Maggie Cheung: HK Goddess

Maggie Cheung
Height: 5 ft. 6 1/4 in. (1.68 m)
Born: Hong Kong
Birthday: 20 Sept 1964


Maggie Cheung was born on September 20, 1964, in Hong Kong, and moved at the age of eight with her family to England. After finishing secondary school, she returned to Hong Kong, where she began modeling and appearing in commercials. In 1983 she participated in the Ms. Hong Kong pageant, winning first runner-up, which proved not to be a detriment since she went on to become a star of both Hong Kong television and film.






Trivia

Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival 1997.

First runner-up Miss Hong Kong. [1983]

Spokesmodel of Hermes.

Spokesmodel of LUX shampoo.

The Movie " Clean (2004/I) " was turning point in her career. Before this film was made, she was only offered the roles of beautiful Asian women in Western films.

Olivier Assayas wrote the characters of Maggie Cheung (in Irma Vep (1996)) and Emily Wang (in Clean (2004/I)) specifically with her in mind.

The first Chinese actress ever to win the Best Actress award at the Berlin International Film Festival (1992 - for Yuen Ling-yuk) and Cannes Film Festival (2004 - for Clean)

Her parents are Shanghainese. While she cannot speak the dialect, she understands it.

In Hong Kong, she has been handed every role she has played since she was 18 without an audition.

Wanted to be a hairdresser as a child.

Declined lead role in "Memoirs of a Geisha" because of racial sensitivity between the Japanese and the Chinese, due to WWII.

Although an icon of Asian cinema, she is actually a European with extended residence in Hong Kong.

Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival in 1999.

Selected Filmography

Police Story [1985]
Police Story 2 [1988]
Project A 2 [1987]
Twin Dragons [1992]
Dragon Inn  [1992]
Supercop [1992]
Heroic Trio [1993]
Executioners a.k.a. Heroic Trio 2 [1993]
Flying Dagger [1993]
In the Mood for Love [2000]
Hero [2002]

Smokin' Hot