Biography
Born in Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. In 1971, she studied Primary One in St Paul's Convent School. Her merchant-class family emigrated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom when she was a child. Cheung 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. Soon she got a salesgirl job at a Japanese department store as well. In 1983, she entered the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant contest. She won second place and also bagged the Miss Photogenic award. 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. 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'' movies . Maggie frequently cited her performance in the movie '''' , her first of many collaborations with film director Wong Kar-Wai 王家衛, as the piece that truly began her serious acting career. Maggie Cheung is famous for being a talented multi-lingual actress. In ''Centre Stage'', she performed in , and Shanghainese fluently, switching languages with ease. In '''', she performed in fluent , , and a smattering of . Unlike most traditional actors in Hong Kong who are monolingual, she is a polyglot as a result of her upbringing.
Audiences outside Asia have become increasingly familiar with her work, including her roles in ''Centre Stage'' , ''In the Mood for Love'', ''Irma Vep'', '''', '''', and, most recently, ''''.
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 winning role Emily in ''Clean''.
After 25 years of making movies, Cheung is deciding to retire from acting and pursue a career as a film composer. She allows that there might be room for an occasional comedic role, but she would like to paint and compose music, after fulfilling her acting potential.
Awards
* Berlin International Film Festival
** Best Actress of Silver Berlin Bear for ''Centre Stage'' 阮玲玉
* Cannes Film Festival
** Best Actress for ''''
* Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
** Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for ''Full Moon in New York'' 人在紐約
** Best Supporting Actress of Golden Horse Award for '''' 滾滾紅塵
** Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for ''Centre Stage'' 阮玲玉
** Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for '''' 甜蜜蜜
** Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for ''In the Mood for Love'' 花樣年華
* 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
** Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for ''Centre Stage'' 阮玲玉
** Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for ''Comrades, Almost a Love Story'' 甜蜜蜜
** Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for '''' 宋家皇朝
** Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for ''In the Mood for Love'' 花樣年華
* Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
** Best Actress of HKFCS Award for ''Comrades, Almost a Love Story'' 甜蜜蜜
TV Drama
MTV
* 日落巴黎 Sunset in Paris Starring : Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung
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