Josephine Ho Chiu-yi (; born 26 December 1974) is a Hong Kong actress and singer. She is the daughter of Macao casino magnate Stanley Ho.
Early life and family Ho is the youngest daughter of businessman Stanley Ho and his second wife Lucina Lam. She has three older sisters, Pansy, Daisy, Maisy and a younger brother, Lawrence, as well as several half-brothers and half-sisters.
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 recent 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." Ho starred alongside Eason Chan in the Pang Ho-cheung directed slasher film, Dream Home.Korean Trailer for "Dream Home' Punishes the Audience , bloody-disgusting.com; accessed 17 September 2015.
In 2009, Ho along with husband Conroy Chan, and Andrew Ooi, co-founded 852 Films, a film production company.
Personal life 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.
Filmography Film + Film 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 KomachisGuest role 2022 ONPAKU Sarah TBAMother TongueJosie & MustangFilming
Television + Television Year Title Role Notes 1996 The Criminal Investigator 1997 Mystery FilesDongfang MuqinShi 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 +Hong Kong Film AwardsYearNominated workAwardCategoryResult2011Dream HomeThe 30th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Actress2004Naked AmbitionThe 23rd Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting ActressTwin Effects2002Forever and EverThe 21st Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress2000Purple StormThe 19th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest Supporting Actress +Hong Kong Film Critics Golden Bauhinia AwardsYearNominated workCategoryResult2005Butterfly/ Hu DeiBest Actress2004Naked AmbitionBest Supporting Actress2002Forever and EverBest Supporting Actress2000Purple StormBest Supporting Actress +Sitges Film FestivalYearNominated workAwardCategoryResult2018The 51st Sitges Film FestivalThe Time Machine Award2010Dream HomeThe 43rd The Sitges Film FestivalBest Actress +Miscellaneous awardsYearNominated workAwardCategoryResult2019The 5th World Grandmaster AwardWorld Most Outstanding Grandmaster Excellence Award2017In The RoomThe 1st Profima International Film Fest & AwardSupreme Best Supporting Actress2015The Hong Kong Society of CinematographersThe Best Charm Actress2014Tomorrow is another dayThe TVB Anniversary AwardsBest Supporting Actress2000Purple StormTaiwan Golden Horse AwardBest Supporting Actress
References
External links
Josie Ho at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase Official Josie Ho website Josie Ho 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