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Maggie Cheung
Maggie Cheung is a Hong Kong actress. She is considered to be one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed actresses in Asia. Cheung is the recipient of numerous accolades, including six Hong Kong Film Awards and five Golden Horse Awards, holding the record for most awards in the Best Actress category. Internationally, she is best known for winning the Silver Bear for Center Stage (199…
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entertainment · Hong Kong actress (born 1964) · actor · model · beauty pageant contestant · film actor · also Maggie Cheung, Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, Cheung
Born 20 September 1964 · Q234778
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 1 entry
The Film Stage: The B-Side Ep. 161 – Maggie Cheung (with Nick Newman)
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2024· 2 entries
GQ magazine published an article titled "Maggie Cheung Walked Away From Acting 20 Years Ago, but Her Legend Endures
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Just as the "100-day countdown to the Paris Olympic Games" and "the 60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France", Maggie Cheung was invited by the state to act as the ambassador
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2023· 1 entry
Cheung cooperated with OLAY brand again and appeared in the camera to shoot a short film
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2022· 1 entry
Cheung opened a China version of TikTok account
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2020· 1 entry
Hyperallergic: Maggie Cheung
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2017· 1 entry
Was invited to become a voting member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscar)
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2016· 1 entry
The Academy Film Archives and David Bordwell launched the "Maggie Cheung: Center Stage" retrospective series
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2006· 2 entries
For the first time in the history of the 59th Cannes Film Festival (2006), the photographic image of an Asian actress, Cheung in In the Mood for Love, was used in official posters
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For her Cannes winning role as Emily in Clean
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2005· 3 entries
Clean was nominated for the Best Actress Award at the French César Awards
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Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group brand ambassador
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Won the artistic contribution award of the Montreal International Film Festival, and was selected as one of the "Top 100 Outstanding Actors of China Film in a Hundred Years" in the same year, and was awarded as "Nati
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2004· 2 entries
Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for Clean (2004).
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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)
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2003· 1 entry
“Interview with Asian Connection”
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2002· 1 entry
Starred in Hero, a martial arts epic directed by Zhang Yimou
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2000· 2 entries
Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for In the Mood for Love (2000).
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It represented Hong Kong at the Oscar Awards for the Best Foreign Language film
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1997· 2 entries
Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for Comrades: Almost a Love Story (1997).
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Made her first English-language film in Wayne Wang's Chinese Box (1997)
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1994· 1 entry
Cheung returned to film Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep (1996), which helped her break into the international scene
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1992· 1 entry
Became the first Chinese performer to win a Best Actress Award at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival for her work in Center Stage (1991)
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1991· 1 entry
Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for Center Stage (1991).
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1989· 1 entry
Won Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for Full Moon in New York (1989).
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1983· 1 entry
Cheung entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award as well
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1982· 1 entry
For a vacation but ended up staying for modelling assignments and other commitments
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1964· 1 entry
Born 1964-09-20.
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