Josie Ho

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Josie Ho

Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu Yi ( Chinese  何超儀 * 26. December 1974 in Hong Kong ) is a Chinese - Canadian actress and singer , in Asia especially for their unconventional film roles and as the daughter of Macau -Casino-millionaire Stanley Ho announced is.

biography

Ho was born on December 26, 1974 in Hong Kong, the daughter of Stanley Ho and his second wife, King-Ying Nam. She has four siblings, which include Pansy Ho and Lawrence Ho , and twelve half-siblings. At the age of 13, her parents sent her to a Canadian boarding school, Ridley College in St. Catharines , Ontario . After graduating from school, she decided to pursue a career in the entertainment industry, contrary to her father's wishes. First, she went to Taiwan for some time to work as a singer and learn Mandarin . She later returned to Hong Kong when she received an offer for a film role and was able to sign a recording deal there. Since then she has been working as an actress and musician in Hong Kong. In 2003 she married Conroy Chan , the singer of the band Alive .

Career as an actress

Ho received her first film role in 1994 as a volleyball player in the Hong Kong sports drama Victory, about a volleyball team. The role had been introduced to her by her former high school volleyball coach when the film studio was looking for actors who could also convince the physical aspects of the role. Ho had a cameo role in Chinese Box in 1997 and can be seen there in a scene with Gong Li and Jeremy Irons . In 1999, she played a terrorist in the action film Purple Storm who is willing to sacrifice her husband and children for her political ends. For this role she received a Golden Horse nomination for Best Supporting Actress.

Career as a musician

Ho recorded three Cantopop albums at the beginning of her career , but then she canceled her record deal because she was dissatisfied with the strict guidelines of her record company and wanted to gain greater control over her musical work. Since then she has recorded several rock albums and performs regularly with her own band as Josie Ho & The Uni Boys .

Filmography

  • 1994: Victory (Qing chun huo hua)
  • 1995: Tragic Commitment (Mei you lao gong de ri zi)
  • 1995: Black Dream (Xian dai gu huo zi)
  • 1996: Lost and Found (Tian ya hai jiao)
  • 1996: The Criminal Investigator ( O gei sut lok II , TV series)
  • 1996: Those Were the Days (Si ge 32A he yi ge xiang jiao shao nian)
  • 1997: All's Well, Ends Well 1997 (97 ga yau hei si)
  • 1997: Chinese Box
  • 1998: Xiang jian ni
  • 1998: Anna Magdalena (Ngon na ma dak lin na)
  • 1999: Slow Fade - Night of Decision (Wu jian lucheng)
  • 1999: Purple Storm (Zi yu feng bao)
  • 2000: For Bad Boys Only (Bad boy dak gung)
  • 2001: Forever and ever (Dei gau tin cheung)
  • 2001: Di dui
  • 2001: Yuk mong ji shing
  • 2001: Horror Hotline ... Big Head Monster (Hung bou yit sin ji Dai tao gwai ying)
  • 2001: Color of Pain (Ye long)
  • 2002: Dead or Alive: Final
  • 2002: Dang nan ren bian cheng nu ren
  • 2002: Tai Tai (short film)
  • 2002: Frugal Game (Haan chin ga chuk)
  • 2002: So Close - Nothing is what it seems (Xi yang tian shi)
  • 2003: My Lucky Star (Hung wun chiu yun)
  • 2003: Tai yang wu zhi
  • 2003: The Twins Effect (Chin gei bin)
  • 2003: Naked Ambition (Ho ching)
  • 2004: Six Strong Guys (Luk jong si)
  • 2004: Butterfly - Hu Die (Hu die)
  • 2005: House of Fury (Jing mo gaa ting)
  • 2006: Chun tian hua hua tong xue hui
  • 2006: Isabella (Yi sa bui lai)
  • 2006: Exiled (Fong juk)
  • 2006: Men Suddenly in Black 2 (Daai cheung foo 2)
  • 2007: Simply Actors (Hei wong ji wong)
  • 2007: The Journey of the Chinese Drummer (Zhan. Gu)
  • 2008: A Decade of Love (Sup fun chung ching)
  • 2009: Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li
  • 2009: LaMB (TV film, voice)
  • 2009: Cut Short (short film)
  • 2009: Murderer (Saat yan faan)
  • 2009: Poker King (Pou hark wong)
  • 2010: Dream Home (Wai dor lei ah yut ho)
  • 2011: Contagion
  • 2012: The Courier
  • 2012: Fu sing
  • 2012: Motorway (Che sau)
  • 2013: Badges of Fury (Bu er shen tan)
  • 2013: Open Grave
  • 2014: The Apostles
  • 2014: Naked Ambition 2
  • 2014: The Seventh Lie
  • 2015: In the Room
  • 2015: Full Strike

Discography (selection)

  • Rebel (造反, 1994)
  • Ho Ka Suk Lui (何家淑 女, 1996)
  • White Lies (1997)
  • Sickid (2003)
  • Hell's Kitchen (2006)
  • Elastic Rock (2008)
  • Josie and The Uni Boys - Third Eye (2011)
  • Josie and The Uni Boys - Salute to 80’s (2013)
  • Josie and the Uni Boys - The Electrifying Supernatural Lady Land (2014)

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personal data
SURNAME Ho, Josie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ho, Josephine Chiu-Yi (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sino-Canadian actress and singer
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Hong Kong