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Apr 14, 2022 · Cheung was born in Hong Kong, but when she was six her family emigrated to Kent in England, where she was the only Chinese kid on the block and in school: “I was teased a lot.” Working briefly in a bookstore, she realised that as a woman of colour she would always be “second choice” for better things, even in the modelling industry.
Cheung is a polyglot as a result of her upbringing in Hong Kong and England and ten years' stay in Paris. In Center Stage, Cheung performed in Cantonese, Mandarin, and Shanghainese fluently, switching languages with ease. In Clean, she performed in fluent English, French, and Cantonese.
Sep 18, 2024 · But when Maggie Cheung walked away from cinema 20 years ago, at the peak of her career, it seemed she did it to become human.
- Raymond Ang
Nov 1, 2022 · In 2004, Maggie Cheung announced that she had “turned her back on film” in what was a quietly monumental moment in modern film history. A rising Hong Kong actor, who is now considered to be one of the greatest screen presences of all time, she seemed to be at the peak of her career when her retirement was announced.
Apr 11, 2021 · Her parents emigrated to England from Hong Kong in the 1960s, and found themselves strangers in an indifferent, often racist and occasionally hostile land.
May 1, 2000 · Cheung spoke candidly to TIME’s Stephen Short one week before the awards and reveals how she shuns fame, rarely goes out, and has already moved house five times this year because of constant...
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Born in Kowloon, British Hong Kong, Cheung studied in England since the age of 12 until he returned home in 1976. He garnered attention in 1977 when entering RTV 's Asian Singing Contest and achieved popularity in 1984 with a hit single "Monica."
