Maggie Cheung
Name: Maggie Cheung
Chinese name: 張曼玉 (Traditional) , 张曼玉 (Simplified)
Pinyin: Zhang Man Yu (Mandarin)
Jyutping Zoeng Maan Juk (Cantonese)
Ancestry Shanghai, China
Born September 20, 1964 (1964-09-20)
Current age: 44
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Profession: Actress
Active time: 1983–present
Spouse(s) Olivier Assayas (1998–2001)
Maggie Cheung traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. In 1971, she studied Primary One in St Paul’s Convent School. Her merchant-class family emigrated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom when she was eight. Cheung spent part of her childhood and adolescence in the UK. She returned to Hong Kong in 1982 for vacation, but ended up staying for modeling assignments. Soon she got a salesgirl job at Lane Crawford department store as well. In 1983, she entered the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant contest. She won first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award. She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.
Maggie Cheung was the jury member at 1997 Berlin Film Festival, 1999 Venice Film Festival and 2007 Cannes Film Festival. When, for the first time in its history, the Cannes Film Festival used a photographic image of a real actress on its poster (59th, 2006), that actress was Maggie 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 Emily in Clean. After 25 years of making movies, Cheung is deciding to retire from acting and pursue a career as a film composer. She allows that there might be room for an occasional comedic role, but she would like to compose music and paint, after fulfilling her acting potential.
Berlin International Film Festival
Best Actress Award for Centre Stage (aka Actress) 阮玲玉 (1992)
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actress Award for Clean (2004)
Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards
Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Full Moon in New York 人在紐約 (1989)
Best Supporting Actress of Golden Horse Award for Red Dust 滾滾紅塵 (1990)
Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Centre Stage (aka Actress) 阮玲玉 (1991)
Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for Comrades: Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1996)
Best Actress of Golden Horse Award for In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 (2000)
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for A Fishy Story 不脫襪的人 (1990)
Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for Centre Stage (aka Actress) 阮玲玉 (1992)
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 The Soong Sisters 宋家皇朝 (1998)
Best Actress of Hong Kong Film Award for In the Mood for Love 花樣年華 (2001)
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actress of HKFCS Award for Comrades, Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1996)
Asia-Pacific Film Festival
Best Actress Award for Comrades, Almost a Love Story 甜蜜蜜 (1997)
Hawaii International Film Festival
Award for Achievement in Acting (2004)
29th Montreal World Film Festival
Special Award for Exceptional Contribution to Cinematographic Art (2005)
10th Shanghai International Film Festival
Award for Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Cinema (2007)
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