Maggie Cheung

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Maggie Cheung Man-yuk

Maggie Cheung at Cannes 2007
Chinese name 張曼玉 (Traditional)
Chinese name 张曼玉 (Simplified)
Pinyin Zhāng Mànyù (Mandarin)
Jyutping Jèung Maahn Yuhk (Cantonese)
Ancestry Shanghai, China
Born 20 September 1964 (1964-09-20) (age 44)
Hong Kong
Occupation Actress
Years active 1983–present
Spouse(s) Olivier Assayas (1998–2001; divorced)

Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (born 20 September 1964) is a Cannes Best Actress, Berlin Best Actress, five-time Hong Kong Film Award and five-time Taiwan Golden Horse winning Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983. She is the first Asian actress to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

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[edit] Biography

Born in Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung Man-yuk's family roots are in Shanghai. In 1971, she entered Primary one of St. Paul's Convent School. Her merchant-class family emigrated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom when she was eight. She spent part of her childhood and adolescence in the UK. She returned to Hong Kong in 1982 for vacation, but ended up staying for modeling assignments; she also got a sales job at Lane Crawford department store. In 1983, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant, where was first runner-up and won the Miss Photogenic award. She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.[1]

Prior to 1988, her screen appearance was often limited to cameo roles. One of Cheung's notable movie roles then is that of "May", the girlfriend of police detective "Kevin" Chan Ka Kui in Jackie Chan's Police Story series (however, she did not reprise the role in Police Story 4: First Strike or New Police Story). Maggie frequently cited her performance in the movie As Tears Go By (1988), her first of many collaborations with film director Wong Kar-Wai 王家衛, as the piece that truly began her serious acting career. In Centre Stage, she performed in Cantonese , Mandarin and Shanghainese fluently, switching languages with ease. In Clean, she performed in fluent English, French and Cantonese. She is a polyglot as a result of her upbringing in England.

Audiences outside Asia have become increasingly familiar with her work, including Irma Vep, Centre Stage, Chinese Box, In the Mood for Love, Hero, 2046, and, most recently, Clean.

Cheung was the jury member at 1997 Berlin Film Festival, 1999 Venice Film Festival and 2007 Cannes Film Festival. For the first time in its history, the 59th Cannes Film Festival (2006) used a photographic image of a real actress on its poster — that of Cheung.

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 as Emily in Clean. After 25 years of making movies, she decided to retire from acting to pursue a career as a film composer. She would like to compose music and paint, after fulfilling her acting potential.[2]

[edit] Personal

She married French director Olivier Assayas in 1998 and they divorced in 2001. Their relationship remained amicable, however, and, 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, Cheung performed songs written by David Roback of Mazzy Star.

[edit] Awards

[edit] Filmography

Filmography
Year Title English
1984 青蛙王子 Prince Charming
1984 緣份 Behind the Yellow Line
1985 摩登仙履奇緣 Modern Cinderella
1985 警察故事 Police Story
1985 聖誕奇遇結良緣 It's a Drink, It's a Bomb
1986 玫瑰的故事 Lost Romance
1986 開心鬼撞鬼 Happy Ghost 3
1986 原振俠與衛斯理 The Seventh Curse
1987 天賜良緣 Sister Cupid
1987 心跳一百 Heartbeat 100
1987 精裝追女仔 The Romancing Star
1987 A計劃續集 Project A Part II
1988 應召女郎1988 Call Girl '88
1988 愛的逃兵 Love Soldier of Fortune
1988 過埠新娘 Paper Marriage
1988 雙肥臨門 Double Fattiness
1988 旺角卡門 As Tears Go By
1988 南北媽打 Mother vs. Mother
1988 月亮星星太陽 Moon, Star, Sun
1988 求愛敢死隊 How to Pick Up Girls
1988 警察故事續集 Police Story 2
1988 肥貓流浪記 The Nowhereman/Beloved Son Of God
1988 黃色故事 The Game They Call Sex
1988 流金歲月 Last Romance
1989 小小小警察 Little Cop
1989 不脫襪的人 A Fishy Story
1989 少女心 Hearts No Flowers
1989 再見王老五 The Bachelor's Swan-Song
1989 我要富貴 My Dear Son
1989 求愛夜驚魂 In Between Loves
1989 急凍奇俠 The Iceman Cometh
1989 神勇雙妹嘜 Doubles Cause Troubles
1990 人在紐約 Full Moon in New York
1990 三人新世界 Heart into Hearts
1990 客途秋恨 Song of the Exile
1990 紅場飛龍 Dragon From Russia
1990 愛在別鄉的季節 Farewell China
1990 滾滾紅塵 Red Dust
1991 阿飛正傳 Days of Being Wild
1991 志在出位 Today's Hero
1991 豪門夜宴 The Banquet
1991 富貴吉祥 The Perfect Match
1991 黑雪 Will of Iron
1991 雙城故事 Alan & Eric - Between Hello & Goodbye
1991 阮玲玉 Centre Stage (aka Actress)
1992 兩個女人,一個靚,一個唔靚 Too Happy for Words
1992 白玫瑰 Rose
1992 家有喜事 All's Well, Ends Well
1992 真的愛妳 True Love
1992 新龍門客棧 Dragon Inn
1992 嘩! 英雄 What a Hero!
1992 戰神傳說 Moon Warriors
1992 雙龍會 The Twin Dragons
1992 警察故事3: 超級警察 Police Story 3: Supercop
1993 千面天王 Millionaire Cop
1993 赤腳小子 The Bare-Footed Kid
1993 武俠七公主 Holy Weapon
1993 青蛇 Green Snake
1993 飛越謎情 Enigma of Love
1993 東成西就 The Eagle Shooting Heroes
1993 神經刀與飛天貓 Flying Dagger
1993 追男仔 Boys are Easy
1993 現代豪俠傳 Executioners
1993 廉政第一擊 First Shot
1993 濟公 Mad Monk
1994 新同居時代 In Between
1994 東邪西毒 Ashes of Time
1996 甜蜜蜜 Comrades: Almost a Love Story
1996 迷离劫/女飛賊再現江湖 Irma Vep
1997 宋家皇朝/宋家三姐妹 The Soong Sisters
1998 中國匣 Chinese Box
2000 一見鍾情 Sausalito
2000 愛在異鄉的故事/功夫大王 Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
2000 花樣年華 In the Mood for Love
2002 英雄 Hero
2004 2046 2046
2004 清洁/錯過又如何/错的多美丽 Clean
2008 東邪西毒(终极版) Ashes of Time Redux
2009 Inglourious Basterds Inglourious Basterds (deleted scene)[3]

[edit] TV Drama

TV Drama
Year Title English
1984 畫出彩虹 Rainbow Round My Shoulder
1984 新紮師兄 Police Cadet '84
1985 武林世家 The Fallen Family
1985 拆擋拍擋
1985 楊家將

[edit] MTV

  • 日落巴黎 Sunset in Paris (1989) Starring: Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung
  • 一場遊戲一場夢 Starring: Dave Wang (王傑), Maggie Cheung
  • 半夢半醒之間 Starring: Alan Tam, Maggie Cheung

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ - Miss World Previous Title Holders - 1983
  2. ^ Flynn, Bob (10 April 2007). "Maggie Cheung : Why the Asian Star is turning her back on film". The Independent. http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2437462.ece. 
  3. ^ ""Maggie Cheung Okays with 'Basterds' Cut". China Daily. China Daily. 22 May 2009. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/showbiz/2009-05/22/content_7933941.htm. Retrieved on 22 May 2009. 

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Anita Mui
for Rouge
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress
1990
for A Fishy Story
Succeeded by
Carol Cheng
for Her Fatal Ways
Preceded by
Cecilia Yip
for This Thing Called Love
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress
1993
for Centre Stage
Succeeded by
Anita Yuen
for C'est la vie, mon chéri
Preceded by
Josephine Siao
for Summer Snow
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress
1997
for Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Succeeded by
Maggie Cheung
for The Soong Sisters
Preceded by
Maggie Cheung
for Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress
1998
for The Soong Sisters
Succeeded by
Sandra Ng
for Portland Street Blues
Preceded by
Helena Law
for Bullet Over Summer
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actress
2001
for In the Mood for Love
Succeeded by
Sylvia Chang
for Forever and Ever
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