ACTOR
Maggie Cheung
- Known for
- Ging chaat goo si (1985), Ah fei jing juen (1990), Ging chaat goo si III: Chiu kup ging chaat (1992), Ging chaat goo si juk jaap (1988)
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Maggie Cheung is an actor best known for Ging chaat goo si, Ah fei jing juen and Ging chaat goo si III: Chiu kup ging chaat.
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- #001
Maggie Cheung turned down the lead role in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005) because of racial sensitivities between Japanese and Chinese people stemming from World War II.
- #002
Maggie Cheung was offered a role in X2: X-Men United (2003) but declined it, saying: "If I start making films like this, they won't be proud. I'd feel like I was cheating. And I don't want half the world, 1.3 billion people in China, to know I'm cheating. That's important to me. I'm more proud of that."
- #003
Maggie Cheung speaks fluent English, French and Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin) and understands Shanghainese.
- #004
In Hong Kong, every role Maggie Cheung has played since she was 18 was given to her without her having to audition.
- #005
Maggie Cheung shot a role in Inglourious Basterds (2009), but all of her scenes were cut from the final edit.
- #006
Although she is an icon of Asian cinema, Maggie Cheung is in fact a European who has long resided in Hong Kong.
- #007
Maggie Cheung is the first Chinese actress to win the Best Actress award at the Berlin International Film Festival (1992, for Center Stage (1991)) and at the Cannes Film Festival (2004, for Clean (2004)).
- #008
Maggie Cheung retired from acting in 2013.
- #009
On the set of Clean (2004), which was directed by her then-husband, Maggie Cheung signed her divorce papers with Olivier Assayas.
- #010
Maggie Cheung grew up in Bromley, Kent, while living in the United Kingdom.
- #011
Maggie Cheung learned French because of her role in the film Augustin, King of Kung-Fu (1999).
- #012
In July 2011, Cheung was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom.
- #013
In April 2010, Cheung was appointed a UNICEF Ambassador for China.
- #014
Maggie Cheung appeared in six films with Brigitte Lin Ching Hsia, an actress she regarded as her idol and respected.
- #015
Maggie Cheung won first place and Miss Photogenic at Miss Hong Kong and was a semi-finalist at Miss World.
- #016
As a child, Maggie Cheung wanted to be a hairdresser.
- #017
Maggie Cheung's family is from Shanghai. Although she cannot speak the dialect, she understands it.
- #018
In the mid-1990s, Maggie Cheung was the spokesperson for LUX shampoo in Greater China.
- #019
In March 1998, Maggie Cheung was a guest model for Hermès at Paris Fashion Week.
- #020
Olivier Assayas wrote the characters of Maggie Cheung in Irma Vep (1996) and Emily Wang in Clean (2004) specifically with her in mind.
- #021
Center Stage (1991) was a turning point in Maggie Cheung's career. Before this film was made, she had only been offered roles as beautiful Asian women in Western films.
- #022
Maggie Cheung lives in Beijing, China.
- #023
In 1999, Maggie Cheung served as a jury member at the Venice Film Festival.
- #024
Maggie Cheung was a jury member at the Marrakech International Film Festival in 2010.
- #025
In 1997, Maggie Cheung was a member of the Official Competition jury at the 47th Berlin International Film Festival.
- #026
In 2007, Maggie Cheung was a jury member at the Cannes Film Festival.
- #027
Maggie Cheung is not known to have any children.
- #028
Maggie Cheung was a finalist for the film Memoirs of a Geisha (2005).
- #029
Maggie Cheung is the former sister-in-law of Michka Assayas.
- #030
Maggie Cheung is the former daughter-in-law of Jacques Rémy.
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