Fiona Choi

Fiona Choi is an actress, singer and performer from Melbourne, Australia.

Fiona Choi
Born
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
OccupationActor, voice actor
WebsiteOfficial website

Early life

Fiona Choi was born in Melbourne, Australia to Chinese immigrant parents. She began acting as a child, appearing musical roles including Nicky in Sweet Charity, Chiffon in Little Shop of Horrors, Squeaky Fromme in Assassins and Eva Peron in Evita. She graduated from Monash University with Bachelor of Commerce, but did this primarily to please her parents. After this she moved to Perth to study Musical Theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[1]

Career

Upon graduation Choi was cast in the original Australian company of Rent. Her other Australian theater credits include Metamorpheses, directed by Mary Zimmerman, for the MTC, and Mamma Mia!, directed by Phyllida Lloyd. Choi had a two-month guest arc as Laura Wallace on the Australian show Neighbours.[2]

Choi moved to New York in 2003 to continue her acting career. Her film and TV credits include: Homeland, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Person Of Interest, New Year's Eve, Unforgettable and The Newsroom.

She was involved in the development of the musicals Apathy: A Gen X Musical and FAMBAM360.

In 2015, Choi returned to Australia to star as Jenny Law in The Family Law. Produced by Matchbox Pictures and airing on SBS in Australia. The Family Law was nominated for a 2016 AACTA Award for best comedy.[3] Choi was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Performance In A Television Comedy. Season 2 aired on SBS in 2017 [4] and season 3 followed in 2019.[5]

Choi has narrated programs for A&E and the Crime and Investigation Network.

Choi has also worked as casting director for the North American musical tours of Scooby-Doo Live! Musical Mysteries and Chuggington. She has also cast talent for assorted on-air promo campaigns.

In 2019, Choi performed in Golden Shield for Melbourne Theatre Company,[6] followed by Torch The Place in 2020[7] which had a truncated season due to the coronavirus disease 2019.

References
  1. Choi, Fiona. "About". fionachoi.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
  2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1934381/
  3. SBS: The 6th AACTA Awards Nominations
  4. https://www.mamamia.com.au/the-family-law-season-2/
  5. https://www.sbs.com.au/programs/the-family-law/article/2019/01/08/family-law-back-season-3-heres-where-we-left
  6. https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/production-archive/2015-2019/season-2019/golden-shield/
  7. https://www.mtc.com.au/plays-and-tickets/whats-on/season-2020/torch-the-place/
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