Josephine "Josie" Ho Chiu-yi (; born 26 December 1974) is a singer and actress from

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. She is the daughter of the

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casino magnate

Stanley Ho Stanley Ho Hung-sun (; 25 November 192126 May 2020) was a Hong Kong and Macau billionaire businessman. He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which owns nineteen casinos in Macau including the Grand Lisboa. Ho was nicknamed variou ...

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, " ebasically 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 Eason Chan Yick-shun ( zh, s=陈奕迅, t=陳奕迅, first=t, p=Chén Yìxùn; born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. He is one of the most popular and influential singers in both Cantopop and Mandopop. Besides holding the record ...

in the Pang Ho-cheung directed

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, '' 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

and Ho's second wife Lucina Lam. She has 3 older sisters and 1 younger brother,

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, 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

with supporting her early efforts to establish a singing career over the objections of their father.

Filmography

Television

Awards and nominations

Film Awards

References

External links

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Official Josie Ho website

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''The Establishing Shot talks to Josie Ho about Dream Home''
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''Irish Times'', 4 October 2011 * Alexandra A. Seno

''New York Times'', 8 January 2008 * Johannes Pong
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