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...
Known For
Complete Filmography

In the Mood for Love 2001
2025
as Su Li Zhen
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
2021
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
2021
as Self (archive footage)
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
2013
as The News Reporter
Playtime’s cosmopolitan spectacle, presented in a kaleidoscopic montage across seven large screens, interconnects the lives of its archetypical charac...

Ten Thousand Waves
2010
as Mazu
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
2010
as Sushi Customer
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
2009
Thanks
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
2004
as Self

2046
2004
as Su Li-Zhen
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
2004
as Emily Wang
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
2002
as Flying Snow
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
2000
as Su Li-zhen
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
2000
as Self
A documentary following Wong Kar-wai and his cast and crew through the production of his 2000 film In the Mood for Love.

Sausalito
2000
as Ellen
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
1999
as Ling
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
1999
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
1998
as (archive footage) (uncredited)
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
1997
as Jean
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
1997
as Soong Ching Ling / Madam Sun
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
1997
Experimental short made by Olivier Assayas for Fondation of Contemporary Art and starring Maggie Cheung.

Comrades, Almost a Love Story
1996
as Lee Kiu
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
1996
as Maggie
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
1994
as Feng's Sister-in-Law
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
1994
as Coco Lau
Three directors deliver three stories about the love in the modern world.

Green Snake
1993
as Green Snake
A mischievous snake who assumes human form interferes with the romance between her reptilian sister and a hapless man.

Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993
as Chat, The Thief Catcher
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
1993
as Ching Siu Nam
A man wants to see his three daughters get married.

The Mad Monk
1993
as Nine Lives Whore
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
1993
as Tammy Cheung
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
1993
as Princess Tin Heung
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
1993
Kin chan no Cinema Jack is an anthology film starring Yuen Biao and produced by Jackie Chan

The Bare-Footed Kid
1993
as Miss Ho
A poor barefoot young man from the country arrives in the city to start work with the friend of his dead father.

Flying Dagger
1993
as Flying Cat
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
1993
as Solicitor Annie Ma
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
1993
as Chat, The Thief Catcher
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
1993
as Imperial Master
A power struggle between the Queen's treasonous lover and a princess occurs amid musical numbers, slapstick battles, and martial arts acrobatics.

Millionaire Cop
1993
as Jacky Chuck
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
1992
as Mok Sin Yee
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
1992
as Angel
A Cinderella story between a rich boy and a cosmetics salesgirl.

Rose
1992
as Rose
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
1992
as Jade
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
1992
as May
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.

Too Happy for Words
1992
Stanley Kwan's 1992 short film starring Josephine Siao and Maggie Cheung

Heart Against Hearts
1992
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!
1992
as Lan
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
1992
as Ho Yok 'Holiyok'
Three brothers living with their father fib and play pranks to win parental approval for themselves and their romances.

Twin Dragons
1992
as Barbara
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
1991
as Dancer
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
1991
as Ruan Ling Yu / Self
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
1991
as Annie
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
1991
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
1991
as Olive
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
1991
as Ms Kim / Carrie
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
1990
as Su Li-zhen
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
1990
as Li Hong
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
1990
as Yueh-Feng
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
1990
as May Yip
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
1990
as Cheung Hueyin
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
1990
as Joe
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
1989
as Lee Fung Jiau
Three Chinese women with vastly different backgrounds get acquainted and become friends amid the social desolation of New York.

In Between Loves
1989
as Jenny Tung
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
1989
as Ms. Tsang
A youth film about four city lasses.

The Iceman Cometh
1989
as Polly
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
1989
as Ms Huang
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
1989
as Maggie
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
1989
as Chow Fung
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
1989
as Zhu Ying Tai
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
1989
as Restuarant Customer
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
1989
as Yu
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
1988
as Nancy Cheung
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
1988
as Bibi Chang
A poignant look at mental retardation and society's ignorance and indifference towards people that are different.

Police Story 2
1988
as May
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!
1988
as Fanny
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
1988
as May/Chu
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
1988
as Betty
"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
1988
as Ngor
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
1988
as Diana
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
1988
as Jade Li
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
1988
as So See Dai
Love Soldier of Fortune is a Hong Kong Romance directed by Stanley Fung and starring Maggie Cheung.

Call Girl '88
1988
as Jenny Lin
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
1987
as Driver of White Sports Car
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
1987
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
1987
as Maggie
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
1987
as Tung Tung
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
1987
as Maggie Cheung
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
1987
as Yuk
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
1987
as Jogger in park
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
1986
as Tsui Hung
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
1986
as Tsui Han-Pan / Tsui Kiu Kiu
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
1986
as Rose Wong
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!
1985
as Cat
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
1985
as May
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
1985
as Cheung Man Ju
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
1984
as Monica
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
1984
as Kitty
Chen Li is the son of an enormously wealthy Hong Kong businessman and is vacationing in Hawaii, experiencing typical girl problems. His lothario frien...