Editing Maggie Cheung (section)

==Career==
Soon after her debut, Cheung broke into the film industry, starring in comedies. She caught the attention of [[Jackie Chan]], who cast her in [[Police Story (film series)|''Police Story'']] (1985) as May, his long-suffering girlfriend. The film was a huge hit and made Cheung a star overnight.<ref name=star>{{cite web|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/film/86232.htm|title=Hong Kong Actress Maggie Cheung|work=China.org.cn}}</ref><ref name=women>{{cite web |url=http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/celebrities/8/2800-1.htm |title=Maggie Cheung: A Multi Award-Winning Actress from Hong Kong |work=[[Womenofchina.cn|Women of China]] }}</ref> Cheung was slated to star in TVB's "The Legend of the General Who Never Was", but due to the death of [[Barbara Yung]] who was in the midst of filming ''Battlefield'', and ''The Feud That Never Was'' a.k.a. ''Kings of Ideas'' ({{lang|zh|橋王之王}}), Yung's remaining scenes were assigned to Cheung, and Cheung's role was given to [[Sheren Tang]].<ref>{{cite web |title=《岁月风云》热播 邓萃雯回首过去体味人生(图) |url=https://yule.sohu.com/20070708/n250953311.shtml |date=2007-07-08 |agency=[[Xinhua News Agency|Xinhua News]] |publisher=Sohu |quote={{lang|zh|入行时，TVB最红的花旦是翁美玲和张曼玉，我拍《薛仁贵》时，翁美玲还在，怎知到我拍第二套戏，她已经过了身，她不在，公司很焦急，原本为她度身订造的角色，落在张曼玉身上，而我，又顶了张曼玉原来的角色，之后我有份演出的都是做女主角。配角，应该未做过。}} |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240127043432/https://yule.sohu.com/20070708/n250953311.shtml |archive-date=2024-01-27 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

Despite her success, Cheung found herself typecast in the roles of comics or weak, clumsy women. Realizing this, Cheung wanted to break away by seeking more dramatic roles. She got this opportunity when [[Wong Kar-wai]] cast her in ''[[As Tears Go By (film)|As Tears Go By]]'' (1988), the first of her many collaborations with Wong.<ref name=star /><ref name=women /> Cheung often cites the film as the piece that truly began her serious acting career, and she won critical praise for it. In 1989, she won Best Actress awards at the [[Golden Horse Award]] and [[Hong Kong Film Award]] for her work in ''Full Moon in New York'' and ''[[A Fishy Story]]'' respectively.<ref name=women /> In 1991, she became the first Chinese performer to win a Best Actress Award at the prestigious [[Berlin Film Festival]] for her work in ''[[Center Stage (1991 film)|Center Stage]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/25/movies/grand-canyon-wins-the-first-prize-at-berlin-festival.html|title='Grand Canyon' Wins The First Prize at Berlin Festival|work=The New York Times|date=25 February 1992|last1=Rockwell|first1=John}}</ref>

Cheung subsequently proved her versatility with roles in action films. Her performance in the sci-fi martial arts smash hit ''[[The Heroic Trio]]'' (1992) and its sequel, ''[[Executioners (film)|Executioners]]'' (1993), impressed both critics and audiences with her martial arts skills.<ref name=star /> Also in a departure from her usual roles, Cheung played a beautiful and vicious femme fatale in ''[[New Dragon Gate Inn]]'' (1992).<ref name=women />

After taking a break in 1994, Cheung returned to film [[Olivier Assayas]]' ''[[Irma Vep]]'' (1996), which helped her break into the international scene.<ref name=star /> That same year, she won further acclaim for her work in the romantic film ''[[Comrades: Almost a Love Story]]'', in which she played one of a pair of lovers kept apart for ten years by fate and circumstance. The following year, she made her first English-language film in [[Wayne Wang]]'s  ''[[Chinese Box]]'' (1997). Cast as a mysterious young woman named Jean, Cheung held her own alongside the more internationally well-established stars, [[Jeremy Irons]] and [[Gong Li]].<ref name=women />

After her 1998 marriage to Olivier Assayas, Cheung stayed mainly in France. She returned to Hong Kong to film ''[[In the Mood for Love]]'' (2000), which won critical acclaim and a second Taiwanese Golden Horse award for Cheung.<ref name=vamp /><ref name=star /> Thereafter, she starred in [[Zhang Yimou]]'s ''[[Hero (2002 film)|Hero]]'' (2002) and Wong's ''[[2046 (film)|2046]]'' (2004).<ref name=star /> She won the Best Actress award at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] for her role as a mother who tries to kick her drug habit and reconcile with her long-lost son in ''[[Clean (2004 film)|Clean]]'' (2004).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.sina.com/special_report/040524cannes.shtml|title=Maggie Cheung Snatches Best Actress Award at Cannes|work=Sina}}</ref>

[[File:MaggieCheung.jpg|thumb|upright|Cheung at the 2007 [[Shanghai International Film Festival]]]]
Cheung was a jury member at the [[47th Berlin International Film Festival|1997 Berlin Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Annual Archives - Juries|url=http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1997/04_jury_1997/04_Jury_1997.html|work=berlinale.de|access-date=18 September 2010}}</ref> the 1999 [[Venice Film Festival]], the 2004 [[Hawaii International Film Festival]], the 2007 [[Cannes Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Juries 2007|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2007/juryLongFilm.html|work=festival-cannes.fr|access-date=18 September 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203062231/http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2007/juryLongFilm.html|archive-date=3 December 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the 2010 [[Marrakech International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Jury 2010|url=http://en.festivalmarrakech.info/Membres-of-jury_a330.html|work=festivalmarrakech.info|access-date=4 July 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721203225/http://en.festivalmarrakech.info/Membres-of-jury_a330.html|archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref> And for the first time in its history, the 59th Cannes Film Festival (2006) used a photographic image of a real actress on its poster – that of Cheung.

On 7 February 2007, ''[[The New York Times]]'' rated Cheung as one of the 22 Great Performers in 2006 for her [[Best Actress Award (Cannes Film Festival)|Cannes]] winning role as Emily in ''Clean''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Hirschberg|first=Lynn|title=Great Performers|url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D10FF385B0C728DDDAB0894DF404482&fta=y&archive:article_related|work=The New York Times|access-date=18 September 2010|date=11 February 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103225504/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20D10FF385B0C728DDDAB0894DF404482&fta=y&archive:article_related|archive-date=3 November 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> After 25 years of making movies, she decided to retire from acting to pursue a career as a film composer. She had mentioned she would like to compose music and paint after having fulfilled her acting potential.<ref name=turn>{{cite news|url=http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2437462.ece |title=Maggie Cheung : Why the Asian Star is turning her back on film |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Bob |last=Flynn |date=10 April 2007 |location=London |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071206113810/http://arts.independent.co.uk/film/features/article2437462.ece |archive-date=6 December 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her last film appearance was as Mazu, Chinese goddess of the sea, in the film ''Ten Thousand Waves'' (2010) by British filmmaker and installation artist [[Isaac Julien]].<ref name="Maggie Cheung returns in Ten Thousand Waves">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8045584/Maggie-Cheung-returns-in-Ten-Thousand-Waves.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/8045584/Maggie-Cheung-returns-in-Ten-Thousand-Waves.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Maggie Cheung returns in Ten Thousand Waves|work=The Telegraph|date=6 October 2010|access-date=13 October 2010|location=London|first=David|last=Gritten}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

As UK's ''[[The Independent|Independent]]'' puts it, since her Cannes moment in 2004, Cheung "turned her back on film"<ref name=turn /> and has shifted her focus to philanthropy, making music, and editing. In April 2010, Cheung was appointed as UNICEF's Ambassador to China.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unicef.org/aids/china_53601.html|title=Maggie Cheung appointed UNICEF Ambassador in China|work=Unicef}}</ref> In July 2011, she was awarded a [[honorary doctorate|doctor ''honoris causa'']] at the [[University of Edinburgh]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Honorary degree for Maggie Cheung|url=http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/edinburgh-global/news-events/news/cheungdegree-040711|access-date=13 March 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726030737/http://www.ed.ac.uk/about/edinburgh-global/news-events/news/cheungdegree-040711|archive-date=26 July 2014}}</ref> Cheung retired from acting in 2013 and has since kept a low profile.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.8days.sg/entertainment/asian/maggie-cheung-gets-unfairly-slammed-by-netizens-after-someone-12699580#:~:text=Screen%20goddess%20Maggie%20Cheung%20has,Shanghai%20music%20festival%20in%202014.|title=Maggie Cheung Gets Unfairly Slammed by Netizens After Someone Posts This Photo of Her}}</ref>

Cheung has provided [[celebrity endorsement]] for [[Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group]].<ref>Wolfgang Schaefer and JP Kuehlwein, ''Rethinking Prestige Branding'', Kogan Page, 2015, p92.</ref>