Maggie Cheung
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| Maggie Cheung | |
 Cheung in Clean (2004) |
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| Birth name | Maggie Cheung Man-yuk |
| Born | September 20, 1964 (age 42) Hong-Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Olivier Assayas (1998-2001) (divorced) |
| Notable roles | Maggie Cheung/Herself in Irma Vep Su Li-zhen in In the Mood for Love Emily Wang in Clean |
Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (張曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese: dzoeng1 maan6 juk9/juk2) (born September 20, 1964) is a multi award-winning actress from Hong Kong.
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[edit] Biography
Cheung spent part of her childhood and adolescence in the United Kingdom. Upon her return to Hong Kong in 1983, at the age of 19 Cheung entered the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant contest. She won second place. She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.
Prior to 1988, Maggie’s screen appearance was often limited to eye candy roles. Then in many of the future interviews, Maggie frequently cited her performance in the movie As Tears Go By, her first of many collaborations with film director Wong Kar-Wai, as the piece that truly began her serious acting career.
One of Cheung's many notable movie roles is that of "May", the girlfriend of police detective "Kevin" Chan Ka Kui in Jackie Chan's Police Story movies (however, she did not reprise the role in Police Story 4: First Strike or New Police Story).
Audiences outside Asia have become increasingly familiar with her work, including her roles in Centre Stage (as Ruan Lingyu), In the Mood for Love, Irma Vep, 2046, Hero, and, most notably, Clean.
She married French director Olivier Assayas in 1998 but divorced him in 2001. Their relationship remained amicable, however, as in 2004 Cheung made her award-winning movie Clean with him. As part of her portrayal of the drug addicted aspiring singer Emily Wang in Clean, Maggie Cheung performed songs written by David Roback of Mazzy Star.
On 7 February 2007, The New York Times rated Maggie Cheung as one of the 22 Great Performers in 2006 for her Cannes winning role Emily in Clean.[1]
[edit] Awards
- Berlin International Film Festival
- Best Actress of Silver Berlin Bear for Centre Stage 阮玲玉 (1992)
- Cannes Film Festival
- Best Actress for Clean (2004)
- Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
- Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Full Moon in New York 人在紐約 (1989)
- Best Supporting Actress of Golden Horse Award for Red Dust 滾滾紅塵 (1990)
- Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Centre Stage 阮玲玉 (1991)
- Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Comrades: Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1996)
- Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 (2000)
- Hawaii International Film Festival
- Award for Achievement in Acting
- Hong Kong Film Awards
- Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for A Fishy Story 不脫襪的人 (1989)
- Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for Centre Stage 阮玲玉 (1992)
- Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for Comrades, Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1996)
- Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for The Soong Sisters 宋家皇朝 (1998)
- Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 (2001)
- Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
- Best Actress of HKFCS Award for Comrades, Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1996)
[edit] Filmography
- Prince Charming (1984)
- Behind the Yellow Line (1984)
- Modern Cinderella (1985)
- Police Story (1985)
- It's a Drink, It's a Bomb (1985)
- Lost Romance (1986)
- Happy Ghost 3 (1986)
- The Seventh Curse (1986)
- Sister Cupid (1987)
- Heartbeat 100 (1987)
- The Romancing Star (1987)
- Project A Part 2 (1987)
- Call Girl '88 (1988)
- Love Soldier of Fortune (1988)
- Paper Marriage (1988)
- Double Fattiness (1988)
- As Tears Go By (1988)
- Mother vs. Mother (1988)
- Moon, Star, Sun (1988)
- How to Pick Up Girls (1988)
- Police Story 2 (1988)
- The Nowhereman (1988)
- The Game They Call Sex (1988)
- Faithfully Yours (1988)
- Last Romance (1988)
- Little Cop (1989)
- A Fishy Story (1989)
- Hearts No Flowers (1989)
- The Bachelor's Swan-Song (1989)
- My Dear Son (1989)
- In Between Loves (1989)
- The Iceman Cometh (1989)
- Doubles Cause Troubles (1989)
- Full Moon in New York (1990)
- Heart into Hearts (1990)
- Song of the Exile (1990)
- Dragon From Russia (1990)
- Farewell China (1990)
- Red Dust (1990)
- Days of Being Wild (1991)
- Today's Hero (1991)
- The Banquet (1991)
- The Perfect Match (1991)
- Will of Iron (1991)
- Alan & Eric - Between Hello & Goodbye (1991)
- Centre Stage (1991) aka Actress
- Rose (1992)
- All's Well, Ends Well (1992)
- True Love (1992)
- New Dragon Gate Inn (1992)
- What a Hero! (1992)
- Moon Warriors (1992)
- The Twin Dragons (1992)
- Police Story 3 (1992)
- Millionaire Cop (1993)
- The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)
- The Heroic Trio (1993)
- Holy Weapon (1993)
- Green Snake (1993)
- Enigma of Love (1993)
- The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
- Flying Dagger (1993)
- Boys are Easy (1993)
- Executioners (1993)
- First Shot (1993)
- Mad Monk (1993)
- In Between (1994)
- Ashes of Time (1994)
- Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1996)
- Irma Vep (1996)
- The Soong Sisters (1997)
- Chinese Box (USA 1998)
- Sausalito (2000)
- Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (2000)
- In the Mood for Love (2000)
- Hero (2002)
- 2046 (2004)
- Clean (2004)
[edit] TV Drama
- Police Cadet '84 新紮師兄 (1984)
- The Fallen Family 武林世家
