Fiona Choi

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]

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]

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]

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]

source: ^[22]

• Official website
• Fiona Choi at IMDb
• Lee, Nicole (14 January 2016). "The Family Law review: a loving and gently funny Australian family drama". The Guardian .