Maggie Cheung Ho-yee

Not to be confused with Maggie Cheung.

Maggie Cheung Ho-yee
Chinese name	張可頤 (Traditional)
Chinese name	张可颐 (Simplified)
Pinyin	Zhāng Kěyí (Mandarin)
Jyutping	Zoeng1 Ho2ji4 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Taishan, Guangdong
Born	20 March 1969 (1969-03-20) (age 42)[2] Hong Kong
Years active	1989 - present
Awards TVB Anniversary Awards Best Actress 2003 The King of Yesterday & Tomorrow My Favourite Television Character 2001 The Awakening Story 2003 The King of Yesterday & Tomorrow All-Time Most Memorable Female Leading Roles 1999 Old Time Buddy

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cheung.

Maggie Cheung Ho-yee (Chinese: 張可頤; pinyin: Zhāng Kěyí; born 20 March 1969^[1] in Hong Kong); not to be confused with Maggie Cheung Man-yuk, is a Hong Kong actress, under contract to the television channel TVB.

Born in 1969, 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 subsidiary role in another series. Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted Old Time Buddy, 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.

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 the Jackie Chan/Stanley Kwan's project "To Live To Love" (Chang Hen Ge), 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 with Dodo Cheng.

In 2010, Maggie became a spokesperson for the French's anti-aging skincare brand, RoC®.

Filmography

TV series

Year	Title	Role	Awards
1995	The Condor Heroes 95	Ching Ying
	The Unexpected	Au Yeung Sau Lan (Cindy)
	A Kindred Spirit	Miss Yuen (Fanny)
1996	Cold Blood Warm Heart	Yip Hiu Bing (Chris)
	Ancient Heroes	Jiu Yun San
	Once Upon a Time in Shanghai	Gu Ching Wah
	One Good Turn Deserves Another	Au Hok Yi (Queenie)
1997	A Road and a Will	Chai Ho Fung
	Old Time Buddy	Ching Bo Chu	TVB Award for Most Memorable Female Leading Role Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actress
	Mystery Files	Man Ka Lei (Carrie)
	A Recipe for the Heart	Ha Jun Jun
1998	Old Time Buddy: To Catch a Thief	Ching Bo Chu
1999	Plain Love II	Pun Mui Nga	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actress (Top 5)
	A Smiling Ghost Story	Lam Ka Yi / Lee Wing Yan
2000	The Sky is the Limit	Gam Lan
2001	The Awakening Story	Suen Hing Ga (Rose)	TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
2002	Burning Flame II	Chung Yan Yee (Chris)
	Let's Face It	Ko Ka Lei
	Police Station No.7	Tsang Bo Yin
2003	Ups and Downs in the Sea of Love	Fong Nga Man (Yama)
	The King of Yesterday and Tomorrow	Liu Sei Leung	TVB Award for Best Actress TVB Award for My Favourite Television Character
	Better Halves	Lin Bak Hap
2004	War & Beauty	On Sin
	The Conqueror's Story	Empress Lü Zhi
2005	To Live To Love	Wang Qiyao
2010	My Better Half	Ko Lai Sum
	Beauty Knows No Pain	Sha Yuen-kei (Jackie)	Nominated - TVB Award for Best Actress (Top 5)
2011	Forensic Heroes III	Dr. Mandy Chung Hok-sum	Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for Best Actress (Top 15) Nominated — TVB Anniversary Award for My Favourite Female Character (Top 15)
	Ladder to Heaven	Koo Sun-yuet	Filming
	The Great Eunuch	Empress Dowager Cixi	Pre-production
	The Legend of Empress Lu	Empress Lü Zhi	Optioned

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1989	A Better Tomorrow III	Ling	aka A Better Tomorrow 3: Love and Death in Saigon
1990	Spy Games	Ken's girlfriend
1995	Highway Man
1996	Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star
1997	Those Were the Days	Ching Bo Chu
1999	Gorgeous		cameo
2000	Troublesome Night 8	Woman at Mrs. Bud's temple
	When a Man Loves a Woman	Fung
2001	Troublesome Night 9	Ms. Liu
	Headlines	Joey
	Thou Shall Not Commit	Maggie Yeung
2002	Reunion	Yan
2010	Crossing Hennessy
2011	I Love Hong Kong	Gau Gu Leung
	Men Suddenly in Love	Lau Yuk-hing
	Punished	Mrs. Wong
	The Fortune Buddies

References

1. ^ [1]

External links

• Official Sina Blog of Maggie Cheung
• Official Yahoo! Blog of Maggie Cheung
• Maggie Cheung on Sina Twitter
• Maggie Cheung Ho Yee at the Internet Movie Database
• Maggie Cheung Hoh-Yee at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase

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Name	Cheung, Maggie Ho-Yee
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Date of birth	20 March 1969
Place of birth	Hong Kong
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