Maggie Cheung
Birth Name:
Maggie Cheung Man yuk
Birth Place:
Hong Kong
Profession
Actress, Soundtrack
Fast Facts
- Appointed Ambassador to China for UNICEF in April 2010
- Became the first Asian actress to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the 2004 film "Clean․"
- Received a Doctor honoris causa from the University of Edinburgh
- Began appearing in commercials on television while working as a model in Hong Kong
- Won the Miss Photogenic award at the 1983 Miss Hong Kong pageant
- Speaks Cantonese, French, English, Mandarin and Shanghainese dialect
- Offered the lead role in the 2005 film "Memoirs of a Geisha․"
Awards
- 1985Hong Kong Film Award - Best New Performer:Nominated
- 1988Golden Kite - Breakthrough Performer (Actor):Winner
- 1988Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Nominated
- 1989Golden Horse Award - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 1989Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Nominated
- 1989Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 1989Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 1990Golden Horse Award - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
- 1990Golden Kite - Grand Performer (Actor):Winner
- 1990Golden Kite - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 1990Golden Kite - Best Supporting Actress:Winner
- 1990Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Nominated
- 1990Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1990Jury Special Prize - Feature Film:Winner
- 1991Golden Horse Award - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 1991Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 1991Hong Kong Film Award - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated
- 1991Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 1992Silver Berlin Bear - Best Actress:Winner
- 1992Silver Hugo - Best Actress:Winner
- 1992Golden Horse Award - Best Leading Actress:Nominated
- 1992Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Nominated
- 1993Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Nominated
- 1993Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1993Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 1993Japan Movie Critics Award - Best Actress-Foreign:Winner
- 1996Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 1997APFF Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1997Golden Bauhinia - Best Actress:Winner
- 1997Golden Horse Award - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 1997Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Nominated
- 1997Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1997HKFCS Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 1998Golden Bauhinia - Best Actress:Nominated
- 1998Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 2000Golden Horse Award - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 2000Golden Kite - Best Leading Actress:Winner
- 2001China Film Media Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 2001Best Lead PerformanceWinner
- 2001Golden Bauhinia - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2001Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Winner
- 2002Chlotrudis Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2002Audience Award - Best Foreign Actress (Melhor Atriz Estrangeira):Winner
- 2003NETPAC Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2003Golden Bauhinia - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2003Hong Kong Film Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2004Best ActressWinner
- 2005César - Best Actress (Meilleure actrice):Nominated
- 2005IOMA - Best Supporting Actress (Miglior attrice non protagonista):Nominated
- 2007Chlotrudis Award - Best Actress:Nominated
- 2010Golden Kite - Best Supporting Actress:Nominated