# Josie Ho

Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-yi (Chinese: 何超儀; born 26 December 1974) is a singer and actress from Hong Kong. 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 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.
In 2009, Ho along with husband Conroy Chan, and Andrew Ooi, co-founded 852 Films, a film production company.

## 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.

## Filmography

Film :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1994 | Victory | Disappearance | |
| 1995 | Tragic Commitment | Blacky | |
| 1995 | Black Dream | Naked shopkeeper | |
| 1996 | Those Were the Days | Man-Sze | |
| 1996 | Lost and Found | Yee | |
| 1997 | All's Well, Ends Well 1997 | Kung's secretly loved girlfriend | |
| 1997 | Chinese Box | Lilly | |
| 1998 | The End of Love Generation | | |
| 1998 | You Light Up My Life | Joyce | |
| 1998 | Anna Magdalena | Michelle | |
| 1999 | Slow Fade | Kim | |
| 1999 | Purple Storm | Guan Ai | |
| 2000 | Sexy and Dangerous II | Nozzle | |
| 2000 | For Bad Boys Only | Jean | |
| 2001 | Forever and Ever | Fion | |
| 2001 | The Enemy | Wendy | |
| 2001 | The Legend of a Professional | Jenny | |
| 2001 | City of Desire | Pepper | |
| 2001 | Horror Hotline... Big Head Monster | Mavis Ho | |
| 2002 | Color of Pain | Ching Yin | |
| 2002 | Dead or Alive: Final | Jun | |
| 2002 | Women from Mars | Tom's ex-girlfriend | |
| 2002 | Tai Tai | Clara | Short film |
| 2002 | Frugal Game | Mrs. Lai | |
| 2002 | So Close | Ching | |
| 2003 | My Lucky Star | Mrs. Ma | |
| 2003 | And Also the Eclipse | | |
| 2003 | The Twins Effect | Lila | |
| 2003 | 1:99 Shorts | | Segment: "8" |
| 2003 | Naked Ambition | Tess | |
| 2004 | Six Strong Guys | Eva | |
| 2004 | Butterfly | Flavia | |
| 2005 | House of Fury | GJ | |
| 2006 | McDull, the Alumni | Office girl | |
| 2006 | Isabella | Woman at herbal tea shop | |
| 2006 | The Heavenly Kings | Herself | Cameo |
| 2006 | Men Suddenly in Black 2 | Mrs. Turtle | |
| 2006 | Exiled | Jin (Wo's wife) | |
| 2007 | Simply Actors | Working girl | |
| 2007 | The Drummer | Sina | |
| 2008 | A Decade of Love | | Segment: "Open Rice" |
| 2009 | Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li | Cantana | |
| 2009 | LaMB | Keiko Suzuki | Voice for English and Cantonese |
| 2009 | Cut Short | Josie | Short film |
| 2009 | Murderer | Minnie | |
| 2009 | Poker King | Ms. Fong | |
| 2010 | Dream Home | Cheng Lai-sheung | Also producer |
| 2011 | Contagion | Li Fai's sister | |
| 2012 | Floating City | | |
| 2012 | The Courier | Anna | |
| 2012 | Motorway | Wei | |
| 2013 | Badges of Fury | Head Chief | Cameo |
| 2013 | Open Grave | Brown Eyes | |
| 2014 | The Apostles | | |
| 2014 | Naked Ambition 2 | Shodaiko Hatoyama | |
| 2014 | The Seventh Lie | Femme Fatale | |
| 2015 | Full Strike | Ng Kau-sau | |
| 2015 | In the Room | Orchid | Completed |
| 2016 | House of Wolves | | |
| 2019 | Lucky Day | Mrs. Kok | |
| 2021 | Edge of the World | Madame Lim | Also producer |
| 2021 | Habit | | Post-production, producer |
| 2021 | Two Komachis | | Guest role |
| 2022 | ONPAKU | Sarah | |
| TBA | Mother Tongue | Josie & Mustang | Filming |

## Television

Television :
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1996 | The Criminal Investigator | | |
| 1997 | Mystery Files | | |
| 1997 | Dongfang Muqin | Shi Xiaofang (Chaoyi He) | 22 episodes 1997 |
| 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

Hong Kong Film Awards :
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2011 | Dream Home | The 30th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2004 | Naked Ambition | The 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 2004 | Twin Effects | The 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2002 | Forever and Ever | The 21st Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2000 | Purple Storm | The 19th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
Hong Kong Film Critics Golden Bauhinia Awards :
| Year | Nominated work | Category | Result |
| 2005 | Butterfly/ Hu Dei | Best Actress | Nominated |
| 2004 | Naked Ambition | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
| 2002 | Forever and Ever | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 2000 | Purple Storm | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |
Sitges Film Festival :
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2018 | | The 51st Sitges Film Festival | The Time Machine Award | Won |
| 2010 | Dream Home | The 43rd The Sitges Film Festival | Best Actress | Won |
Miscellaneous awards :
| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result |
| 2019 | | The 5th World Grandmaster Award | World Most Outstanding Grandmaster Excellence Award | Won |
| 2017 | In The Room | The 1st Profima International Film Fest & Award | Supreme Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 2015 | | The Hong Kong Society of Cinematographers | The Best Charm Actress | Won |
| 2014 | Tomorrow is another day | The TVB Anniversary Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Won |
| 2000 | Purple Storm | Taiwan Golden Horse Award | Best Supporting Actress | Nominated |