Maggie Cheung (traditional Chinese: 張曼玉; simplified Chinese: 张曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese Yale: Jèung Maahn Yuhk; born September 20, 1964) is a multi award-winning Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England, she has over 80 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983. Maggie Cheung Ho Yee (Traditional Chinese: 張可頤, pinyin: Zhāng KÄ›yi, born 20 March 1970 in Hong Kong), not to be confused with Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, is a Hong Kong actress, under contract to the television channel TVB. As such she owes her popularity for her work to that... Each year the Cannes Film Festival is held in Cannes, France. ... Traditional Chinese (Traditional Chinese: 正體字/繁體字, Simplified Chinese: 正体字/繁体字) refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... This article is on all of the Northern and Southwestern Chinese dialects. ... For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Olivier Assayas (born January 25, 1955) is a French film director and screenwriter. ... Hong Kong Film Awards (香港電影金像獎), is the most prestigious film awards in Hong Kong. ... Note: this is different movie from Center Stage. ... The Soong Sisters (宋家皇朝) is a 1997 Hong Kong movie dramatization of the lives of the Soong sisters from 1911 to 1949, the period the Republic of China administered the mainland. ... In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong art film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ... Golden Bauhinia Awards(金紫荆奖) is a film awards in Hong Kong organised by Hong Kong Film Critics Association. ... The Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards (Traditional Chinese: 香港電影評論學會大獎) are an annual award given by the Hong Kong Film Critics Society in Hong Kong, China since 1995. ... // The Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (臺北金馬影展) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan, Republic of China since since 1962. ... Red Dust is an American 1932 film directed by Victor Fleming. ... Note: this is different movie from Center Stage. ... In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong art film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ... One of the A festivals in Europe. ... Note: this is different movie from Center Stage. ... The Cannes Film Festival (French: le Festival de Cannes), founded in 1939, is one of the worlds oldest, most influential and prestigious film festivals. ... Clean is a 2004 film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung. ... The Hawaii International Film Festival (HIFF) is a film festival held in the US State of Hawaii. ... Traditional Chinese characters refers to one of two standard sets of printed Chinese characters. ... Simplified Chinese character (Simplified Chinese: or ; traditional Chinese: or ; pinyin: or ) is one of two standard sets of Chinese characters of the contemporary Chinese written language. ... Pinyin, more formally called Hanyu Pinyin (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; Pinyin: ), is the most common variant of Standard Mandarin romanization system in use. ... The Yale romanizations are four systems created during World War II for use by United States military personnel. ... is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ...

Biography

Born in Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. 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.^[1] For other uses, see Shanghai (disambiguation). ... The Miss Hong Kong Pageant (香港小姐競選 or simply 港姐), or simply MHK, is a beauty pageant organised by the television station TVB. All participants must have a valid Hong Kong identity card or must be born in Hong Kong (with a valid birth certificate). ... This article is about the pageant. ...

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 (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. Maggie Cheung is famous for being a talented multi-lingual actress. In Centre Stage, she performed in Mandarin, Cantonese and Shanghainese fluently, switching languages with ease. In Clean, she performed in fluent English, Parisian French, Cantonese and a smattering of Mandarin. Unlike most traditional actors in Hong Kong who are Cantonese monolingual, she is a polyglot as a result of her cosmopolitan upbringing. Eye candy is an expression used to describe something that is most remarkable by its appearance, but that doesnt have anything else so exciting. ... Chan Kong-Sang (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ), also known as Jackie Chan Sing Lung (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: ) or Jackie Chan SBS, (born on April 7, 1954) is a Chinese martial artist, action star, actor, director, screenwriter, film producer, singer and stunt performer. ... New Police Story (Chinese: 新警察故事 Pinyin: XÄ«n Jǐngchá Gùshì) is a 2004 Hong Kong crime-action film, directed by Benny Chan. ... As Tears Go By (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ; lit. ... Director Herbert Brenon with actress Alla Nazimova on the set of War Brides, 1916 A director is a person who directs the making of a film. ... Wong Kar-wai (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; Cantonese Yale: Wòhng Gà Waih; Shanghainese Latin method: Wan Kawe; born July 17, 1958) is a Hong Kong film director known for his visually unique, highly stylized art films. ... Note: this is different movie from Center Stage. ... Map of eastern China and Taiwan, showing the historic distribution of Mandarin Chinese in light brown. ... Standard Cantonese is a variant, and is generally considered the prestige dialect of Cantonese Chinese. ... Shanghainese (上海言话 [] in Shanghainese), sometimes referred to as the Shanghai dialect, is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Shanghai. ... Movie poster of Clean Clean is a 2004 film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Standard Cantonese is a variant, and is generally considered the prestige dialect of Cantonese Chinese. ... Map of eastern China and Taiwan, showing the historic distribution of Mandarin Chinese in light brown. ... Standard Cantonese is a variant, and is generally considered the prestige dialect of Cantonese Chinese. ... Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. ...

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 recently, Clean. Note: this is different movie from Center Stage. ... Ruan Lingyu (Chinese: ; Pinyin: ; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935) was a Chinese silent film actress. ... In the Mood for Love is a 2000 Hong Kong art film directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung Chiu Wai. ... Irma Vep is a 1996 film directed by the French director Olivier Assayas, starring Hong Kong actress Maggie Cheung (playing herself) in a story about the disasters that ensue as a middle-aged French film director (played by Jean-Pierre Léaud) attempts to remake Louis Feuillades classic silent... 2046 is a Hong Kong movie (filmed in Shanghai) written and directed by Wong Kar-wai and released in 2004. ... Hero (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a Chinese wuxia film, directed by Zhang Yimou with music by Tan Dun. ... Movie poster of Clean Clean is a 2004 film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung. ...

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. Olivier Assayas (born January 25, 1955) is a French film director and screenwriter. ... Guitarist and songwriter David Roback was a member of paisley underground 80s group Rain Parade. ... Mazzy Star was an American 1990s dream pop/alternative band. ...

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. 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.^[2] is the 38th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed internationally. ... The Best Actress Award (French: Prix dinterprétation féminine) is an award presented at the Cannes Film Festival. ...

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)

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Filmography

• Prince Charming 青蛙王子 (1984)
• Behind the Yellow Line 緣份 (1984)
• Modern Cinderella 摩登仙履奇緣 (1985)
• Police Story 警察故事 (1985)
• It's a Drink, It's a Bomb 聖誕奇遇結良緣 (1985)
• Lost Romance 玫瑰的故事 (1986)
• Happy Ghost 3 開心鬼撞鬼 (1986)
• The Seventh Curse 原振俠與衛斯理 (1986)
• Sister Cupid 天賜良緣 (1987)
• Heartbeat 100 心跳一百 (1987)
• The Romancing Star 精裝追女仔 (1987)
• Project A Part II A計劃續集 (1987)
• Call Girl '88 應召女郎1988 (1988)
• Love Soldier of Fortune 愛的逃兵 (1988)
• Paper Marriage 過埠新娘 (1988)
• Double Fattiness 雙肥臨門 (1988)
• As Tears Go By 旺角卡門 (1988)
• Mother vs. Mother 南北媽打 (1988)
• Moon, Star, Sun 月亮星星太陽 (1988)
• How to Pick Up Girls 求愛敢死隊 (1988)
• Police Story 2 警察故事續集 (1988)
• The Nowhereman/Beloved Son Of God 肥貓流浪記 (1988)
• The Game They Call Sex 黃色故事 (1988)
• Last Romance 流金歲月 (1988)
• Little Cop 小小小警察 (1989)
• A Fishy Story 不脫襪的人 (1989)
• Hearts No Flowers 少女心 (1989)
• The Bachelor's Swan-Song 再見王老五 (1989)
• My Dear Son 我要富貴 (1989)
• In Between Loves 求愛夜驚魂 (1989)
• The Iceman Cometh 急凍奇俠 (1989)
• Doubles Cause Troubles 神勇雙妹嘜 (1989)
• Full Moon in New York 人在紐約 (1990)
• Heart into Hearts 三人新世界 (1990)
• Song of the Exile 客途秋恨 (1990)
• Dragon From Russia 紅場飛龍 (1990)
• Farewell China 愛在別鄉的季節 (1990)
• Red Dust 滾滾紅塵 (1990)
• Days of Being Wild 阿飛正傳 (1991)
• Today's Hero 志在出位 (1991)
• The Banquet 豪門夜宴 (1991)
• The Perfect Match 富貴吉祥 (1991)
• Will of Iron 黑雪 (1991)
• Alan & Eric - Between Hello & Goodbye 雙城故事 (1991)
• Centre Stage 阮玲玉 (1991) aka Actress
• Too Happy for Words 兩個女人，一個靚，一個唔靚 (1992)
• Rose 白玫瑰 (1992)
• All's Well, Ends Well 家有喜事 (1992)
• True Love 真的愛妳 (1992)
• New Dragon Gate Inn 新龍門客棧 (1992)
• What a Hero! 嘩! 英雄 (1992)
• Moon Warriors 戰神傳說 (1992)
• The Twin Dragons 雙龍會 (1992)
• Police Story 3 警察故事3: 超級警察 (1992)
• Millionaire Cop 千面天王 (1993)
• The Bare-Footed Kid 赤腳小子 (1993)
• The Heroic Trio 東方三俠 (1993)
• Holy Weapon 武俠七公主 (1993)
• Green Snake 青蛇 (1993)
• Enigma of Love 飛越謎情 (1993)
• The Eagle Shooting Heroes: Dong Cheng Xi Jiu 射鵰英雄傳之東成西就 (1993)
• Flying Dagger 神經刀與飛天貓 (1993)
• Boys are Easy 追男仔 (1993)
• Executioners 現代豪俠傳(1993)
• First Shot 廉政第一擊 (1993)
• Mad Monk 濟公 (1993)
• In Between 新同居時代 (1994)
• Ashes of Time 東邪西毒 (1994)
• Comrades: Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1996)
• Irma Vep 女飛賊再現江湖 (1996)
• The Soong Sisters 宋家皇朝 (1997)
• Chinese Box 中國匣 (USA 1998)
• Sausalito 一見鍾情 (2000)
• Augustin, King of Kung-Fu 愛在異鄉的故事／功夫大王 (2000)
• In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 (2000)
• Hero 英雄 (2002)
• 2046 (2004)
• Clean 錯過又如何 (2004)

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TV Drama

• 畫出彩虹 (1984)
• Police Cadet '84 新紮師兄 (1984)
• The Fallen Family 武林世家 (1985)
• 拆擋拍擋 (1985)
• 楊家將 (1985)

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MTV

• 日落巴黎 Sunset in Paris (1989) Starring : Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung

See also

• Cinema of Hong Kong
• Wong Kar-wai
• Tony Leung Chiu Wai
• Leslie Cheung

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References

1. ^ - Miss World Previous Title Holders - 1983
2. ^ Maggie Cheung : Why the Asian Star is turning her back on film - Independent Online Edition

External links

• Interview - One on One with Maggie Cheung
• Maggie Cheung at the Internet Movie Database
• Bio in nytimes
• Maggie Cheung - Taking Chinese Modernity to the West
• Historical List of Golden Horse Award Winners Awards
• Maggie Cheung masterclass at the UK Festival of Chinese Cinema: Cinema China 2007
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