Maggie Siu
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Maggie Siu Mei Kei (Chinese: 邵美琪; pinyin: Shào Měiqí) (born 27 February 1965) is a Hong Kong actress, more popular in TV series than in films. She is sometimes credited as Maggie Shiu, or Maggie Shaw.
In 2003, she was in a movie called PTU, where she acted as a police officer. She won a Golden Bauhinia Award for best supporting actress for her role in PTU. Her 2 latest movies, Breaking News (in which she had a cameo role) and Election were presented in the Cannes Film Festival. She was nominated Best Supporting Actress in the 2006 Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in Election. The House, her first leading role in horror movie, was on screen November 2005 in Hong Kong . She had another cameo role in the 2006 Chinese Lunar New Year film, The Shopaholics.
Siu was once dating Ekin Cheng until they split up in 1999, after 8 years. The Hong Kong media blew this issue up and it became entertainment headlines. A lot of Siu's supporters did not like what Cheng had done as they believed that Maggie had sacrificed a lot for him to be successful in his career. Hong Kong singer/actress Gigi Leung, was dubbed by the media as the 3rd party - she split with Ekin in 2006.
During Maggie's time with Ekin, she had slowed down her filming schedule considerably. In 2000, she came back and started filming some supporting roles in movies and TV series. She was no longer a lead as she was in the early 1990s, and was relegated to supporting roles or mother roles (at the not-so-old age of mid-30s). Her career has picked up again since then, with parts in big production films and leading roles in TV Series. During the middle of 2005, she emerged as body slimming ambassador with a fit body figure and has gained much publicity, popularity and support.
In 2005 she had two TV series aired in Hong Kong TVB Jade channel: Healing Hands 3 and Real Kung Fu. The first one is a famous medical drama while the in the other one she partners with famous martial art actor, Yuen Biao. She is also one of the leading actresses in a 2006 TVB grand production drama, Dance of Passion. More recently, the series CIB Files aired in Hong Kong and she is one of the two leading actresses.
[edit] Filmography
- Anti-Crime Squad (1999)
- Detective Investigation Files IV (1999)
- The Flying Fox of the Snowy Mountain 1999 (1999)
- At the Threshold of an Era (1999)
- At the Threshold of an Era II (2000)
- Healing Hands II (2000)
- Virtues of Harmony (2001)
- Treasure Raiders (2002)
- The White Flame (2002)
- Find the Light (2003)
- Perish in the Name of Love (2003)
- Hard Fate (2004)
- Healing Hands III (2005)
- Real Kung Fu (2005)
- The Dance of Passion (2006)
- CIB Files (2006)
- The Ultimate Crime Fighter (2007)
- The Splendour of Jewels (2007)
