Maggie Q
Maggie Q | |
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| File:Maggie Q MTV Asia Awards 2006.jpg | |
| Born | Margaret Denise Quigley |
| Other names | Maggie Quigley |
| Height | 5'6 |
Maggie Q, born Margaret Denise Quigley (stage name: Chinese: 李美琪; pinyin: Lǐ Měiqí, born May 22, 1979), is an American actress and former fashion model. She initially gained fame in Hong Kong.
Biography
Early life
Q was born in Honolulu, Hawaii to an American father of French, Polish and Irish descent, and a Vietnamese mother.[1][2] Her parents met while her father was stationed in Vietnam. Maggie is the youngest of 5 children. She has two sisters and two half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage in Vietnam. She still visits Hawaii with her family. After graduating from Mililani High School she travelled to Japan and Hong Kong to earn money as a fashion model. In 1998 she got her first role in a Chinese-language TV series, and she has been acting ever since.
Career
While still relatively unfamiliar to audiences in the United States, she has achieved celebrity status in Hong Kong and elsewhere in East Asia. Because of her non-Chinese heritage, many of her Asian film appearances are in English or dubbed in the Chinese language. Her big breakthroughs into the film world came when she bagged the lead roles in the Hong Kong action thrillers Gen-Y Cops and Naked Weapon, in which she played the sexy but vulnerable martial artist assassin Charlene Ching. She has also played the titular role of Harmony in the German-Singapore telemovie collaboration Das Haus Der Harmonie, opposite leading Singaporean actress Fann Wong.
Recently, she starred in her biggest Hollywood role to date alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III. She played Zhen, the only female member of his elite IMF team. Maggie plays one of the computer-hacking extortionists in the 2007 Bruce Willis action thriller, Live Free Or Die Hard, the fourth film in the popular Die Hard franchise.[3] On August 29, 2007, "Balls of Fury" opened nationwide in the U.S. starring Maggie as the ping pong paddle-wielding niece of table tennis guru "Master Wong".
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Legendary 'Tai Fei' | Kei, wife of Fei |
| Model from Hell | Anna | |
| Gen-Y Cops | Jane Quigley | |
| 2001 | Manhattan Midnight | Susan/Hope |
| Rush Hour 2 | Girl in Car | |
| 2002 | Naked Weapon | Charlene Ching |
| 2004 | Magic Kitchen | May |
| Around the World in 80 Days | Female Agent | |
| Rice Rhapsody | Gigi | |
| 2005 | Taped | Maggie |
| House of Harmony | Harmony | |
| Dragon Squad | Song | |
| 2006 | The Counting House | The Girl |
| Mission: Impossible III | Zhen Lei | |
| 2007 | Die Hard 4.0 / Live Free or Die Hard | Mai Lihn |
| Balls of Fury | Maggie Wong | |
| The Tourist | ||
| 2008 | Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon | Cao Yin |
References
- ^ "TheStar.com". There’s something about Maggie. Retrieved September 25.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Talking Mission: Impossible III with Maggie Q". Evan Jacobs for MovieWeb Thursday, May 4th, 2006. Retrieved September 19.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|accessyear=ignored (|access-date=suggested) (help) - ^ "Long, Maggie Q join Willis in "Die Hard"". Borys Kit for Reuters. Retrieved September 22.
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External links
- Maggie Q at IMDb
- MaggieQ.net The Official Website
- Maggie Q. Interview from Balls of Fury