Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (張 曼玉 pinyin: zhang1 man4 yu4; Cantonese: dzoeng1 maan6 juk9/juk2) (born September 20, 1964) is a Hong Kong film star who cast in more than 80 films since the 1980s.

Cheung moved from Hong Kong to England with her family when she was 8 years old. She returned to Hong Kong after finishing secondary school and worked as a model for a clothing store.

She won second place in the Miss Hong Kong pageant in 1983 at the age of 19, and was later cast in a number of TV dramas and movies. Her career rocketed after she co-stared in Police Story, as Jackie Chan's girlfriend.

She has won numerous Best Actress awards and is best known around the world for her roles in Police Story (1985), Super Cop (1992), Actress (1992), Chinese Box (1997), In the Mood for Love (2000) and Hero (2003). She won HK's top actress award in 1990.

The success of In the Mood for Love left Cheung and costar Tony Leung as two of Asia's most internationally recognized stars.

In December 1998, Cheung married French film maker Olivier Assayas, who directed her in Irma Vep and reduced her work load to two films a year. The marriage lasted for three years and Cheung divorced in 2001. Local newspaper said on September 2003 that she was dating with Guillaume Brochard, the former administrative president of a watch company.

Table of contents

1 Awards 2 Filmography, as actress, includes 3 TV Drama, as actress, includes 4 External link

Awards

• Berlin International Film Festival
  • Best Actress of Silver Berlin Bear for Center Stage (阮玲玉)(1992)
• Golden Horse Film Festival
  • Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for In the Mood for Love (花樣年華) (2000)
  • Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Comrades, Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜)(1996)
  • Best Supporting Actress of Golden Horse Award for Red Dust (滾滾紅塵)(1990)
  • Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Full Moon in New York (人在紐約)(1989)
• Hong Kong Film Awards
  • Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for In the Mood for Love (花樣年華) (2001)
  • Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for The Soong Sisters (宋家皇朝)(1998)
  • 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 Center Stage (阮玲玉)(1993)
  • Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for Farewell China (愛在他鄉的季節)(1991)
  • Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for A Fishy Story (不脫襪的人)(1989)
• Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
  • Best Actress of HKFCS Award for Comrades, Almost a Love Story (甜蜜蜜)(1996)

Filmography, as actress, includes

"In the Mood for Love"

• 2046 (2004)
• Hero (2002)
• In the Mood for Love (2000)
• Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (2000)
• Sausalito (2000)
• Chinese Box (USA 1998)
• The Soong Sisters (1997)
• Irma Vep (1996)
• Comrades, Almost a Love Story (1996)
• Ashes of Time (1994)
• In Between (1994)
• Mad Monk (1993)
• First Shot (1993)
• Executioners (1993)
• Boys are Easy (1993)
• Flying Dagger (1993)
• The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
• Enigma of Love (1993)
• Green Snake (1993)
• Holy Weapon (1993)
• The Heroic Trio (1993)
• The Bare-Footed Kid (1993)
• Millionaire Cop (1993)
• Police Story 3: Supercop (1992)
• Twin Dragons (1992)
• Moon Warriors (1992)
• What a Hero (1992)
• Dragon Inn (1992)
• True Love (1992)
• All's Well, Ends Well (1992)
• Centre Stage (1992)
• Rose (1992)
• Alan & Eric - Between Hello & Goodbye (1991)
• Will of Iron (1991)
• The Perfect Match (1991)
• Today's Hero (1991)
• Days of Being Wild (1990)
• Red Dust (1990)
• Farewell China (1990)
• Dragon From Russia (1990)
• Song of the Exile (1990)
• Heart into Hearts (1990)
• Full Moon in New York (1990)
• Doubles Cause Troubles (1989)
• The Iceman Cometh (1989)
• In Between Loves (1989)
• My Dear Son (1989)
• The Bachelor's Swan-Song (1989)
• Hearts No Flowers (1989)
• A Fishy Story (1989)
• Little Cop (1989)
• Last Romance (1988)
• Faithfully Yours (1988)
• The Game They Call Sex (1988)
• The Nowhereman (1988)
• Police Story 2 (1988)
• How to Pick Up Girls (1988)
• Moon, Star, Sun (1988)
• Mother vs. Mother (1988)
• As Tears Go By (1988)
• Double Fattiness (1988)
• Paper Marriage (1988)
• Love Soldier of Fortune (1988)
• Call Girl '88 (1988)
• Project A Part 2 (1987)
• The Romancing Star (1987)
• Heartbeat 100 (1987)
• Sister Cupid (1987)
• The Seventh Curse (1986)
• Happy Ghost 3 (1986)
• Lost Romance (1986)
• It's a Drink, It's a Bomb (1985)
• Police Story (1985)
• Modern Cinderella (1985)
• Behind the Yellow Line (1984)
• Prince Charming (1984)

TV Drama, as actress, includes

• Police Cadet'84 新紮師兄 (1984)
• The Fallen Family 武林世家

Source: [1]

See also: Cinema of China

External link

• Maggie Cheung in Hero