Ada Choi Siu-Fan

Acting

Ada Choi Siu-Fan

Born

1973-09-17 (53)

Place of birth

Hong Kong, China

Known for

Acting

Credits

77 titles

Ada Choi Siu-Fan (Chinese: 蔡少芬; born 17 September 1973) is a Hong Kong actress best known for her work for TVB television, as an evil empress in the Chinese television series Empresses in the Palace, and to a lesser extent, for her film work.

Known for

Hello Saturday poster
6.5

"Hello, Saturday" is the rebranding of the popular Chinese show "Happy Camp", hosted by He Jiong and with a fixed group of regular celebrity members. The program showcases the talent of various stars as well as social topics through creative and diverse content and games. It aims to spread positive energy while keeping up with the current trends and leading youth culture.

Hello Saturday

2022

Keep Running poster
5.7

Hurry Up, Brother! is a Chinese variety show based off the original Korean variety show, Running Man. It is created by SBS and co-produced with Zhejiang Television. It first aired on October 10, 2014. This show is classified as a game-variety show, where the MCs and guests complete missions in a landmark to win a race. In 2017, the show officially changed its name to "Keep Running".

Keep Running

2014

Ride the Wind poster
6.9

A chinese variety show which features 30 female artists over 30 years old. Through three months of training and competition, with the help of a professional production team and audience votes, a select group ultimately debuts as a pop idol group. The show is the first ever to provide a stage for female artists over 30 and to create an anti-aging music girl group for the public.

Ride the Wind

2020

Trump Card poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Trump Card

2016

Armed Reaction poster
8.2

Armed Reaction is a 1998 Hong Kong modern cop drama produced by TVB. The drama stars Bobby Au-yeung and Esther Kwan as the main leads with Joyce Tang, Marco Ngai, Mimi Chu and Joe Ma in main supporting roles. The drama takes place before 1997 Handover of Hong Kong and Royal Hong Kong Police revolves around the lives of two police woman, one who works leisurely behind desk duty but has to take her job more seriously once her husband leaves her and a new rookie cop who is deemed too ambitious and rash by her superior.

Armed Reaction

1998

The File Of Justice poster
8.0

The Files of Justice is a series of Hong Kong legal drama produced by TVB. There were 5 seasons produced, the first was aired in 1992 spanning 13 episodes. The series revolves around a group of lawyers and legal personnel with stories interwoven between their personal lives and the court cases in which they’re engaged. This drama is Bobby Au Yeung's TV debut.

The File Of Justice

1992

Film credits

2010s · 7 titles

Just Another Pandora's Box poster
4.8

Qing Ye Se only knows how to be a thief, but he runs into major trouble when he accidentally steals the heart of Rose, an immortal fairy. During a chaotic chase, Qing gets ahold of the Pandora's Box, sending them both back in time to the Three Kingdoms era. Mistaken as a general, Qing is thrown right into the middle of the Battle of Red Cliff. Meanwhile, Rose continues to devise new ways to earn Qing's affection, even if it means having to be someone

Just Another Pandora's Box

2010

Agent Mr. Chan poster
5.5

Top agent Mr. Chan (Dayo Wong) suddenly finds himself removed from duties after his partner Wonder Child unintentionally offends a policewoman, Ms. Shek. But when a financial officer goes crazy due to drugs, Mr. Chan is called back in to solve the case, which he accepts even though this means partnering up with Ms. Shek. The two have some ups and downs while working together, eventually leading to romance.

Agent Mr. Chan

2018

S Storm poster
5.7

A suspect is killed while the ICAC team is investigating illegal soccer gambling in Hong Kong.

S Storm

2016

My Lucky Star poster
4.7

A bumbling amateur cartoonist tags along on a secret agent's mission to retrieve a priceless diamond.

My Lucky Star

2013

Just Another Margin poster
4.2

Just Another Margin is a 2014 Chinese comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau and starring Betty Sun, Ronald Cheng, Ekin Cheng and Alex Fong. The story centers on celestial beings who come down to earth affecting the people in unexpected ways.

Just Another Margin

2014

The Love Clinic poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

The Love Clinic

2010

One Step Away poster
5.3

Directed by famed Television director Zhao Baogang, is his debut movie set during the Republican era where a soldier and a dancer fall in love. However the consequences of war drive them apart

One Step Away

2014

1990s · 23 titles

Fist of Legend poster
7.5

Chen returns to his school when he finds out that his martial arts teacher has died. When he learns that his school students are harassed by some hooligans, he gears himself up to save them.

Fist of Legend

1994

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella poster
7.7

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must battle a variety of monsters, seductive women and super-powered villains to save the dying Pak Jing-Jing.

A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella

1995

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box poster
7.5

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as the Joker. He now spends his time chasing two jealous women. When one of them is dying, the Joker goes back in time in an attempt to save her.

A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box

1995

Hail the Judge poster
7.4

Pao Lung Sing, a descendant of the legendary Judge Pao Ching Tin, is a 9th degree corrupt judge who changes his tune when he tries to champion a woman Chi Siu-Lin, who was framed for killing her husband. As a result, Pao is forced to flee and through a series of events becomes a 1st degree judge and comes back to wreak havoc and justice on the guilty.

Hail the Judge

1994

The Thief of Time poster
6.8

A dimwitted thief, mistakes for a spy, in order to free himself he holds the honest driver, as a hostage. They end up in a tunnel and traveled back in time. Throughout their travels, they meet figures in the martial arts world including the "God of Sabre" and "Sword Saint."

The Thief of Time

1992

The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Illustrated Guide to Hong Kong Stars

1991

Troublesome Night poster
5.5

Tales of the supernatural include encounters with ghosts and a man's communication with his dead wife.

Troublesome Night

1997

The Golden Girls poster
7.0

A screenwriter gets involved with two actresses who are trying to succeed in the 1960s Hong Kong film industry.

The Golden Girls

1995

Rape Trap poster
5.8

Wong decided to carry out counterfeit marriage in order to obtain a unit trust fund by deception. To earn enough fund for her marriage, Shan gets involved in Wong's plan by pretending to be Wong's wife. However, on the first night of the counterfeit marriage, Wong raped Shan. Thereafter, Shan's life turns into a sufferance and agonies of pain.

Rape Trap

1998

Walk In poster
6.7

The "walk in" of the title refers to one person allowing another's soul to take possession of his body at the time of death.

Walk In

1997

Your Place or Mine! poster
5.6

Your Place or Mine! explores the difficulties of finding true love in the modern Hong Kong setting via the encounters of two advertising executives, Wai and Patrick. Wai is a faithful guy who often falls for the girl that he grooms. However he is often dumped by them once they found fame and someone better than him. Just when he was about to give up on finding true love, he met an innocent fish ball seller and a tough boss who both falls for him and left him even more undecided in love. Patrick on the other hand is a playboy who keeps a girlfriend at home while frequently has one night stands outside. Can a colleague who has crush on him since school days change his cheating ways?

Your Place or Mine!

1998

Bloody Friday poster
6.8

In Hong Kong, someone is murdering call girls every Friday night. Supercop Ko goes into action but engenders the enmity of Ken, another cop, when the murderer kills Ken's girlfriend during a stakeout. Ko also must protect Maddie, a lively prostitute who survives one assault and whom the murderer has promised to kill. The murderer teases Ko with phone calls and letters, announcing victims ahead of time, and threatening Ko's wife and daughter. This may be too much for the marriage to endure and a separation looks likely. In fatigue and desperation, Ko takes up with Maddie. Can Ko protect his family, save Maddie, catch the killer, and avoid internal police strife?

Bloody Friday

1996

Casino poster
6.0

It was the summer of 1991, Macau was in violent atmosphere.

Casino

1998

My Heart Will Go On poster
NR

Hong Kong movie

My Heart Will Go On

1999

Love and Sex Among the Ruins poster
5.4

An impotent taxi driver sets out to find a cure and encounters a dancer, a lesbian, a policewoman, and a male painter on his journey.

Love and Sex Among the Ruins

1996

The Doctor in Spite of Himself poster
7.0

Based on the Moliere play of the same name. A woodcutter often gets drunk and beats his hot-tempered wife. One day after being beaten, she decides to take revenge on her husband. An old servant is sent to the village by a fabulously rich merchant, to look for a doctor to cure his daughter who is taken ill. Choi realizes this is her opportunity to set up her husband. She tells the servant that her husband is a painfully modest miracle doctor who will only reveal his true identity and skills after being severely beaten.

The Doctor in Spite of Himself

1999

Passionate Nights poster
6.5

Ma Cho Fai had an auto accident and fell into the sea, his wife Liu Siu Suen becomes her husband's murder suspect.

Passionate Nights

1997

Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2 poster
5.2

The second spin-off film from the Young and Dangerous series.

Once Upon a Time in Triad Society 2

1996

T.H.E. Professionals poster
4.5

After an armored truck heist in Hong Kong, a rogue killing splits the gang, and a joint police-Interpol manhunt brings them all to justice.

T.H.E. Professionals

1998

Ah Fai, the Dumb poster
5.3

Mentally-challenged Fai (Eric Kot Manfai) lives a simple life with his mother, but he is eventually abandoned by her when she leaves him to get remarried. Living with a family friend, Fai bumps his head in a serious accident, and the subsquent surgery turns him into a genius. However, Fai's gain in intelligence also means the loss of the innocence he once had.

Ah Fai, the Dumb

1997

The Suspect poster
6.9

Don Lee, a reformed ex-assassin, refuses to assassinate a politician for his former boss. His best friend Max commits the hit and frames Don, forcing him on the run from both police and criminals to clear his name.

The Suspect

1998

Mystery Files poster
8.0

Three stories. Friends: the married Kit encountered Chun again who he met 3years ago in a scuba diving class, Kit's logic is clouded by desire, slowly falling into Chun's trap...... "Strange Murder Case": A certain Nightclub held its second anniversary celebration, the cheers were shattered by a loud cry, as man A was murdered. At the same time, man B was discovered in his home covered in blood. On the surface the two cases were unrelated, actually they were done by the same criminal...... "Midnight Witness": On a boat, Bong thought he witnessed a murder, but when he approached the scene, he suddenly met the victim face to face......

Mystery Files

1996

No artwork available
8.0

Ada Choi is a reincarnated thief who was previously male - but in his new life he looks like Ada Choi. Ada has the ability to see bad things in the future, which is great because she becomes an insurance salesperson. Great for her clients, that is. Her 100% payout rate bankrupts the company, and from them on her new powers continue to bring her trouble. Michael Tong turns up as a triad boss/love interest, while Pang Dan shows up as the jealous moll. Sadly, Ada has been cursed by Heaven to be loveless, which means that she'll have major problems if she falls in love. (LoveHKFilm.com)

Made in Heaven

1997

Series credits

Hello Saturday poster
6.5

"Hello, Saturday" is the rebranding of the popular Chinese show "Happy Camp", hosted by He Jiong and with a fixed group of regular celebrity members. The program showcases the talent of various stars as well as social topics through creative and diverse content and games. It aims to spread positive energy while keeping up with the current trends and leading youth culture.

Hello Saturday

2022

Keep Running poster
5.7

Hurry Up, Brother! is a Chinese variety show based off the original Korean variety show, Running Man. It is created by SBS and co-produced with Zhejiang Television. It first aired on October 10, 2014. This show is classified as a game-variety show, where the MCs and guests complete missions in a landmark to win a race. In 2017, the show officially changed its name to "Keep Running".

Keep Running

2014

Ride the Wind poster
6.9

A chinese variety show which features 30 female artists over 30 years old. Through three months of training and competition, with the help of a professional production team and audience votes, a select group ultimately debuts as a pop idol group. The show is the first ever to provide a stage for female artists over 30 and to create an anti-aging music girl group for the public.

Ride the Wind

2020

Trump Card poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Trump Card

2016

Armed Reaction poster
8.2

Armed Reaction is a 1998 Hong Kong modern cop drama produced by TVB. The drama stars Bobby Au-yeung and Esther Kwan as the main leads with Joyce Tang, Marco Ngai, Mimi Chu and Joe Ma in main supporting roles. The drama takes place before 1997 Handover of Hong Kong and Royal Hong Kong Police revolves around the lives of two police woman, one who works leisurely behind desk duty but has to take her job more seriously once her husband leaves her and a new rookie cop who is deemed too ambitious and rash by her superior.

Armed Reaction

1998

The File Of Justice poster
8.0

The Files of Justice is a series of Hong Kong legal drama produced by TVB. There were 5 seasons produced, the first was aired in 1992 spanning 13 episodes. The series revolves around a group of lawyers and legal personnel with stories interwoven between their personal lives and the court cases in which they’re engaged. This drama is Bobby Au Yeung's TV debut.

The File Of Justice

1992

At the Threshold of an Era poster
8.2

Spanning 20 years, from 1990 to 2010, the series tells of three entrepreneurs who founded a company together to achieve the ultimate goal of developing a pollution-free town in Hong Kong. Through the years, they face many struggles, but most particularly, the family vendetta between two of the company founders.

At the Threshold of an Era

1999

Run for Time poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Run for Time

2015

Empresses in the Palace poster
8.5

Zhen Huan, a 17-year-old innocent introduced into the imperial court as the latest concubine of Emperor Yong Zheng. Her dreams of a new life of love and prosperity are swiftly dashed as she enters a dog-eat-dog world of treachery and corruption.

Empresses in the Palace

2011

Viva La Romance poster
5.5

Viva La Romance (妻子的浪漫旅行) Mango TV produced the Chinese observational reality show, which debuted on August 15, 2018. It depicts celebrity wives on vacation while their husbands observe, comment, and communicate from a studio, with the goal of understanding and emotional expression to heal and improve marriage dynamics.

Viva La Romance

2018

Beautiful Cooking poster
8.0

Beautiful Cooking is a Hong Kong variety show broadcast on TVB. The show began broadcasting on May 28, 2006 hosted by Ronald Cheng, Alex Fong and Edmond Leung. The second season began broadcast from April 5, 2009.

Beautiful Cooking

2006

Healing Hands poster
7.6

Medical drama that focuses on the lives and loves of the doctors and nurses at the fictional Yan Oi Hospital in Hong Kong.

Healing Hands

1998

Justice Pao poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

Justice Pao

1995

The Gem of Life poster
8.0

The Gem of Life was a TVB grand production drama, that broadcast between October 2008 and February 2009. The series was specifically filmed to celebrate TVB's 41st Anniversary. The series was filmed in many locations apart from Hong Kong, including Tibet, Taiwan and France.

The Gem of Life

2008

Secret of the Heart poster
7.8

Secret of the Heart is a 1998 TVB production that was first aired from February 16,1998 to May 10, 1998. The drama had a powerful roster that is made up of Gallen Lo, Felix Wong, Amy Kwok, Kathy Chow, Sunny Chan, Ada Choi, Jessica Hsuan and Nick Cheung. It won three TVB Anniversary Awards, including Best Actor for Gallen Lo, Best Actress for Ada Choi and Best On-Screen Improvement Award for Nick Cheung. The drama also received a late night hour rerun during 2003 and 2010. It was digitally remastered for the 2010 rerun.

Secret of the Heart

1998

Shui Yue Dong Tian poster
8.0

Taking place in about 294 A.D., during the Western Jin era, it is the story of three young men, the Tong brothers, who live with their clan and family in a secluded valley protected from the outside world. No one in the valley has left it for five hundred years, ever since the mighty general Long Teng brought them there for protection. Since the dawn of time, members of the clan had used their gifts of divination, spiritual intuition and magic to serve the Emperors, but were betrayed by an ambitious, half-mad relative. Now, the boys venture to the forbidden outside world in search of healing magic for their dying father, discovering mortal danger, friendship, and passionate love. A branch of their own family remains powerful in the martial arts world, and an ancient enemy still lives.

Shui Yue Dong Tian

2004

Tales From Beyond poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Tales From Beyond

1992

To Catch the Uncatchable poster
8.4

A sitcom centering around the genius CID Mok Tsok Tung and Vivi Lee Wai Wai, an insurance agent.

To Catch the Uncatchable

2004

At the Threshold of an Era 2 poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

At the Threshold of an Era 2

2000

The Link poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Link

1993

The Revelation of the Last Hero poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Revelation of the Last Hero

1992

Where the Legend Begins poster
7.9

Where the Legend Begins is a 2002 Hong Kong television series produced by TVB. The series is based on the life story of Zhen Fu, a noble lady who lived during the Three Kingdoms period. It contains embellishments from folktales about Yan's romance with Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. The series was first aired in Hong Kong on TVB Jade from 24 June to 26 July in 2002.

Where the Legend Begins

2002

Oh My Grad poster
NR

Education is not about grades, teaching is not just taking attendance and grading papers. Born to a family of educators, school principal To Ming-Chi is full of passion for education, but loses his job when the school is closed down. He winds up returning to the rundown college that his parents had established, beginning a new chapter of his educational career. He encounters all types of students, along with a difficult-to-handle tiger mom Cheung Chun-Keung, making the college's final year both splendid and plagued with misfortunes.

Oh My Grad

2017

The Dance of Passion poster
6.0

With almost the same cast and crew as War And Beauty, And the extensive location filming in Yinchuan, The Dance Of Passion is going to be another great legend in TV history! Across the Loess Plateau… Is a story of family feuds and furtive passions! On the Loess Plateau of Shanbei live two clans, the YIMs and the SUNGs. The SUNGs have been relying on the YIMs and a lasting peace has been going on for three generations. But this situation cannot continue when YIM MAN-HEI (LAM, BOWIE) becomes the Superintendent. His rise to power has drawn the clans into serious conflict. SUNG TUNG-SING (CHAN HO, MOSES) who falls in love with a widow has suffered the cruelest punishment, the Penalty of Torching, for his affair, as ordered by HEI. SING’s lover is burnt to death while SING is expelled from YIM’s clan...

The Dance of Passion

2006

Seven Swordsmen poster
3.5

Seven Swordsmen is a 2006 television series directed by Clarence Fok and produced by Tsui Hark. The series is adapted from Liang Yusheng's novels Qijian Xia Tianshan and Saiwai Qixia Zhuan. It is also the derived counterpart of the 2005 film Seven Swords, which was also directed and produced by Tsui Hark.

Seven Swordsmen

2006

Empresses in the Palace poster
8.2

An epic tale of love, betrayal and scandal set in 1722 during the Qing Dynasty and told from inside the Imperial Harem - the story of one emperor and his countless women. In a world filled with treachery and corruption, who will truly win the Emperor's heart and reign supreme?

Empresses in the Palace

2015

Man of Wisdom poster
NR

Production By Hong Kong TVB, Starring Ada Choi

Man of Wisdom

1993

Twilight Tubes poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Twilight Tubes

1994

The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back poster
8.5

No synopsis available yet.

The Buddhism Palm Strikes Back

1993

Racing Peak poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Racing Peak

1993

Watery Moon Hollow Sky poster
NR

After 500 years in a secluded valley, the gifted young heirs of a once-powerful clan that has become a legend in the martial arts world begin to venture outside their home, finding mortal danger, friendship and passionate love.

Watery Moon Hollow Sky

2004

On The Track Or Off poster
10.0

Gan Yuan, Lu Yingtong, and Xu Yaodong are childhood friends and playmates. After graduating from high school,Gan Yuan, who was interested in horse racing, became a trainer by chance, while Xu Yaodong and Lu Yingtong continued their studies. An accident caused Lu Yingtong’s home to undergo a sudden change. Lu Yingtong, who cannot afford the tuition, is about to lose the opportunity to complete her studies. At this juncture, Xu Yaodong, who has always liked Lu Yingtong, stepped forward, gave up his studies and went to society to help Lu Yingtong fulfill his dream. After that, Lu Yingtong came to the newspaper office to work. But because of a conflict with his boss, he was transferred to the Ma Jing version that no one cares about. Encouraged by Gan Yuan, Lu Yingtong gradually discovered the breadth and depth of equestrianism and eventually became a female horse critic with her own efforts.

On The Track Or Off

2001

The Romance of the White Hair Maiden poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Romance of the White Hair Maiden

1995

Shade of Darkness poster
10.0

Shade of Darkness is a 1994 horror series by Hong Kong television broadcaster TVB. Produced by Mui Siu-ching it featured a cast which included Canti Lau, Kenix Kwok and Ada Choi.

Shade of Darkness

1994

Our Wonderful Life poster
7.0

Celebrities go deep into the countryside and transform a local idle village house into the "most beautiful country house” with limited funds to improve the internal and external environment of the homestay. They invite friends to participate in the construction and expand villagers' activities space and finish the completion of the homestay. While building the most beautiful country house, they will also enrich the villagers' living environment, standards, and more. Finally, the guests hand over the built homestay to the local villagers, leaving a new landmark and window for the local area, hoping to promote rural development.

Our Wonderful Life

2023

甄嬛爱不停——甄嬛传小主节晚会 poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

甄嬛爱不停——甄嬛传小主节晚会

2025

In Love With Power poster
8.0

The story takes place during the reign of Hong Taiji, the founder of Qing dynasty. He formed military alliances by marrying the daughters of Mongol and Manchu clans. He first married Jerger of Khorchin Mongols and made her his primary wife. Then, he renewed their alliance by marrying her niece Dayu'er. However, it was Dayu’ers low status half-sister, Harjol, he favored above the rest. His favoritism caused a rift between the women. Dayu'er formed a secret alliance with his brother Dorgon to place her son on the throne over his elder sons and brothers.

In Love With Power

2012

All About Tin poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

All About Tin

1993

Fly with Me poster
NR

Fly With Me is an TVB modern comedy-action series. Leung Hau-Chi or Yvonne (Ada Choi) is a typical career woman in her 30s - fussy, arrogant and easily irritated by the sight of beautiful young women. Desperate for love and for something exciting to happen in her life, Chi is miserable and begins to despair when she abruptly transforms into a superwoman of incredible charm and strength. With each new amazing power, Chi uses her extraordinary powers to fight for justice, help the weak, and go on remarkable adventures. On the way, she meets three kindhearted men: Yeung Ho-Yin (Kenny Wong), a brave but traditional policeman; Tsu Wing-Fai (Raymond Cho), a good-natured self-made businessman; and Kan Ming-Hin (Moses Chan), a genius plastic surgeon. To complicate matters, Hin happens to be in love with both Chi and her superwoman alter ego. Despite having superpowers, Chi has no idea how to find her true love.

Fly with Me

2010

Beauty at War poster
8.0

In order to air her grievances towards her elder sister Lady Yue-Yuet, Lady Shun Yuen-Sau spreads rumours of Yue-Yuet in the palace. The ambitious nursing mother Seung-Ling tries to collect evidence against the rumours in exchange for money from others. She soon becomes a trusted follower and a close friend of Lady Yue-Yuet. Meanwhile, the arrival of famous actors Ko Lau-Fei and Wan Tsau-Yin captures the heart of every woman in the palace including the lonely Yuen-Sau, and unintentionally fuels the power struggle between the three ladies in the palace.

Beauty at War

2013