Cecilia Cheung

Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi (Chinese: 張栢芝, born 24 May 1980) is a Hong Kong-Australian actress and cantopop singer. Cheung is considered a "Sing girl"—an actress who first received media attention through starring alongside Stephen Chow, and later went on to her own successful career.[1]

Cecilia Cheung
張栢芝
PronunciationCheung Pak-choi
Born (1980-05-24) 24 May 1980
Hong Kong
NationalityAustralian
Other namesCecilia Cheung
Citizenship
  • Australia
  • Hong Kong
Alma materCamberwell Girls Grammar School
Occupation
  • Actress
  • singer
Years active1998–present
Known forSing girl
Notable work
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Spouse(s)
​
(
m. 2006; div. 2011)
Partner(s)
Children
  • Lucas Tse (son) (b. 2007)
  • Quintus Tse (son) (b. 2010)
  • Marcus Cheung (son) (b. 2018)
Parents
  • Cheung Yan-yung (father)
  • Davies Shally (mother)
Musical career
OriginHong Kong
GenresCantopop
InstrumentsVocals
Labels
Cecilia Cheung
Traditional Chinese張栢芝
Simplified Chinese张柏芝

Biography

Cheung was born in Man Wah Sun Chuen, Jordan, Hong Kong. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She was sent to Melbourne to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen and then attended Camberwell Girls Grammar School.[2] She has an elder half-sister, two younger brothers and a younger half-brother from her father's side.

Career
Star, hand prints and autograph of Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong.[3]

Her career began in 1998, when she was cast in a television commercial advertising lemon tea. She caught the attention of Stephen Chow after shooting the ad. Later, Cheung made her film debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow's King of Comedy (1999).[4] King of Comedy became the highest grossing local film of the year, and shot Cheung to fame in Hong Kong. She then starred in Fly Me to Polaris (1999), which earned her the award for Best Newcomer at the Hong Kong Film Awards.[4][5][6] Cheung also sung the theme song for Fly Me to Polaris, which gained attention among the masses for her singing ability.[7] In the same year, Cheung launched her singing career with her first Cantopop album Any Weather (1999).[2]

Cheung made inroads into the Korean market with Failan (2001) co-starring Choi Min-shik. The film earned her a nomination at the Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress. She then starred in the Chinese comedy film The Lion Roars (2002). Cheung impressed the audiences with her portrayal of the independent and spunky heroine, and won the Most Popular Actress award at the Chinese Film Media Awards.[8]

For Derek Yee's romantic drama Lost in Time (2003), Cheung won the award for Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards.[9] She played a young woman who lost her fiancé to a traffic accident, which left her as a grieving single mother struggling to make ends meet. Cheung earned praises for successfully expressing a string of emotional transformations.[6][7] Cheung also won the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for her performance in Running on Karma (2003).[10]

Cheung reunited with Derek Yee in the crime thriller One Nite in Mongkok (2004) where she played a prostitute who cross paths with an assassin (played by Daniel Wu). She was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the third time.[11] She then starred alongside Jang Dong-gun in the romance epic The Promise (2005), a $30 million pan-Asian production directed by Chen Kaige which was chosen to represent China in the Academy Awards.[12]

Cecilia in 2009

Cheung was cast in her first television project, where she played the legendary singer Zhou Xuan in The Wandering Songstress (2008). She was reportedly paid 200,000 yuan per episode to film the drama.[13][14]

After a 5-year hiatus from acting, Cheung made her comeback in the comedy film All's Well, Ends Well 2011.[15][16] However, Cheung's next few films failed to achieve commercial success and were critically panned.[17][18][19][8] She received the "Most Disappointing Actress" award at the Golden Broom Awards for her performance in Legendary Amazons and Treasure Hunt.[20]

Cheung has earned 70 million HKD in 2014, ranking number nine in the top ten list of Hong Kong's highest (entertainment) celebrity incomes in 2014.[21]

Personal life

Cheung married fellow Hong Kong entertainer Nicholas Tse in a secret wedding ceremony in the Philippines in September 2006.[22] She gave birth to their first son in August 2007[23] and their second son in May 2010.[24]

On 23 August 2011, the couple made a public announcement of an agreement to a divorce. They agreed to hold joint custody of their two sons.[25]

Cheung gave birth to her third son in November 2018, announced in a Weibo post from her studio, which does not provide details on who the father of the child was.[26]

Incidents

1999 Triad threat incident

In 1999, her triad member father, known as Bearded Bravery or Bearded Yung, got into a misunderstanding with a rival gang. As a result, Cheung received rape and death threats against her, when she was still relatively new in the film industry.[27]

2008 Edison Chen Photo scandal
Main article: Edison Chen photo scandal

In January and February 2008, many explicit photos were found online involving Cheung and Edison Chen. The scandal also involved Gillian Chung and Bobo Chan.[28]

Filmography
Film
Year English title Original title Role Notes
1999King of Comedy喜劇之王Lau Piu-piu
Fly Me to Polaris星願Autumn Yue
The Legend of Speed烈火戰車2極速傳說Nancy
2000Tokyo Raiders東京攻略Saori
Twelve Nights十二夜Jeannie
Help!!!辣手回春Dr. Ho Wing-yan
2001Wu Yen鍾無艷Enchantress / Yin Chun
Master Q 2001老夫子2001Mandy
Everyday is Valentine情迷大話王Wonderful
Failan파이란Failan
Shaolin Soccer少林足球Dragon Player No. 7Cameo
Para Para Sakura芭啦芭啦櫻之花Yuriko Sakurada / Yuriko's granny
The Legend of Zu蜀山傳Dawn / Enigma
2002Second Time Around無限復活Tina Chow
Mighty Baby絕世好BBoey
The Lion Roars我家有一隻河東獅Moth Liu
2003Love Under the Sun愛在陽光下Short film
Cat and Mouse老鼠愛上貓Bai Yutang
Honesty絕種好男人Didi Wong
Running on Karma大隻佬Inspector Lee Fung-yee
Lost in Time忘不了Holly Lam
2004Fantasia鬼馬狂想曲Harmy Bobo
Sex and the Beauties性感都市Yuki Cheung
Papa Loves You這個阿爸真爆炸Customer refused entry to caféCameo
One Nite in Mongkok旺角黑夜Dan Dan
The White Dragon小白龍情海翻波Black Phoenix / White Dragon Jr.
2005Himalaya Singh喜馬拉亞星Peacock
The Promise無極Qing Cheng
2006The Shopaholics最愛女人購物狂Fong Fong-fong
My Kung-Fu Sweetheart野蠻秘笈Phoenix
The 601st Phone Call第601個電話Tian You
2011All's Well, Ends Well 2011最強囍事Claire
Treasure Hunt無價之寶Peggy Jiang
Legendary Amazons楊門女將之軍令如山Mu Guiying
Speed Angels極速天使You Mei
2012Shadows of Love影子愛人Paris[29]
The Lion Roars 2河東獅吼2Wang Yueying
Dangerous Liaisons危險關係Mo Jieyu
2017Out of Control失控·幽靈飛車Lucy Lin
TBA11th Day and One Night十一天零一夜
Television
Year English title Alternative title Role Notes
2008The Wandering Songstress天涯歌女Zhou Xuan
2018Love Won't Wait如果，爱Wan Jialing[30]

Discography
YearEnglish TitleChinese Title
1999No Matter How The Weather...Cloudy, Rainy Or Sunny (EP)任何天氣
Destination
2000A Brand New Me不一樣的我
Cecilia Cheung Mandarin Album張柏芝同名國語專輯
2001Cecilia Cheung New & Best Collection張柏芝全新經驗新曲+精選
Party All the Time (Remix Album)
Brand New Image最新形象
2002Real Me真我
2003Colour of Lip (New + Best Collection)至愛唇色(新曲+精選)
2005 C1

Awards and nominations
YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultsRef.
200019th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActressFly Me to PolarisNominated
Best New PerformerWon
King of ComedyNominated
200239th Grand Bell AwardsBest ActressFailanNominated
20033rd Chinese Film Media AwardsMost Popular Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan)The Lion RoarsWon
200423rd Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActressLost in TimeWon
Running on KarmaNominated
10th Hong Kong Film Critics Society AwardBest ActressWon
4th Chinese Film Media AwardsBest Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan)Nominated
Lost in TimeWon
Most Popular Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan)Nominated
9th Golden Bauhinia AwardBest ActressWon
200524th Hong Kong Film AwardsBest ActressOne Nite in MongkokNominated
5th Chinese Film Media AwardsBest Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan)Nominated
20121st LeTV Entertainment AwardsMost Popular Film Actress (Asia Pacific)N/AWon
Most Commercially Valuable ActressN/AWon

References
  1. 邱致理 (Qiu Zhili) (10 December 2007). "张雨绮亲述一夜成名:30秒搞定周星驰 (Zhang Yuqi's overnight fame: 30 seconds to win over Stephen Chow)" (in Chinese). 南都周刊. Archived from the original on 10 November 2009. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
  2. "Cecilia Cheung—A Fresh Young Beauty". Women of China. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. "Ms. Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi (1980–)". Avenue of Stars. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. Qin Zi (琴子) (2008). "Cecilia Cheung, Beautiful Girl also Wild" 《张柏芝，玉女也张狂》. 《快乐阅读》 [Happy Reading] (in Chinese). Changsha, Hunan: Hunan Education Press. p. 10. ISSN 1671-329X.
  5. "Weep For Cecilia". Time. 1 May 2000.
  6. "The Cecilia Cheung night to come". China Daily. 26 March 2004.
  7. "Hong Kong queen of entertainment – Cecilia Cheung". CCTV.com. 7 February 2006.
  8. "张柏芝,正在浪费才华" [Cecilia Cheung is wasting her talent]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Global People. 26 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  9. "Andy Lau and Cecilia Cheung Awarded". China.org.cn. 5 April 2004.
  10. "Andy Lau and Cecilia Cheung Awarded". China.org.cn. 20 February 2004.
  11. ""Kung Fu Hustle," "2046" dominate HK Film Awards nominations". Sina Corp. 1 February 2005.
  12. "Cecilia Cheung Talks About The Promise". China.org.cn. 1 November 2005.
  13. "Cecilia Cheung to Get Stunning Salary to Star as Legendary Singer". China.org.cn. 14 March 2006.
  14. "Cecilia Cheung in 'The Wandering Songstress'". CRI English. 22 June 2010.
  15. "Still photos released for All's Well, Ends Well". China.org.cn. 1 December 2010.
  16. "Cecilia Cheung dons wedding dress in comeback movie". China.org.cn. 1 December 2010.
  17. "Cecilia Cheung's fierce comeback". AsiaOne. 15 November 2011.
  18. "Cecilia Cheung doesn't mind being a failure". Yahoo News. 12 June 2013.
  19. "Cecilia Cheung's Box Office Clout Tested in "The Lion Roars 2"". JayneStars. 24 July 2012.
  20. "Alternative awards". Global Times. 4 March 2012.
  21. "Louis Koo is 2014's highest-earning celebrity". Yahoo! News Asia. 29 December 2014. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014.
  22. "Hong Kong pop stars Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung tie the knot". Sina Corp. 30 September 2006.
  23. "Cecilia Cheung Gives Birth to a Baby Boy". CRI English. 3 August 2007.
  24. "Actress Cecilia Cheung gives birth to a boy". People's Daily. 13 May 2010.
  25. Tay, Vanessa Valerie (14 June 2011). "Nicholas Tse divorces Cecilia Cheung". AsiaOne.
  26. "Cecilia Cheung Gave Birth To Baby Boy A Month Ago". Star2.com. 17 December 2018. Retrieved 17 December 2018.
  27. "I've Had To Face Everything'". Time. 1 May 2000.
  28. "Cecilia Cheung publicly talks about sex photo scandal for first time". Sina Corp. 1 March 2009.
  29. "'Shadows of Love' premieres in Beijing". China Daily. 9 May 2012.
  30. "张柏芝霸气回归荧屏 携手吴建豪演绎《如果，爱》" [Cecilia Cheung returns to the screen, pairs up with Vanness Wu in Perhaps, Love] (in Chinese). Sina Corp. 8 May 2017.

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