Maggie Cheung

Maggie Cheung

1964-09-20 Hong Kong, British Crown Colony 95 Credits

Biography

Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk (born 20 September 1964) is a former Hong Kong actress. Raised in England and Hong Kong, she has over 70 films to her credit since starting her career in 1983. Some of her most commercially successful work was in the action genre, but Cheung once said in an interview that of all the work she has done, the films that really meant something to her are Song of the Exile, Center Stage, Comrades: Almost a Love Story and In the Mood for Love. As Emily Wang in Clean, her last star...

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In the Mood for Love 2001

In the Mood for Love 2001

2025

as Su Li Zhen

7.4
Acting

Set in a convenience store, this short film was originally intended as the third segment of Wong Kar-wai’s unrealized anthology film Three Stories Abo...

In the Mood for Love – Day One

In the Mood for Love – Day One

2021

7.7
Acting

Edited from never-before-seen footage, this short film unveils rare scenes of Tony Leung and Maggie Cheung in roles vastly different from their iconic...

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart

2021

as Self (archive footage)

7.1
Acting

Tracing the beginnings of Jet Tone Films, which was founded in 1991 by Wong Kar Wai for the production of Ashes of Time (1994), the film features neve...

Playtime

Playtime

2013

as The News Reporter

1.0
Acting

Playtime’s cosmopolitan spectacle, presented in a kaleidoscopic montage across seven large screens, interconnects the lives of its archetypical charac...

Ten Thousand Waves

Ten Thousand Waves

2010

as Mazu

7.5
Acting

TEN THOUSAND WAVES is a 9-screen installation shot on location in China. The work poetically weaves together stories linking China’s ancient past and ...

Hot Summer Days

Hot Summer Days

2010

as Sushi Customer

5.9
Acting

In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. Th...

Inglourious Basterds

Inglourious Basterds

2009

Thanks

8.2

In Nazi-occupied France during World War II, a group of Jewish-American soldiers known as "The Basterds" are chosen specifically to spread fear throug...

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece

'Hero' Defined: A Look at the Epic Masterpiece

2004

as Self

Acting
2046

2046

2004

as Su Li-Zhen

7.2
Acting

Women enter and exit a science fiction author's life over the course of a few years after the author loses the woman he considers his one true love.

Clean

Clean

2004

as Emily Wang

6.4
Acting

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to rega...

Hero

Hero

2002

as Flying Snow

7.5
Acting

During China's Warring States period, a district prefect arrives at the palace of Qin Shi Huang, claiming to have killed the three assassins who had m...

In the Mood for Love

In the Mood for Love

2000

as Su Li-zhen

8.1
Acting

In 1962 Hong Kong, neighbors Su Li-zhen (Mrs. Chan) and Chow Mo-wan (Mr. Chow) discover their spouses are having an affair. As they spend time togethe...

@ in the mood for love

@ in the mood for love

2000

as Self

7.0
Acting

A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

Sausalito

Sausalito

2000

as Ellen

5.3
Acting

Ella is a divorced Chinese American taxi driver who spends her days ferrying people around the roads of Sausalito, San Francisco. After work, she spen...

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

Augustin, King of Kung-Fu

1999

as Ling

7.3
Acting

The solitary and largely self-contained Augustin (Jean-Chretien Sibertin Blanc), on obscure young actor of bit-parts and advertisements, has but one a...

Jackie Chan: My Stunts

Jackie Chan: My Stunts

1999

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

Jackie Chan: My Stunts shows some of the tricks of the trade that Jackie and his stunt team utilize to perform their stunts. This is not an endless ga...

Jackie Chan: My Story

Jackie Chan: My Story

1998

as (archive footage) (uncredited)

6.2
Acting

Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest action stars, famed for his wacky sense of humor, remarkable martial arts techniques, and willingness to per...

Chinese Box

Chinese Box

1997

as Jean

5.9
Acting

The story of Hong Kong, from New Year's Day to June 30th, 1997, when the British left their colony and turned it over to the People's Republic of Chin...

The Soong Sisters

The Soong Sisters

1997

as Soong Ching Ling / Madam Sun

6.7
Acting

The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This film follows the lives of the three Soong daughters, ...

Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung

Man Yuk: A Portrait of Maggie Cheung

1997

4.0
Acting

Experimental short made by Olivier Assayas for Fondation of Contemporary Art and starring Maggie Cheung.

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

Comrades, Almost a Love Story

1996

as Lee Kiu

7.8
Acting

Jun arrives in Hong Kong from mainland China, hoping to be able to earn enough money to marry his girlfriend back home. He meets the streetwise Qiao a...

Irma Vep

Irma Vep

1996

as Maggie

6.7
Acting

Hong Kong action diva Maggie Cheung comes to France when a past-his-prime director casts her in a remake of the silent classic Les Vampires. Clad in a...

Ashes of Time

Ashes of Time

1994

as Feng's Sister-in-Law

7.1
Acting

Ouyang Feng is a heartbroken and cynical man who spends his days in the desert, connecting expert swordsmen with those seeking revenge and willing to ...

In Between

In Between

1994

as Coco Lau

4.5
Acting

Three directors deliver three stories about the love in the modern world.

Green Snake

Green Snake

1993

as Green Snake

7.2
Acting

A mischievous snake who assumes human form interferes with the romance between her reptilian sister and a hapless man.

Heroic Trio 2: Executioners

Heroic Trio 2: Executioners

1993

as Chat, The Thief Catcher

5.8
Acting

The city has been devastated by a nuclear attack. An evil deformed villain controls the city's scarce water supply, exerting influence over a popular ...

Boys Are Easy

Boys Are Easy

1993

as Ching Siu Nam

6.8
Acting

A man wants to see his three daughters get married.

The Mad Monk

The Mad Monk

1993

as Nine Lives Whore

5.8
Acting

The gods in heaven complain to the Jade Emperor about the malicious practical jokes played on them by Dragon Fighter Lohan.

The Enigma of Love

The Enigma of Love

1993

as Tammy Cheung

6.8
Acting

Jackie (Jacky Cheung) is the owner of a very shady nightclub, which the cops are itching to shut down. But they haven't been able to catch Jackie red-...

Holy Weapon

Holy Weapon

1993

as Princess Tin Heung

6.5
Acting

During the Ming dynasty, Mo Kake takes an invincibility drink to defeat the best Japanese warrior, Super Sword. Three years later, the samurai returns...

Kin chan no Cinema Jack

Kin chan no Cinema Jack

1993

Acting

Kin chan no Cinema Jack is an anthology film starring Yuen Biao and produced by Jackie Chan

The Bare-Footed Kid

The Bare-Footed Kid

1993

as Miss Ho

6.2
Acting

A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.

Flying Dagger

Flying Dagger

1993

as Flying Cat

4.0
Acting

The well-known "Flying Dagger" Chung and his nephew Lam lived on rewards from apprehending bandits. Chung refused the love of "Great Coquette" Lady Fu...

First Shot

First Shot

1993

as Solicitor Annie Ma

6.4
Acting

During a period of widespread police corruption, Ti Lung is a stubborn cop who takes on both the mob and the political establishment.

The Heroic Trio

The Heroic Trio

1993

as Chat, The Thief Catcher

6.6
Acting

While one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other tough women and the cops try to stop her.

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

The Eagle Shooting Heroes

1993

as Imperial Master

7.1
Acting

A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.

Millionaire Cop

Millionaire Cop

1993

as Jacky Chuck

4.5
Acting

A police detective (Aaron Kwok) must pose as the son of a millionaire to catch a kidnapping ring. Trouble starts when the policeman's girlfriend start...

Moon Warriors

Moon Warriors

1992

as Mok Sin Yee

6.5
Acting

A kind-hearted fisherman, content with simple life, is reluctantly drawn into helping a noble emperor regain his throne from his evil brother.

True Love

True Love

1992

as Angel

7.0
Acting

A Cinderella story between a rich boy and a cosmetics salesgirl.

Rose

Rose

1992

as Rose

7.7
Acting

Sullen insurance agent Maggie Cheung reluctantly rescues a triad goon suffering from hatchet wounds (Roy Cheung), and thus begins their slow-burn roma...

Dragon Inn

Dragon Inn

1992

as Jade

7.2
Acting

During the Ming Dynasty, Tso Siu Yan, a power-crazed eunuch who rules his desert region of China as if he were the Emperor, ruthlessly thwarts plots a...

Police Story 3: Super Cop

Police Story 3: Super Cop

1992

as May

6.9
Acting

A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

Too Happy for Words

Too Happy for Words

1992

7.0
Acting

Stanley Kwan's 1992 short film starring Josephine Siao and Maggie Cheung

Heart Against Hearts

Heart Against Hearts

1992

6.0
Acting

George Lam and Carol Cheng play a couple who finally settle down after a long-running love marathon. Their troubles begin when George loses his job an...

What a Hero!

What a Hero!

1992

as Lan

5.3
Acting

Yuen Tak Wah (Andy Lau) has been practicing Taekwondo since he was a kid and becomes an expert at it with his best trick being the 720 Degree Whirlwin...

All's Well, Ends Well

All's Well, Ends Well

1992

as Ho Yok 'Holiyok'

6.9
Acting

Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.

Twin Dragons

Twin Dragons

1992

as Barbara

6.8
Acting

Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two...

The Banquet

The Banquet

1991

as Dancer

5.2
Acting

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

Center Stage

Center Stage

1991

as Ruan Ling Yu / Self

7.4
Acting

Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shan...

Today's Hero

Today's Hero

1991

as Annie

4.5
Acting

Siu, who spends goofing off, finds out that he has Parkinson's Disease, and only one month to live. He decides to do something special before his deat...

Will of Iron

Will of Iron

1991

8.0
Acting

Maggie came back to Hong Kong and gathered her grandmother back to Vancouver for good. She took this opportunity to bunch up with her boyfriend Michae...

Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye

Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye

1991

as Olive

7.0
Acting

Alan and Eric are childhood friends who are separated when Eric moves to America. They are reunited in Hong Kong when Eric finds Alan at the cafe wher...

The Perfect Match

The Perfect Match

1991

as Ms Kim / Carrie

6.6
Acting

George Lam is a famous conductor, Maggie Cheung an auto-mechanic; he rides a portable bicycle, she a motorcycle. Somehow, together, they find time to ...

Days of Being Wild

Days of Being Wild

1990

as Su Li-zhen

7.3
Acting

Yuddy, a Hong Kong playboy known for breaking girls' hearts, tries to find solace and the truth after discovering the woman who raised him isn't his m...

Farewell China

Farewell China

1990

as Li Hong

6.4
Acting

Li Hung is a desperate mother who tried for years to obtain an American visa to study to create a better life for her husband Nansan and her son. But ...

Red Dust

Red Dust

1990

as Yueh-Feng

6.8
Acting

Stretching across the canvas of the Sino-Japanese War of the 30s, the subsequent Japanese surrender in 1945, and the onslaught of Communism, this film...

The Dragon from Russia

The Dragon from Russia

1990

as May Yip

5.1
Acting

A former member of a band of criminals known as the 'Eight-Hundred Dragons' is living in fear in Manchuria as the clan does not allow people to leave ...

Song of the Exile

Song of the Exile

1990

as Cheung Hueyin

7.5
Acting

Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in Lon...

Heart Into Hearts

Heart Into Hearts

1990

as Joe

6.2
Acting

Chu Lai Ngor and her daughter Vivian have now moved in with Alex Lui. They're not married yet but she's calling herself Mrs. Lui now. Just when the ul...

Full Moon in New York

Full Moon in New York

1989

as Lee Fung Jiau

7.8
Acting

Three Chinese women with vastly different backgrounds get acquainted and become friends amid the social desolation of New York.

In Between Loves

In Between Loves

1989

as Jenny Tung

2.7
Acting

Taxi driver Lung is obsessed with TV news reporter Jenny Tung. He attempts to gain her affection by providing minor news stories, but her arrogant law...

Hearts, No Flowers

Hearts, No Flowers

1989

as Ms. Tsang

7.0
Acting

A youth film about four city lasses.

The Iceman Cometh

The Iceman Cometh

1989

as Polly

7.2
Acting

When 16th-century Ming guard Fong Sau-ching sets out to capture vicious rapist Feng San, both men end up falling into a glacier to be frozen in time. ...

A Fishy Story

A Fishy Story

1989

as Ms Huang

6.3
Acting

An aspiring starlet arrives in the Fragrant Harbor with dreams of becoming a star, whilst striking up a friendship with a wannabe cabbie who lives in ...

Sunset in Paris

Sunset in Paris

1989

as Maggie

7.0
Acting

The story of "Sunset Paris" tells that Leslie Cheung, who plays Leslie, and Maggie Cheung, who plays Maggie, are a couple. Leslie gets an opportunity ...

My Dear Son

My Dear Son

1989

as Chow Fung

4.0
Acting

Peter Ho is a low-level employee at a prestigious firm in Central, but he hides a secret from his stodgy bosses. Peter's family is exceptionally poor,...

Doubles Cause Troubles

Doubles Cause Troubles

1989

as Zhu Ying Tai

5.9
Acting

Nurse Liang Shanbo and Actress Zhu Yingtai are mismatched cousins who just inherited a rental home from their late relative. When they moved in, they ...

Little Cop

Little Cop

1989

as Restuarant Customer

6.7
Acting

Ever since he was a child, Lee Chi-kin has been determined to become a police officer, despite the fact that he comes from a family of criminals. As a...

The Bachelor's Swan Song

The Bachelor's Swan Song

1989

as Yu

7.0
Acting

Kenny and Maggie, lovers of long standing, have been scrimping and saving for their marriage. One day Maggie suspects that she is pregnant, and sugges...

Last Romance

Last Romance

1988

as Nancy Cheung

5.6
Acting

Best friends So-so and Nancy fall in love with the same handsome Japanese boy, who cannot fulfill both girls' destinies.

The Beloved Son of God

The Beloved Son of God

1988

as Bibi Chang

7.2
Acting

A poignant look at mental retardation and society's ignorance and indifference towards people that are different.

Police Story 2

Police Story 2

1988

as May

7.1
Acting

The Hong Kong super-cop must stop a group of blackmailing bombers at the same time that the villains of the first Police Story are out for revenge.

How to Pick Girls Up!

How to Pick Girls Up!

1988

as Fanny

4.3
Acting

Three love-challenged men meet a radio host who tutors them in the art of picking up women in a variety of unconventional ways in Wong Jing's gleefull...

Moon, Star and Sun

Moon, Star and Sun

1988

as May/Chu

Acting

A story combined by the lives of three night clubs girls in. Porsche is a once-famous aging night club girl; May is forced to work in a night club in ...

Mother Vs Mother

Mother Vs Mother

1988

as Betty

6.0
Acting

"Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong, except the widow Capulet is father Montague's childhood sweetheart. The young lovers try to reconcile their mothers w...

As Tears Go By

As Tears Go By

1988

as Ngor

7.0
Acting

Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly.

Double Fattiness

Double Fattiness

1988

as Diana

5.0
Acting

Siu-Fung (Lydia Sum), an owner of a pizzeria, unexpectedly succumbs to a heart attack. However, her spirit was unable to cross over to the other side,...

Paper Marriage

Paper Marriage

1988

as Jade Li

6.9
Acting

A washed up martial artist living in Los Angeles agrees to marry an illegal immigrant from Hong Kong to get her a Green Card and him some of her famil...

Love Soldier of Fortune

Love Soldier of Fortune

1988

as So See Dai

4.0
Acting

Love Soldier of Fortune is a Hong Kong Romance directed by Stanley Fung and starring Maggie Cheung.

Call Girl '88

Call Girl '88

1988

as Jenny Lin

4.7
Acting

A depressing tale dealing with five women involved with prostitution and the effects it has on their love and family lives. High class or low class, e...

You're My Destiny

You're My Destiny

1987

as Driver of White Sports Car

6.0
Acting

Naomi, a corporate heiress from Japan, vacations to Hong Kong with her two colleagues. Bored, she sneaks out to visit the city and befriends a local r...

The Game They Call Sex

The Game They Call Sex

1987

6.0
Acting

The whole story revolves around a woman from marriage, marriage to divorce encounter sexual problems as the main axis, reflecting the Taiwan society i...

Project A Part II

Project A Part II

1987

as Maggie

7.1
Acting

Dragon is now transferred to be the police head of Sai Wan district, and has to contend with a gangster kingpin, anti-Manchu revolutionaries, some run...

The Romancing Star

The Romancing Star

1987

as Tung Tung

5.6
Acting

Ah Fat, foul-mouthed, along with his two close buddies, Traffic Light and Ugly, are working in a garage. Their boss, Ken, is harsh and stingy. However...

Heartbeat 100

Heartbeat 100

1987

as Maggie Cheung

7.2
Acting

A Fiction Writer and her sister travel to the country to work on a new novel. But, local thugs and a murder complicate matters.

Sister Cupid

Sister Cupid

1987

as Yuk

3.5
Acting

Kit (Jacky Cheung) accidentally stumbles upon a house after his motorbike went out of control, and a girl (Maggie Cheung) helps him on his feet, then ...

Seven Years Itch

Seven Years Itch

1987

as Jogger in park

4.0
Acting

An introverted businessman who doesn't get out much, Willie Ng recently celebrated his seventh anniversary, but his marriage seems to be hitting a slu...

The Seventh Curse

The Seventh Curse

1986

as Tsui Hung

6.7
Acting

When Dr. Yuen attempts to rescue a girl about to be sacrificed by the Worm Tribe in the middle of a jungle in Thailand, he is damned with seven deadly...

Happy Ghost III

Happy Ghost III

1986

as Tsui Han-Pan / Tsui Kiu Kiu

6.7
Acting

A young, unsuccessful singer, after committing suicide, is to be reincarnated, this time into a musical family. Her spirit must get to the hospital wh...

Story of Rose

Story of Rose

1986

as Rose Wong

6.0
Acting

Rose and her big brother Charles live a fairy-tale existence in their seaside villa. Rose is young, beautiful, and spoiled - in a word, irresistible. ...

It's a Drink! It's a Bomb!

It's a Drink! It's a Bomb!

1985

as Cat

7.3
Acting

An illegal dealing of a soda-canned bomb between a crooked Hong Kong cop and two Japanese traffickers goes bad after an associate decides to go agains...

Police Story

Police Story

1985

as May

7.6
Acting

Officer Chan Ka Kui manages to put a major Hong Kong drug dealer behind the bars practically alone, after a shooting and an impressive chase inside a ...

Girl with the Diamond Slipper

Girl with the Diamond Slipper

1985

as Cheung Man Ju

4.5
Acting

Two hopeless housebreaker brothers, Ah Chi and Fatty, steal a diamond that had already been earmarked by a criminal gang. Through a series of unfortun...

Behind the Yellow Line

Behind the Yellow Line

1984

as Monica

5.6
Acting

Married boss Paul falls for his employee named Monica after running into her in a subway station and it makes all things uneasy for her.

Prince Charming

Prince Charming

1984

as Kitty

5.6
Acting

Chen Li is the son of an enormously wealthy Hong Kong businessman and is vacationing in Hawaii, experiencing typical girl problems. His lothario frien...