Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (simplified Chinese: 张曼玉; traditional Chinese: 張曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Jyutping: Zoeng1 Maan6 Juk2; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress. Raised in Hong Kong and Britain, she started her career after placing second in 1983's Miss Hong Kong Pageant. She achieved critical success in the late 80s and into the early 2000s, before taking a break from acting since her last starring role in 2004. In recent years, she rarely makes public appearances except for fashion events and award ceremonies.

Not to be confused with Maggie Cheung Ho-yee.
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cheung (張).
Maggie Cheung
張曼玉
Maggie Cheung in 2007.
Born
Cheung Man-yuk

(1964-09-20) 20 September 1964
British Hong Kong
Alma materSt. Paul's Convent School
St Edmund's School, Canterbury
University of Edinburgh
OccupationActress
Years active1984–2004
2010–present
Spouse(s)
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(
m. 1998; div. 2001)
Partner(s)Ole Scheeren (2007–2011)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese張曼玉
Simplified Chinese张曼玉

Cheung has won numerous accolades at home and abroad for her acting. She has won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress 5 times in the span of 11 years from 1990 to 2001, and holds the record for most wins in that category. She also holds the record for most wins for the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress in Taiwan, having won 4 times. In the West, she has been awarded the Silver Bear for Best Actress at Berlin International Film Festival in 1992 and Best Actress at Cannes Film Festival in 2004. In 2004, she became the first Asian actress to be nominated for the French César Award for Best Actress.

Her most acclaimed performances include As Tears Go By, Center Stage, Comrades: Almost a Love Story, Green Snake, The Soong Sisters, In the Mood for Love, and Clean. Her cheongsam-wearing character in 2000's In The Mood for Love, opposite male lead Tony Leung and under the direction of Wong Kar-wai, is a classic in both the film and fashion worlds.

Early life and education

Maggie Cheung was born in Hong Kong in 20 September 1964 to Shanghainese parents. She attended St. Paul's Primary Catholic School in Happy Valley, where she began at the primary one level. Her family emigrated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom when she was eight. She spent part of her childhood and adolescence in Bromley, London, England. She returned to Hong Kong at the age of 18 in 1982 for a vacation but ended up staying for modelling assignments and other commitments. She also shortly obtained a sales job at Lane Crawford department store.[1]

In 1983, Cheung entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award as well.[2] She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.[3] After two years as a TV presenter, it led to a contract with TVB (the television arm of the Shaw Bros. Studio).[1]

Cheung is a polyglot as a result of her upbringing in Hong Kong and England and ten years' stay in Paris. In Center Stage, Cheung performed in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Shanghainese fluently, switching languages with ease. In Clean, she performed in fluent English, French, and Cantonese.

Career

Soon after her debut, Cheung broke into the film industry, starring in comedies. She caught the attention of Jackie Chan, who cast her in Police Story (1985) as May, his long-suffering girlfriend. The film was a huge hit and made Cheung a star overnight.[4][5] TVB had also cast Barbara Yung and Kent Tong in a period drama, Kings of Ideas (橋王之王) but due to the death of Barbara Yung, the role was assigned to Cheung.

Despite her success, Cheung found herself typecast in the roles of comics or weak, clumsy women. Realizing this, Cheung wanted to break away by seeking more dramatic roles. She got this opportunity when Wong Kar-wai cast her in As Tears Go By (1988), her first of many collaborations with Wong.[4][5] Cheung often cites the film as the piece that truly began her serious acting career, and she won critical praise for it. In 1989, she won Best Actress awards at the Golden Horse Award and Hong Kong Film Award for her work in Full Moon in New York and A Fishy Story respectively.[5] In 1991, she became the first Chinese performer to win a Best Actress Award at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival for her work in Center Stage.[6]

Cheung subsequently proved her versatility with roles in action films. Her performance in the sci-fi martial arts smash hit The Heroic Trio (1992) and its sequel, Executioners (1993), impressed both critics and audiences with her martial arts skills.[4] Also in a departure from her usual roles, Cheung played a beautiful and vicious femme fatale in New Dragon Gate Inn (1992).[5]

After taking a break in 1994, Cheung returned to film Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep (1996), which helped her break into the international scene.[4] That same year, she won further acclaim for her work in the romantic film Comrades: Almost a Love Story, in which she played one of a pair of lovers kept apart for ten years by fate and circumstance. The following year, she made her first English-language film in Wayne Wang's Chinese Box (1997). Cast as a mysterious young woman named Jean, Cheung held her own alongside the more internationally well-established stars, Jeremy Irons and Gong Li.[5]

After her 1998 marriage with Olivier Assayas, Cheung stayed mainly in France. She returned to Hong Kong to film In the Mood for Love (2000), which won critical acclaim and a second Taiwanese Golden Horse award for Cheung.[1][4] Thereafter, she starred in Zhang Yimou's Hero (2002) and Wong's 2046 (2004).[4] She won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as a mother who tries to kick her drug habit and reconcile with her long-lost son in Clean (2004).[7]

Cheung was a jury member at the 1997 Berlin Film Festival,[8] the 1999 Venice Film Festival, the 2004 Hawaii International Film Festival, the 2007 Cannes Film Festival,[9] and the 2010 Marrakech International Film Festival.[10] And 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 Cheung as one of the 22 Great Performers in 2006 for her Cannes winning role as Emily in Clean.[11] After 25 years of making movies, she decided to retire from acting to pursue a career as a film composer. She had mentioned she would like to compose music and paint after having fulfilled her acting potential.[12] Her most recent film appearance was as Mazu, Chinese goddess of the sea, in the film Ten Thousand Waves (2010) by British filmmaker and installation artist Isaac Julien.[13]

As UK's Independent puts it, since her Cannes moment in 2004, Cheung "turned her back on film"[12] and has shifted her focus to philanthropy, making music, and editing. In April 2010, Cheung was appointed as UNICEF's Ambassador to China.[14] In July 2011, she was awarded a doctor honoris causa at the University of Edinburgh.[15]

Cheung has provided celebrity endorsement for Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.[16]

Personal life

Cheung married French director Olivier Assayas in 1998; they divorced in 2001.[17] She began a relationship with German architect Ole Scheeren in 2007,[18] but the relationship ended in 2011.[19]

Cheung has been rumoured to have been romantically involved with In the Mood for Love co-star Tony Leung, who is married to fellow actor Carina Lau. Lau quashed rumours of a feud by uploading a photo of her running into Cheung at an airport in 2013.[20]

Filmography
Film
YearChinese TitleEnglish titleNotes
1984青蛙王子Prince Charming
緣份Behind the Yellow Line
1985摩登仙履奇緣Girl with the Diamond Slipper
警察故事Police Story
聖誕奇遇結良緣It's a Drink, It's a Bomb
1986玫瑰的故事Lost Romance
開心鬼撞鬼Happy Ghost 3
原振俠與衛斯理The Seventh Curse
1987七年之癢Seven Years ItchCameo
天賜良緣Sister Cupid
心跳一百Heartbeat 100
精裝追女仔The Romancing Star
A計劃續集Project A Part II
用愛捉伊人You Are My DestinyCameo
1988應召女郎1988Call Girl '88
愛的逃兵Love Soldier of Fortune
過埠新娘Paper Marriage
雙肥臨門Double Fattiness
旺角卡門As Tears Go By
南北媽打Mother vs. Mother
月亮星星太陽Moon, Star, Sun
求愛敢死隊How to Pick Girls Up!
警察故事續集Police Story 2
肥貓流浪記Beloved Son Of God
黃色故事The Game They Call Sex
流金歲月Last Romance
1989小小小警察Little Cop
不脫襪的人A Fishy Story
少女心Hearts No Flowers
再見王老五The Bachelor's Swan-Song
我要富貴My Dear Son
求愛夜驚魂In Between Loves
急凍奇俠The Iceman Cometh
神勇雙妹嘜Doubles Cause Troubles
1990人在紐約Full Moon in New York
三人新世界Heart into Hearts
客途秋恨Song of the Exile
紅場飛龍The Dragon from Russia
愛在別鄉的季節Farewell China
滾滾紅塵Red Dust
阿飛正傳Days of Being Wild
1991志在出位Today's Hero
豪門夜宴The Banquet
富貴吉祥The Perfect Match
黑雪Will of Iron
雙城故事Alan & Eric - Between Hello & Goodbye
阮玲玉Center Stageaka Actress
1992兩個女人，一個靚，一個唔靚Too Happy for WordsShort film
白玫瑰Rose
家有喜事All's Well, Ends Well
真的愛妳True Love
新龍門客棧New Dragon Gate Inn
譁! 英雄What a Hero!
雙龍會Twin Dragons
警察故事3: 超級警察Police Story 3: Supercop
三人做世界Heart Against HeartsCameo
戰神傳說Moon Warriors
1993千面天王Millionaire Cop
赤腳小子The Bare-Footed Kid
東方三俠The Heroic Trio
武俠七公主Holy Weapon
青蛇Green Snake
飛越謎情Enigma of Love
東成西就The Eagle Shooting Heroes
神經刀與飛天貓Flying Dagger
追男仔Boys Are Easy
現代豪俠傳Executioners
廉政第一擊First Shot
濟公Mad Monk
1994新同居時代In Between
東邪西毒Ashes of Time
1996甜蜜蜜Comrades: Almost a Love Story
迷离劫/迷離劫Irma Vep
1997宋家皇朝The Soong Sisters
中国匣Chinese Box
1999爱在异乡的故事Augustin, King of Kung-Fu
2000一見鍾情Sausalito
花樣年華In the Mood for Love
2002英雄Hero
200420462046
錯得多美麗Clean
2008東邪西毒(終極版)Ashes of Time Redux
2009惡棍特工Inglourious BasterdsDeleted scene[21]
2010全城熱戀Hot Summer DaysCameo
Better LifeShort film[22]
萬層浪Ten Thousand Waves

[23][24]

Television
YearOriginal TitleEnglish title
1984畫出彩虹Rainbow Round My Shoulder
新紮師兄Police Cadet '84
1985武林世家The Fallen Family
拆擋拍擋Zhe Dang Pai Dang
楊家將The Yang's Saga
橋王之王Kings of Ideas

Awards
Year Award Category Nominated work
1989 Golden Horse Award Best Actress Full Moon in New York
1990 Best Supporting Actress Red Dust
Hong Kong Film Awards Best Actress A Fishy Story
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema Jury Special Prize Farewell China
1991 Golden Horse Award Best Actress Center Stage
1992 Berlin International Film Festival
Chicago International Film Festival
1993 Hong Kong Film Awards
1996 Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards Comrades: Almost a Love Story
1997 Hong Kong Film Awards
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
Golden Bauhinia Awards
Golden Horse Award
1998
Hong Kong Film Awards The Soong Sisters
2000 Golden Horse Award In the Mood for Love
2001 Asian Film Critics Association Awards
Chinese Film Media Awards
Durban International Film Festival
Hong Kong Film Awards
SESC Film Festival Best Foreign Actress
2003 Chinese Film Media Awards Most Popular Actress Hero
2004 Cannes Film Festival Best Actress Clean
Hawaii International Film Festival Award for Achievement in Acting N/A
2005 Montréal World Film Festival Exceptional Contribution to Cinematographic Art N/A
Asian American International Film Festival Acting Achievement Award N/A
2007 Shanghai International Film Festival Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema N/A

Nominations
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult
1989Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActressAs Tears Go ByNominated
1990Farewell ChinaNominated
Best Supporting ActressRed DustNominated
1992Best ActressNew Dragon Gate InnNominated
2002HeroNominated
1992Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and AwardsBest Leading ActressNew Dragon Gate InnNominated
1998Golden Bauhinia AwardsBest ActressThe Soong SistersNominated
2000In the Mood for LoveNominated
2002HeroNominated
2005César AwardsBest Actress (Meilleure actrice)CleanNominated
2002Chlotrudis AwardsBest ActressIn the Mood for LoveNominated
2007Best ActressCleanNominated
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See also

References
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  6. "'Grand Canyon' Wins The First Prize At Berlin Festival". The New York Times.
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  17. "Maggie Cheung talks about her divorce". China Daily.
  18. "Maggie Cheung Makes Beijing New Home in Name of Love - All China Women's Federation". www.womenofchina.cn. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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  20. "高招 劉嘉玲 拉張曼玉逆襲 世紀合照 破13年僵局". 蘋果日報. 25 November 2013.
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