Margaret Cheung

Maggie Cheung

  • Name: Maggie Cheung
  • Native name: 張曼玉
  • Given name: Cheung Margaret
  • Also Known as: 张曼玉
  • Nationality: Hong Konger
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: September 20, 1964
  • Age: 60
Born in Hong Kong, Maggie Cheung traces her family roots to Shanghai. In 1971, she entered Primary one of St. Paul's Convent School. Her middle-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 at the age of 18 in 1982 for vacation, but ended up staying for modeling assignments and other commitments; she also shortly obtained a sales job at Lane Crawford department store. In 1983, she entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant, where she was the first runner-up, also winning the Miss Photogenic award. She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.

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 Hong Kong and 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 a jury member at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival,[3] the 1999 Venice Film Festival[4] and the 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. Her most recent film appearance was as the goddess Mazu in the film Ten Thousand Waves by British filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien.

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Drama
Year Title # Role Rating
1985 The Yang's Saga
Hong Kong Drama, 1985, 6 eps
[Divine Lady of Nine Heavens] (Support Role)
6
[Divine Lady of Nine Heavens]
Support Role
7.7
1984 Police Cadet '84
Hong Kong Drama, 1984, 40 eps
Tse Wing Chi (Main Role)
40
Main Role
8.0
1984 The Fallen Family
Hong Kong Drama, 1984, 20 eps
Duen Lau Yee (Main Role)
20
Main Role
8.2
Movie
Year Title Role Rating
TBA Twin Heroes Club
Chinese Movie, 0000,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
2011 The Fortune Buddies
Hong Kong Movie, 2011,
(Support Role)
Support Role
7.4
2011 Men Suddenly in Love
Hong Kong Movie, 2011,
Hillary Lau (Support Role)
Hillary Lau
Support Role
6.8
2008 Ashes of Time Redux
Hong Kong Movie, 2008,
[Brother's wife] (Support Role)
[Brother's wife]
Support Role
7.3
2002 Hero
Chinese Movie, 2002,
Flying Snow (Main Role)
Main Role
8.3
2002 Cause - Birth of Hero
Chinese Movie, 2002,
[Herself] (Unknown)
[Herself]
Unknown
8.5
2000 In the Mood for Love
Hong Kong Movie, 2000,
So Lai Zhen / Mrs. Chan (Main Role)
So Lai Zhen / Mrs. Chan
Main Role
8.5
2000 Sausalito
Hong Kong Movie, 2000,
Ellen (Main Role)
Ellen
Main Role
6.3
1997 The Soong Sisters
Hong Kong Movie, 1997,
Soong Ching Ling (Main Role)
Soong Ching Ling
Main Role
7.2
1996 Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Hong Kong Movie, 1996,
Li Qiao / Lee Kiu (Main Role)
Li Qiao / Lee Kiu
Main Role
7.9
1994 The First Shot
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
Solicitor Annie Ma (Support Role)
Solicitor Annie Ma
Support Role
7.3
1994 Ashes of Time
Hong Kong Movie, 1994,
[Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law] (Support Role)
[Ouyang Feng's sister-in-law]
Support Role
7.3
1993 Executioners
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Main Role
6.7
1993 Boys Are Easy
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Ching Siu Nam (Main Role)
Ching Siu Nam
Main Role
7.1
1993 The Mad Monk
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Pai Hsiao Yu (Support Role)
Pai Hsiao Yu
Support Role
7.0
1993 The Enigma of Love
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Tammy Cheung (Main Role)
Tammy Cheung
Main Role
6.7
1993 Flying Dagger
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
“Flying Cat” (Main Role)
“Flying Cat”
Main Role
7.9
1993 The Bare-Footed Kid
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
(Main Role)
Main Role
7.0
1993 The Eagle Shooting Heroes
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
[Imperial Master / Sorceress] (Main Role)
[Imperial Master / Sorceress]
Main Role
7.3
1993 Holy Weapon
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Princess Tin Heung (Support Role)
Princess Tin Heung
Support Role
7.4
1993 The Heroic Trio
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Main Role
7.3
1993 Millionaire Cop
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
(Main Role)
Main Role
6.3
1993 Green Snake
Hong Kong Movie, 1993,
Green Snake (Main Role)
Main Role
7.5
1992 Moon Warriors
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Hsien (Support Role)
Hsien
Support Role
7.3
1992 White Roses
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Rose Chin (Main Role)
Rose Chin
Main Role
0.0
1992 True Love
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Angel (Main Role)
Angel
Main Role
0.0
1992 New Dragon Gate Inn
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Jade (Main Role)
Jade
Main Role
7.5
1992 Police Story 3: Super Cop
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
May (Main Role)
May
Main Role
7.6
1992 All's Well, Ends Well
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Holliyok (Main Role)
Main Role
7.4
1992 Twin Dragons
Hong Kong Movie, 1992,
Barbara (Support Role)
Barbara
Support Role
7.6
1991 The Banquet
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
[Personal Singing Instructor] (Support Role)
[Personal Singing Instructor]
Support Role
7.1
1991 Center Stage
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Ruan Lingyu (Main Role)
Main Role
7.9
1991 Today's Hero
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Annie (Main Role)
Annie
Main Role
0.0
1991 Will of Iron
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Maggie (Main Role)
Maggie
Main Role
0.0
1991 Alan & Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Olive Cheung (Main Role)
Main Role
7.8
1991 The Perfect Match
Hong Kong Movie, 1991,
Carrie Kim (Main Role)
Carrie Kim
Main Role
6.4
1990 Days of Being Wild
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Li Zhen (Main Role)
Li Zhen
Main Role
7.6
1990 Farewell China
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
(Main Role)
Main Role
0.0
1990 Red Dust
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Yueh Feng (Support Role)
Yueh Feng
Support Role
6.9
1990 The Dragon from Russia
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
May Yip (Main Role)
May Yip
Main Role
6.3
1990 Spy Games
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
[Ken's girlfriend] (Support Role)
[Ken's girlfriend]
Support Role
0.0
1990 Song of the Exile
Hong Kong Movie, 1990,
Cheung Hue Yin (Main Role)
Main Role
7.7
1989 In Between Loves
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Jenny Tung (Main Role)
Main Role
6.3
1989 Little Cop
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
[Restaurant customer] (Bit part)
[Restaurant customer]
Bit part
0.0
1989 Hearts No Flowers
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Ms Tsang (Main Role)
Ms Tsang
Main Role
0.0
1989 A Fishy Story
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Haung (Main Role)
Main Role
7.4
1989 The Iceman Cometh
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Polly (Main Role)
Main Role
6.8
1989 My Dear Son
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Chow Fung (Main Role)
Chow Fung
Main Role
6.0
1989 Doubles Cause Troubles
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Zhu Ying Tai (Main Role)
Zhu Ying Tai
Main Role
6.3
1989 The Bachelor's Swan Song
Hong Kong Movie, 1989,
Yu (Main Role)
Yu
Main Role
7.2
1988 Last Romance
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Jiang Nan Sun (Main Role)
Main Role
7.5
1988 The Game They Called Sex
Taiwanese Movie, 1988,
Chu Hsiao Min (Main Role)
Chu Hsiao Min
Main Role
0.0
1988 Police Story 2
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
May (Main Role)
May
Main Role
7.6
1988 Moon, Star, and Sun
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
May (Main Role)
May
Main Role
5.8
1988 Mother vs Mother
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Betty (Main Role)
Betty
Main Role
6.3
1988 As Tears Go By
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Ngor (Main Role)
Ngor
Main Role
7.3
1988 Paper Marriage
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Jade Lee (Main Role)
Main Role
7.4
1988 Love Soldier of Fortune
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
So See Dai (Main Role)
So See Dai
Main Role
0.0
1988 Call Girl ’88
Hong Kong Movie, 1988,
Jenny Lin (Main Role)
Jenny Lin
Main Role
0.0
1987 Project A 2
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Yesan (Main Role)
Main Role
7.5
1987 You Are My Destiny
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
[Driver of white sports car] (Guest Role)
[Driver of white sports car]
Guest Role
0.0
1987 The Romancing Star 1
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Maggie (Main Role)
Maggie
Main Role
6.4
1987 Heartbeat 100
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Maggie Cheung (Main Role)
Maggie Cheung
Main Role
0.0
1987 Sister Cupid
Hong Kong Movie, 1987,
Yuk (Main Role)
Yuk
Main Role
7.4
1986 The Seventh Curse
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
Tsai Hung (Support Role)
Tsai Hung
Support Role
6.7
1986 Happy Ghost 3
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
Tsui Pan Han (Main Role)
Tsui Pan Han
Main Role
7.5
1986 Lost Romance
Hong Kong Movie, 1986,
Rose Wong (Main Role)
Rose Wong
Main Role
6.9
1985 Police Story 1
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
May (Main Role)
May
Main Role
7.7
1985 Girl with the Diamond Slipper
Hong Kong Movie, 1985,
Cheung Man Ju (Main Role)
Cheung Man Ju
Main Role
6.3
1984 Behind the Yellow Line
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Monica (Main Role)
Main Role
6.8
1984 Prince Charming
Hong Kong Movie, 1984,
Kitty (Support Role)
Kitty
Support Role
6.0
TV Show
Year Title # Role Rating
2019 Master in the House
Chinese TV Show, 2019, 13 eps
(Ep. 11-12) (Guest)
13
(Ep. 11-12)
Guest
8.1
2016 Chef Nic Season 3
Chinese TV Show, 2016, 12 eps
(Ep. 11-12) (Guest)
12
(Ep. 11-12)
Guest
9.5
1998 Super Trio Series 3: The Super Trio Show
Hong Kong TV Show, 1998, 26 eps
(Ep. 6) (Guest)
26
(Ep. 6)
Guest
10.0
1997 Super Trio Series 2: Movie Buff Championship 2
Hong Kong TV Show, 1997, 23 eps
(Ep. 4) (Guest)
23
(Ep. 4)
Guest
10.0
1995 Super Trio Series 1: Movie Buff Championship
Hong Kong TV Show, 1995, 31 eps
(Ep. 19) (Guest)
31
(Ep. 19)
Guest
7.9
1989 Celebrity Talk Show
Hong Kong TV Show, 1989, 13 eps
(Ep. 4) (Guest)
13
(Ep. 4)
Guest
0.0
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  • First Name: Margaret
  • Family Name: Cheung
  • Native name: 張曼玉
  • Also Known as: 张曼玉
  • Nationality: Hong Konger
  • Gender: Female
  • Born: September 20, 1964
  • Age: 60

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