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MAGGIE CHEUNG

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MAGGIE CHEUNG

Maggie Cheung Man Yuk

Maggie Cheung at Cannes 2007

Chinese name

張曼玉 (Traditional)

Chinese name

张曼玉 (Simplified)

Pinyin

zhang1 man4 yu4 (Mandarin)

Ancestry

Shanghai

Born

September 20, 1964 (age 43)
Hong Kong

Occupation

Actress

Years active

1983–present

Spouse(s)

Olivier Assayas (1998–2001) (divorced)

Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards
Best Actress 1989 A Fishy Story 1992 Centre Stage 1996 Comrades: Almost a Love Story 1998 The Soong Sisters 2001 In the Mood for Love
Golden Bauhinia Awards
Best Actress 1996 Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Best Actress 1996 Comrades: Almost a Love Story
Golden Horse Awards
Best Actress 1989 Full Moon in New York 1990 Red Dust 1991 Centre Stage 1996 Comrades: Almost a Love Story 2000 In the Mood for Love
Other Awards
Silver Bear for Best Actress 1992 Centre Stage Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival) 2004 Clean Hawaii International Film Festival 2004 Award for Achievement in Acting

Maggie Cheung (traditional Chinese: 張曼玉; simplified Chinese: 张曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; Cantonese Yale: Jèung Maahn Yuhk; born September 20, 1964) is a Cannes Best Actress, Berlin Best Actress, six-time Hong Kong Film Award and four-time Golden Horse winning Chinese actress from Hong Kong. Raised in England, she has over 80 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983. She is the first Asian female to win a prize at the Cannes Film Festival and is universally considered one of the greatest Asian actresses in film history.