Stephanie Ho

Stephanie Ho Ngan-si is a Hong Kong singer, actress, host, and former professional golfer.

Early life Ho was born in San Jose, California and grew up in Hong Kong. She is an only child. Her father is a businessman.

After completing her A-Levels she decided to study hotel and tourism management at Hong Kong Polytechnic University. In her last year of university, she suspended her studies as she had been cast in Gilded Chopsticks.

Golf Since 2011, she was a professional golfer, but in December 2017, she officially changed from a professional golfer back to an amateur golfer to give herself more chances to participate in local competitions. She consequently announced she would be participating in an amateur golf competition. On 3–5 January 2018, she competed and won the Hong Kong Ladies Close Amateur Championship for the second time after winning it in 2009, and played her first golf competition since 2010. She was later invited to play in the 2018 Hong Kong Ladies Open alongside childhood best friend and LPGA player Tiffany Chan. After making her comeback in golf, she also returned to her position as a Hong Kong National Golf Ladies' Squad Team representative.

Personal life

Friendship When filming Raising The Bar, Ho became best friends with Jeannie Chan and Moon Lau. She also shared an apartment with Jeannie Chan for a year (2015-2016). She is also close with others in the entertainment industry including Winki Lai, Sisley Choi, Anjaylia Chan, Cheronna Ng, Fred Cheung, Joey Law, Dickson Yu, Mayao Ma, Grace Chan, and William Chak. In the music industry, she is good friends with Hubert Wu, Kayee Tam, James Ng, Sophy Wong, Alfred Hui and Jason Chan.

Marriage and Family On 6 April 2017, Ho admitted to being in a relationship with fellow singer, Fred Cheng. On 1 January 2020, Ho and Cheng announced their engagement on Instagram, and revealed that Cheng had proposed while they were on holiday in Thailand. The couple married on 7 November 2020 and held their wedding at Hyatt Regency Sha Tin, Hong Kong.

On 13 January 2022, Ho announced on Instagram that she is pregnant. Their son, Asher Douglas Cheng, was born on 1 June 2022. On his second birthday, the couple revealed Asher had been diagnosed with Angelman syndrome.

Mental Health On 31 March 2017, Ho posted on Instagram that she would be resigning from upcoming drama My Ages Apart due to private illness. Days later, she admitted on Instagram that she had been suffering from emotional illness as she received tremendous pressure from the public regarding her private life and health. While being interviewed at an event on 31 December 2017, she said that she had recovered from depression but was still taking medication.

Music career

Career Beginnings/Debut: 2009–2014 When Ho was 16, she entered The Voice (Hong Kong) in 2009 as a contestant, which started off her singing career. Although she didn't win, she gained fame and support from the public and also received an award for being in the Top 5 viral songs sung on the show. In 2013, she signed with MusicNext and released her first single "淚如鐵". In 2014, she made her official debut and achieved multiple best new artist awards. She released her first album, STEP, on 28 November 2014.

Voice Entertainment/Rise in Popularity: 2016–2019 The following year, Ho finished her contract with MusicNext and signed with Voice Entertainment. She officially joined on 24 March 2015 but did not release her first single with the company until 2016 due to her busy schedule of filming dramas. After releasing "最真心一對" (True Lovers), she received positive feedback and continued to sing many drama theme songs. In November, she starred in the drama Dead Wrong as well as singing the ending theme song, "愛需要勇氣" (Love Takes Courage).

On 24 January 2017, she released her second album, Lost In Love, which reached No.1 Album in Asian Pop at HMV Hong Kong. It also came in 1st runner-up in the KKBOX Top Albums of 2017. In March, she sang a duet with Fred Cheng, "真心真意" (With All My Heart), as the theme song for Married but Available. In May, she sang "我不會撒嬌" (I Would Not Pout) as the opening theme song for My Unfair Lady. The music video received more than 1 million views in less than a month. It topped iTunes, KKBOX, JOOX, MOOV charts as well as achieving a gold song award at the annual JSG Awards Presentation 2017. It also became one of the Top 10 HK YouTube Music Videos of 2017. On June 24, she released "愛近在眼前" (In Front Of Love) as the ending theme song for Legal Mavericks, this also being the second part of her hit song "愛需要勇氣" (Love Takes Courage).

On 28 June 2019, Ho released her first single in two years, (Tear Can't Speak), working with music producer, Schumann (舒文). On October 8, she released "我會想念他" (Thoughts Of Love) as the ending theme song of Finding Her Voice.

Independent Singer: 2020–2021 On 11 March 2020, Ho released her first single as an independent singer, "", written and produced by Cousin Fung. On 26 June 2020, Ho released "", which was co-written by herself and Cousin Fung, and produced by Randy Chow. On 10 August 2020, she released the ending theme song of Al Cappuccino, (Opponent), her last drama song with Voice Entertainment. On 19 October 2020, she released "", which she also co-wrote with Cousin Fung. On 14 March 2021, she independently released her fourth song, "". On 15 April 2021, she released her EP, Que Será, Será, which comprised all the songs she had released as an independent singer.

Discography

Albums I Don't Care

duet with Fred Cheung Bread (Mandarin) (Take Me With You) (Pleasing You) (With All My Heart) duet with Fred Cheng - Married but Available theme song (True Lovers) - Over Run Over theme song (Fragile Love) - The Imperial Doctress theme song (Threesome) (You and I) - Raising The Bar theme song (Love Goes On)3Que Será, SeráEP - 15 April 2021

Other songs/singles

Filmography

TVB

Television Dramas

Host

Film

Music Awards

2010 The Voice (Hong Kong) – Top 5 Viral Songs (On My Own) Approaching The Youngsters Music Contest 2010 (CMB Korea) – 1st Runner-up (Silver) with Alfred Hui 2010 JSG Selections Part 1 – Song (Supervoice) with singers from The Voice (Hong Kong) JSG Awards Presentation 2010 – Outstanding Performance Award (Silver) with singers from The Voice (Hong Kong)

2012 Metro Showbiz Hit Children's Songs 2010 – Hit Children's Song Award (Go! Go! Sunshine)

2014 Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 2014 – New Female Debut Singer Award (Gold) Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 2014 – Hit Duet Award (線上情歌) with Fred Cheung RTHK Top 10 Gold Songs Awards 2014 – Most Promising Future Newcomer Award (Bronze) Canada Most Hit Cantonese Song Charts – Canada's Most Praised New Female Artist JSG Awards Presentation 2014 – Most Popular New Artist (Bronze) IFPI Hong Kong Sales Awards 2014 – Bestselling Female Newcomer Award

2016 2016 JSG Selections Part 1 – Song (最真心一對) (True Lovers) 2016 JSG Selections Part 2 – Song (只想可以跟你走) (Take Me With You) King of Music Global Chinese Music Awards – Best Progress Award Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 2016 – Metro Top 12 Singers JSG Awards Presentation 2016 – Outstanding Performance Award JSG Awards Presentation 2016 – Gold Song (愛需要勇氣) (Love Takes Courage) Cantonese Song Charts Awards – Outstanding Progress Award

2017 2017 JSG Selections Part 1 – Song (我不會撒嬌) (I Would Not Pout) Chinese Golden Melody Awards 2017 – Jumping Singer Award 2017 JSG Selections Part 2 – Song (愛近在眼前) (In Front Of Love) YouTube Top 10 HK Music Video – 9th Place (我不會撒嬌) (I Would Not Pout) JSG Awards Presentation 2017 – Gold Song (我不會撒嬌) (I Would Not Pout)

2020

2020 JSG Selections Part 1 – Song (致有夢想的人) AEG Music Channel Awards 2020 – Diamond Female Singer-Songwriter Award AEG Music Channel Awards 2020 – Diamond Popular Idol Award 2020 JSG Selections Part 2 – Song (對手戲) (Opponent) Metro Showbiz Hit Awards 2020 – Hit Independent Musician Award JSG Awards Presentation 2020 – Gold Song (對手戲) (Opponent)

Film Awards and Nominations

Starhub TVB Awards

TVB Star Awards Malaysia

TVB Anniversary Awards (Top 5)2016Most Improved Female Artiste愛情食物鏈, 殭, 致命復活, 勁歌金曲, 我愛香港楊金枝 (Kimchi Yeung Kam-Kei), 丁香 (Ding Heung), 林翠宜 (Tracy Lam Tsui-Yee), HostNominationBest Variety Show我愛香港 (I Heart HK)Host with TVB actors/actressesWonMost Popular Drama Theme Song愛情食物鏈 (Love As A Predatory Affair)愛情食物鏈 (Love Chain)NominationEU超時任務 (Over Run Over)最真心一對 (True Lovers)Nomination殭 (Blue Veins)The Only OneNomination女醫·明妃傳 (The Imperial Doctress)夢裡花 (Fragile Love)Nomination致命復活 (Dead Wrong)愛需要勇氣 (Love Takes Courage) Nomination