| Ada Choi | |||||||||
| Birth Date: | 1973 9, df=yes[1] | ||||||||
| Birth Place: | Hong Kong | ||||||||
| Children: | 3 | ||||||||
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Ada Choi Siu-fan (; born 17 September 1973) is a Hong Kong actress best known for her work, as the "evil empress" in the Chinese television series Empresses in the Palace (甄嬛傳), and to a lesser extent, for her film work.
Choi was born in 1973 in Hong Kong to a Chaozhou family. Her parents divorced when she was five years old. She speaks Cantonese, Mandarin, Teochow and English. In 1989, at the persuasion of her family, Choi participated in a modeling contest held by TVB at age 15.[2] Two years later, she was a contestant in the 1991 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant.[3] During the semi-finals she placed first with an overall score of 483. She eventually finished as the second runner-up during the finals.[4] As a result, she signed a contract with TVB and starting taking on acting jobs.[5] She won the TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress for her performance in Secret of the Heart (1998). Along with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee, Kenix Kwok, Flora Chan and Jessica Hsuan, Choi is known as one of the Top 5 "Fa Dans" (term used for actresses with high popularity) of TVB from the mid-1990s to mid-2000s. In 2009, she starred in Rebellion as a triad gang leader who chain-smokes and curses, a different type of role for Ada. In recent years, she has participated in numerous variety and reality shows as a regular cast member including Up Idol (2015), Run for Time (2015), My Dearest Ladies (2019) and Viva La Romance (2020).
On 12 January 2008, Choi married Chinese actor Max Zhang[6] [7] whom she had dated for more than four years. He was her co-star in a number of Zhouyi Media television productions including The Legend of Magic Mirror (2003) and Eight Charts (2005). They have two daughters, Zoe and Chloe, born in 2011 and 2013 respectively.[8] [9] In 2019, they announced on social media that they were expecting their third child. [10] They welcomed their son, Joey Zhang Le'er aka Yudan in November 2019.
| Year | Title | Role | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Revelation of the Last Hero | Ling Seung | |
| 1993 | Racing Peak | Chung Oi Ling | |
| All About Tin | Gu Suet | ||
| The Link | Chai Suet Yi | ||
| The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back | Tin Heung | ||
| The Movie About Stupid Mr. Lee | Fat Jak Fong | ||
| Man of Wisdom | Seung Seung | ||
| 1994 | Shade of Darkness | Lo Siu Mei | |
| 1995 | The Romance of the White Hair Maiden | Lin Ngai-seung | |
| Justice Pao | Mang Yu Yik / Suen Siu Nga | ||
| The Fist of Law | Fa Gu | ||
| 1997 | File of Justice V | Lee Tung | |
| 1998 | Healing Hands | Jackie Tong Chi Lai | |
| Secret of the Heart | Diana Suen Wah | ||
| 1999 | A Matter of Business | Wong Yuk Fan | |
| At the Threshold of An Era | Tin Ning | ||
| Unnatural Born Killer | Tse Ngan Giu | ||
| 2000 | Healing Hands II | Jackie Tong Chi Lai | |
| At the Threshold of An Era II | Tin Ning | ||
| 2001 | Armed Reaction III | Wai Ying Chi | |
| On the Track or Off | Luk Wing Yee | ||
| 2002 | Where the Legend Begins | Yan Fuk | |
| 2003 | Fate Twisters | Sheung Hei | |
| The Legend of Magic Mirror (Chinese: 水月洞天) | Dou Dou (Chinese: 豆豆) | ||
| The Legend of Magic Mirror II | Dou Dou | ||
| 2004 | Armed Reaction IV | Wai Ying Chi | |
| To Catch the Uncatchable | Vivian Lee Wai Wai | ||
| 2005 | Seven Swordsmen (Chinese: 七劍下天山) | ||
| Eight Charts (Chinese: 八阵图) | Qian Xun | ||
| 2007 | Tian Xian Pei (Chinese: [[:zh:天仙配 (2007年电视剧)|天仙配]]) | Fourth Fairy (Guest star) | |
| 2008 | Lei Hen Jian (Chinese: [[:zh:淚痕劍 (電視劇)|淚痕劍]] | Die Wu (Chinese: 蝶舞/琥珀) | |
| 2008-2009 | The Gem of Life | Hong Nga-Sze (Jessica) | |
| 2010 | Fly with Me | Leung Hau-chi (Yvonne) / Janet Bin | |
| Who's the Hero (Chinese: [[:zh:勝者為王 (2010年電視劇)|勝者為王]]) | Tung Fa-shun (Chinese: 童花順) | ||
| 2011 | Xi Jin Du (Chinese: 西津渡) | Shao Yue'e (Chinese: 邵月娥) | |
| 2012 | The Legend of Zhen Huan | ||
| In Love with Power (Chinese: [[:zh:山河恋·美人无泪|山河恋·美人无泪]]) | |||
| 2013 | Beauty at War | Bouamukchaai Sheung-ling | |
| 2015 | Run for Time | Cast Member | |
| 2017 | Oh My Grad | ||
| 2018 | Woman in Love |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Hail the Judge | Yu Yin | ||
| Fist of Legend | Hua's girlfriend | |||
| 1995 | A Chinese Odyssey Part Two - Cinderella | |||
| The Golden Girls | Lulu Shum | |||
| 1996 | Love and Sex Among the Ruins | Billie | Nominated - Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Actress | |
| Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2 | Deda | Nominated - Golden Bauhinia Awards for Best Supporting Actress | ||
| Bloody Friday | Ada | |||
| Mystery Files | Foo Man Dik | |||
| 1997 | Passionate Nights | |||
| Walk In | May | |||
| Troublesome Night | Ken's love interest | |||
| Made in Heaven | Lily Wong | |||
| Ah Fai, the Dumb | Jody | |||
| 1998 | T.H.E. Professionals | |||
| Casino | ||||
| The Suspect | Annie Chung | |||
| Your Place or Mine! | Vivian Ng | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress | ||
| Rape Trap | Li Shan-Shan | |||
| 1999 | The Doctor in Spite of Himself | Don | ||
| My Heart Will Go On | ||||
| 2000 | Paramount Motel | Li Yuk-hing | ||
| 2004 | The Miracle Box | Dr. Joanna Tse | ||
| 2009 | Rebellion | Cheung Wah | Nominated - Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards for Best Actress | |
| 2010 | Just Another Pandora's Box | Princess Iron Fan | Guest star | |
| 2013 | My Lucky Star | |||
| 2014 | Just Another Margin | |||
| One Step Away | ||||
| 2016 | S Storm | Wong Man-ling | ||
| 2018 | Agent Mr Chan | Guest star | ||
| 2019 | Assassins and the Missing Gold |
|-! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" | TVB Anniversary Awards|-! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" | Ming Pao Anniversary Awards|-! colspan="3" style="background: #DAA520;" | Miss Hong Kong