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 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
Early life Fiona Choi was born in Melbourne, Australia to Chinese immigrant parents. She began acting as a child, appearing in 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.Choi, Fiona. "About" . fionachoi.com. Retrieved 25 April 2017.
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.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1934381/
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. Choi was nominated for an AACTA Award for Best Performance In A Television Comedy. Season 2 aired on SBS in 2017 and season 3 followed in 2019. All 3 seasons of The Family Law earned its cast an Equity Ensemble Award for Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series.
Fiona played Cindy Nguyen in all 3 seasons of Mustangs FC and has guest-starred in The Letdown, Wentworth, Utopia, True Story with Hamish & Andy, My Life is Murder and Harrow.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1934381/
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, followed by Torch The Place in 2020 which had a truncated season due to the coronavirus disease 2019.
Choi in 2023 appeared in ABC series Australian Epic. Choi was then announced and appeared in the Stan Australia series Population 11 and also appeared in three episodes of White Fever.
Filmography
Television +YearTitleRoleNotes2025Watching You Rose5 episodes2024BuriedHiker Jane1 episode (1.1)White FeverBecky 3 episodesPopulation 11Charmaine LingTV Series2023Australian EpicVarious6 episodes2022Surviving Summer Amelia Cross1 episode2020-21Wentworth Andrea Casey2 episodes2017-20Mustangs FCCindy13 episodes2019Secret Bridesmaids' BusinessDr. Elise Reardon4 episodesUtopiaLucy1 episodeMy Life Is MurderMrs Zhang1 episode2017-19The LetdownBelle3 episodes2019Get Krack!nNancy Lee1 episode2016-19The Family LawJenny Law18 episodes2018Back In Very Small BusinessSarina1 episodeHarrow (TV series)Anita Durete1 episode2017SistersDr Tan1 episodeTrue Story with Hamish & AndySophie1 episode2015Person of Interest Samaritan Tech1 episode2014Taxi BrooklynDesk Sergeant1 episodeUnforgettableCamryn 1 episode2013Fortune SunJae LeeTV SeriesAlpha HouseReporter1 episodeHomeland (TV series)Reporter 1 episodeThe NewsroomACN Reporter1 episode2011A Gifted ManTessa1 episodeThe Big CStroller Mom #11 episodeToo Big to FailSecond ReporterTV MovieBlue BloodsTeach1 episode2005Law & Order: Criminal IntentLisa1 episode2001NeighboursLaura7 episodes1995Blue HeelersLucy Chen1 episode
Film/Shorts +YearTitleRoleNotesRef2023Parental GuidanceTracyShort2023Jones Family ChristmasDot2022Assets AlphaShort2021Share ScreenEllaShort2011New Years EveBalinese Woman2011Smoking NonsmokingWang2009The PackKatie Wang1999Shooting BlanksKikiPenzaiJing XiaoShort
Stage Choi has performed in numerous stage performances. In 2022 she appeared in Into The Woods. In 2024, Choi appeared in the play Seventeen alongside Pamela Rabe and Richard Piper. +YearTitleRoleNotesRef2024SeventeenLizzyMTC2022Single Asian FemalePearl2022LaurindaKatieMTCInto The WoodsBaker's Wife2020Torch The PlaceMTC2019Golden ShieldJulie ChenMTC2019Dragon LadyAnna May WongAdelaide Cabaret2003MetamorphosesVariousMTC2001Mamma MiaUnderstudy source:
References
External links
Lee, Nicole (14 January 2016). "The Family Law review: a loving and gently funny Australian family drama". The Guardian.