- Josie Ho Template:Webarchive at Hong Kong Cinemagic
- Josie Ho at ChineseMov
- Josie Ho interview (video)
- The Establishing Shot talks to Josie Ho about Dream Home (video)
- Clifford Coonan: Hong Kong's poster girl is not your average heiress, Irish Times, 4 October 2011
- Alexandra A. Seno: Josie Ho: Tracking a star, from Hong Kong to Sundance, New York Times, 8 January 2008
- Johannes Pong: Billionaire heiress Josie Ho, hk.asia-city.com, 20 May 2010
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