Maggie Cheung

Hong Kong actress

Maggie Cheung Man-yuk (simplified Chinese: 张曼玉; traditional Chinese: 張曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Jyutping: Zoeng1 Maan6 Juk2; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress.

Maggie Cheung
張曼玉
Maggie Cheung in 2007.
Born
Cheung Man-yuk

(1964-09-20) 20 September 1964 (age 59)
Alma materSt. Paul's Convent School
St Edmund's School, Canterbury
University of Edinburgh
OccupationActress
Years active1984–2004
2009-2010
Spouse(s)
Olivier Assayas
(m. 1998; div. 2001)
PartnerOle Scheeren (2007–2011)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese張曼玉
Simplified Chinese张曼玉

She is known for her roles in As Tears Go By, Center Stage, Comrades: Almost a Love Story, Green Snake, The Soong Sisters, In the Mood for Love, and Clean.

In 1983, Cheung entered the Miss Hong Kong pageant and won the first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award as well.[1] She was a semi-finalist in the Miss World pageant the same year.[2]

References change

  1. "Miss Hong Kong 1983". misshkbeauties.com. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  2. "Miss World Previous Title Holders - 1983". missworld.tv.[permanent dead link]