Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-Yi (Chinese born 26 December 1974) is a daughter of Macao casino magnate Stanley Ho, and a singer and actress from Hong Kong.Movie careerShe was involved in numerous movies, TV commercials, TV dramas, and singing performances.
She has played many roles including a few as prostitutes which contrasted strongly with 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." She did not find this method of improvisional acting difficult.Ho stars alongside Anthony Wong Chau Sang and Eason Chan in the Ho-Cheung Pang directed slasher film Dream Home.
Personal life
Ho is the daughter of businessman Stanley Ho and wife of Alive band member and actor Conroy Chan Chi-Chung. She credits elder sister Pansy Ho 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
2011 Contagion Li Fai's sister
TBA The Courier Anna Post-production
TBA Motorway Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes
1996 The Criminal Investigator
1997 Mystery Files
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
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