Fiona Choi

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Fiona Choi
Born
Education Monash University (BComm)
Edith Cowan University (BA)
Occupation(s)Actor, voice actor
Website Official website

Fiona Choi is an Australian actress, singer and stage performer, best known for her lead role as Jenny Law in Benjamin Law's award-winning SBS Comedy The Family Law for which she received an AACTA Award nomination for Best Performance in a Television Comedy [1] and 3 consecutive Equity Ensemble Awards for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series. Fiona is also known for her work on stage in Melbourne Theatre Company's Golden Shield and Torch The Place as well as her one-woman show Dragon Lady: The Many Lives & Deaths of Anna May Wong which premiered to much acclaim at the 2019 Adelaide Cabaret Festival [2]

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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 a Bachelor of Commerce, but did this primarily to please her parents. After this she moved to Perth for a Bachelor of Arts in musical theatre at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts at Edith Cowan University. [3]

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 . [4]

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.[ citation needed ]

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. [5] Choi was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Performance In A Television Comedy. Season 2 aired on SBS in 2017 [6] and season 3 followed in 2019. [7] All 3 seasons of The Family Law earned its cast an Equity Ensemble Award for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series. [8] [9]

Fiona played Cindy Nguyen in all 3 seasons of Mustangs FC [10] and has guest-starred in The Letdown , Wentworth , Utopia , True Story with Hamish & Andy , My Life is Murder and Harrow . [11]

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.[ citation needed ]

In 2019, Choi performed in Golden Shield for Melbourne Theatre Company, [12] followed by Torch The Place in 2020 [13] which had a truncated season due to the coronavirus disease 2019.

Choi in 2023 appeared in ABC series Australian Epic. [14] Choi was then announced and appeared in the Stan Australia series Population 11 and also appeared in three episodes of White Fever. [15]

Filmography

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2024White FeverBecky3 episodes
2024Population 11Charmaine LingTV Series
2023Australian EpicVarious6 episodes
2022 Surviving Summer (TV series) Amelia Cross1 episode
2020-21 Wentworth (TV series) Andrea Casey2 episodes
2017-20 Mustangs FC Cindy13 episodes
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Dr. Elise Reardon4 episodes
UtopiaLucy1 episode
My Life Is Murder Mrs Zhang1 episode
2017-19 The Letdown Belle3 episodes
2019 Get Krack!n Nancy Lee1 episode
2016-19 The Family Law Jenny Law18 episodes
2018 Back In Very Small Business Sarina1 episode
Harrow (TV series) Anita Durete1 episode
2017SistersDr Tan1 episode
True Story with Hamish & Andy Sophie1 episode
2015 Person of Interest (TV series) Samaritan Tech1 episode
2014 Taxi Brooklyn Desk Sergeant1 episode
UnforgettableCamryn1 episode
2013Fortune SunJae LeeTV Series
Alpha HouseReporter1 episode
Homeland (TV series) Reporter1 episode
The NewsroomACN Reporter1 episode
2011A Gifted ManTessa1 episode
The Big CStroller Mom #11 episode
Too Big to FailSecond ReporterTV Movie
Blue Bloods Teach1 episode
2005 Law & Order: Criminal Intent Lisa1 episode
2001 Neighbours Laura7 episodes
1995 Blue Heelers Lucy Chen1 episode

Film/Shorts

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2023Parental GuidanceTracyShort
2023Jones Family ChristmasDot
2022AssetsAlphaShort
2021Share ScreenEllaShort
2011New Years EveBalinese Woman
2011Smoking NonsmokingWang
2009The PackKatie Wang
1999Shooting BlanksKiki
PenzaiJing XiaoShort

Stage

Choi has performed in numerous stage performances. In 2022 she appeared in Into The Woods. [16] In 2024, Choi appeared in the play Seventeen alongside Pamela Rabe and Richard Piper. [17]

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2024SeventeenLizzyMTC [18]
2022Single Asian FemalePearl [19]
2022LaurindaKatieMTC
Into The WoodsBaker's Wife
2020Torch The PlaceMTC [20]
2019Golden ShieldJulie ChenMTC [21]
2019Dragon LadyAnna May WongAdelaide Cabaret
2003MetamorphosesVariousMTC
2001Mamma MiaUnderstudy

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