Maggie Cheung Ho Yee (Traditional Chinese: 張可頤, pinyin: Zhāng Kěyi, born 20 March 1970 in Hong Kong), not to be confused with Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, is a Hong Kong actress, under contract to the television channel TVB. As such she owes her popularity for her work to that channel's television series, with several film credits to her name. Born in 1970, she competed in TVB's 1994 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards. Her career spun off to a whirlwind of a start, as she was offered a leading role. However, she wanted to start from the bottom up and hence declined the role, only to accept a subsidary role in another series. Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted Old Time Buddies, but some others say it is with her primary leading role in One Good Turn Deserves Another. The popularity of artists in the Hong Kong television market depends as much on the popularity of the characters in a series as to the ability of the actors and it was not until 1998 that she achieved mainstream popularity with the series "Old Time Buddies", in which she played a character based on 60s teen idol Connie Chan Po-chu. The character was well received because of Maggie's excellent portrayal of Connie Chan. The immense success lead to sequel, To Catch A Thief, a movie, Those Were The Days, and even a platinum selling CD. She has co-starred with numerous male actors, such as Gallen Lo, Louis Koo, Roger Kwok, Steven Ma, Joe Ma, Moses Chan, Gordon Lam, and numerous others. Her chemistry with Gallen Lo lead to several other pairings in other series. Gordon Lam worked with Maggie Cheung in Plain Love II, which built a strong friendship amongst the two. Joe Ma Tak Chung has declared Maggie in a 2003 interview as one of his best costars. Steven Ma Chun Wai and Maggie have also become great friends. In 2003, she won the most coveted award a TVB actress can receive, Favorite Lead Actress, beating other "fa dan", a Cantonese term borrowed from Cantonese operas and roughly corresponding to modern notions of main actresses, such as Jessica Hsuan, Flora Chan, and Kenix Kwok. In 2004, she was in the race for the award again with new series that included "The Conqueror's Story" and "War and Beauty". However, the filming for her Mainland China series, "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", interfered with the award ceremony, and Gigi Lai won the award. In 2005, she was diagnosed with the rare Graves' Disease preventing her from filming "Au Revoir Shanghai" and she was replaced by Anne Heung. After a break from showbiz for 2 years, she has just recovered and Maggie has said in an interview that she would be filming a new drama series in August 2007. Her numerous fans worldwide are avidly awaiting the release of a new drama from Cheung Ho Yee. Maggie also hosted the Mr Hong Kong 2007 contest recently together with Dodo Cheng. TV Series * Song of Everlasting Sorrow (2005) * The Conqueror's Story (TVB, 2004) * War and Beauty (TVB, 2004) * Police Station No.7 (2004) * Better Halves (TVB, 2003) * King of Yesterday and Tomorrow (2003) * Burning Flame II (TVB, 2002) * Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love (2003) * Let's Face It (2002) * The Awakening Story (TVB, 2001) * The Sky is the Limit (2000) * Plain Love II (1999) * A Smiling Ghost Story (1999) * To Catch a Thief (1998) * Old Time Buddy (1997) * A Recipe for the Heart (1997) * A Road and a Will (1997) * Mystery Files (1997) * One Good Turn Deserves Another (1996) * Once Upon a Time in Shanghai (1996) * Ancient Heroes (1996) * Cold Blood Warm Heart (1996) * Kindred Spirit (1995) * The Unexpected (1995) * Return of the Condor Heroes (1995) TV Show Theme Songs * Mamma Mix by Lydia Shum, Paul Chun, Bobby Au Yeung, Esther Kwan, and Jessica Hsuan, theme song for A Recipe for the Heart (1997) Movies * Thou Shall Not Commit (2001) * Troublesome Night 9 (2001) * Headlines (2001) * Troublesome Night 8 (2001) * When a Man Loves a Woman (2000) * Those were the Days (1997) * Spy Games (1990) * A Better Tomorrow III (1989) ______________________ Credits of course to Wikipedia and DramaWiki =) She's now back in action! -bigsmile wahahah! ~simply love her =D >>More info here: Maggie Cheung International Fan Club
Maggie was diagnosed with Thyroid Illnesses 2 years ago and it takes a long time and lots rest to recover. Maggie is almost completely healthy, but she's still waiting for a good script to come by her to show her big comeback. ^_^ Be patient friends! Maggie had designed little figures for fans, you can buy it via hoyee4u.com (just look around). The price for 7 figurines is a little over 60USD, but all benefits goes to the Hong Kong Aids Foundation. It's definitely worth it, I bought 3 sets!
I like her acting & of course her looks as well... Unfortunately heard that she had any attitude problem after winning the Favorite Lead Actress but not sure how true... Still, I think she is great!
I find her chemistry with Gallen Lo the best~~ Both of them seems to cooperate well together!! Hope to see her in new dramas soon
i have miss her she haven't been in any series now she's so good at acting i want to see more her serie there isn't many actress who can act now in tvb she's one of the best
i love maggie; can't wait for that show she owes tvb to be aired. she's awesome. don't think she acts childishly at all.
Seems like she was in a depression mode for 2 years? Saw her telling out at Stephen Chan's talk show....