Cecilia Cheung
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Born | Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi 24 May 1980 | ||||||||||||
Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||
Alma mater | Camberwell Girls Grammar School | ||||||||||||
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Years active | 1998–present | ||||||||||||
Known for | Sing girl | ||||||||||||
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Children | 3 | ||||||||||||
Musical career | |||||||||||||
Origin | Hong Kong | ||||||||||||
Genres | Cantopop | ||||||||||||
Instrument | Vocals | ||||||||||||
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Traditional Chinese | |||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 张 | ||||||||||||
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Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi (Chinese:
Biography
[edit]Cheung was born on 24 May 1980 at Man Wah Sun Chuen, Jordan, Hong Kong to Davies Shally, who is of half Chinese and half British descent, and Cheung Yan-yung, a triad member who is also known as Bearded Bravery or Bearded Yung. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She was sent to Melbourne to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen and then attended Camberwell Girls Grammar School.[5] She has an elder half-sister, two younger brothers, and a younger half-brother from her father's side.[citation needed]
Career
[edit]In 1998, Cheung was cast in a television commercial advertising lemon tea, which caught the attention of Stephen Chow. Cheung made her film debut as a call girl in Chow's King of Comedy (1999), which became the highest grossing local film of the year and shot Cheung to fame.[7] She then starred in Fly Me to Polaris (1999), for which she sang the theme song. She was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards for both King of Comedy and Fly Me to Polaris, and won for the latter.[7][8] In the same year, Cheung released her first album Any Weather (1999).[5]
Cheung made inroads into the Korean market with Failan (2001) co-starring Choi Min-shik. The film earned her a nomination at the Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress. She then starred opposite Louis Koo in the comedy film The Lion Roars (2002), for which she won the Most Popular Actress award at the Chinese Film Media Awards.[9]
Cheung reunited with Louis Koo in Derek Yee's film Lost in Time (2003), for which she won the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She followed with crime thriller One Nite in Mongkok (2004) by Derek Yee, where she played a prostitute who crosses paths with an assassin (played by Daniel Wu). She was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the third time.[10]

Cheung played old Shanghai diva Zhou Xuan in TV series The Wandering Songstress (2008),[11] after which she took a break from acting and gave birth to two sons. She made a comeback in 2010, but her films were commercially and critically unsuccessful.[12][13][14][9]
In 2013, she announced a one-year break from acting and relocated to Singapore. Since then, Cheung switched her career focus to variety shows in mainland China. She has earned 70 million HKD in 2014, ranking number nine in the top ten list of Hong Kong's highest celebrity incomes in 2014.[15] In early 2021, Cheung joined the second season of Chinese reality series Sisters Who Make Waves.[16]
Personal life
[edit]Cheung dated Hong Kong star Daniel Chan from 1999 to 2001, after which she was romantically linked to Jordan Chan and Edison Chen.[17]
Cheung married Hong Kong star Nicholas Tse in the Philippines in September 2006.[18] She gave birth to their first son in August 2007[19] and second son in May 2010.[20] The couple divorced in 2011. They agreed to hold joint custody of their two sons.[21]
On 18 November 2018, Cheung announced that she had given birth to a third son, but the father of her son remains unknown.[22]
In March 2020, Cheung voiced her support for Xinjiang cotton after several international companies announced that they will no longer purchase cotton from the region due to concerns over Uyghur human rights.[23]
Incidents
[edit]1999 Triad threat incident
[edit]In 1999, Cheung, then a newcomer actress, was reportedly threatened with rape by triad members due to her father's massive debts.[24][25]
2008 Edison Chen Photo scandal
[edit]In January and February 2008, many explicit photos were found online involving Cheung and Edison Chen. The scandal also involved Gillian Chung and Bobo Chan.[26]
Filmography
[edit]Year | English title | Original title | Role | Notes |
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1999 | King of Comedy | Lau Piu-piu | ||
Fly Me to Polaris | Autumn Yue | |||
The Legend of Speed | Nancy | |||
2000 | Tokyo Raiders | Saori | ||
Twelve Nights | Jeannie | |||
Help!!! | 辣手 |
Dr. Ho Wing-yan | ||
2001 | Wu Yen | 鍾無 |
Enchantress / Yin Chun | |
Master Q 2001 | Mandy | |||
Everyday is Valentine | Wonderful | |||
Failan | 파이란 | Failan | ||
Shaolin Soccer | Dragon Player No. 7 | Cameo | ||
Para Para Sakura | 芭啦芭啦 |
Yuriko Sakurada / Yuriko's granny | ||
The Legend of Zu | Dawn / Enigma | |||
2002 | Second Time Around | Tina Chow | ||
Mighty Baby | Boey | |||
The Lion Roars | Moth Liu | |||
2003 | Love Under the Sun | Short film | ||
Cat and Mouse | Bai Yutang | |||
Honesty | Didi Wong | |||
Running on Karma | Inspector Lee Fung-yee | |||
Lost in Time | 忘不 |
Holly Lam | ||
2004 | Fantasia | Harmy Bobo | ||
Sex and the Beauties | Yuki Cheung | |||
Papa Loves You | 這個 |
Customer refused entry to café | Cameo | |
One Nite in Mongkok | 旺角 |
Dan Dan | ||
The White Dragon | Black Phoenix / White Dragon Jr. | |||
2005 | Himalaya Singh | Peacock | ||
The Promise | Qing Cheng | |||
2006 | The Shopaholics | Fong Fong-fong | ||
My Kung-Fu Sweetheart | Phoenix | |||
The 601st Phone Call | Tian You | |||
2011 | All's Well, Ends Well 2011 | Claire | ||
Treasure Hunt | Peggy Jiang | |||
Legendary Amazons | 楊門 |
Mu Guiying | ||
Speed Angels | You Mei | |||
The Lion Roars 2 | Wang Yueying | |||
Dangerous Liaisons | Mo Jieyu | |||
2017 | Out of Control | Lucy Lin | ||
TBA | 11th Day and One Night |
Year | English title | Alternative title | Role | Notes |
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2008 | The Wandering Songstress | Zhou Xuan | ||
2018 | Love Won't Wait | 如果,爱 | Wan Jialing | [27] |
Discography
[edit]Year | English Title | Chinese Title |
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1999 | No Matter How The Weather...Cloudy, Rainy Or Sunny (EP) | |
Destination | ||
2000 | A Brand New Me | |
Cecilia Cheung Mandarin Album | ||
2001 | Cecilia Cheung New & Best Collection | |
Party All the Time (Remix Album) | ||
Brand New Image | ||
2002 | Real Me | |
2003 | Colour of Lip (New + Best Collection) | |
2005 | C1 |
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Results | Ref. |
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2000 | 5th Golden Bauhinia Awards | Best Actress | Fly Me to Polaris | Nominated | [28] |
19th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [29] | ||
Best New Performer | Won | ||||
King of Comedy | Nominated | ||||
2002 | 39th Grand Bell Awards | Best Actress | Failan | Nominated | [30] |
2003 | 3rd Chinese Film Media Awards | Most Popular Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan) | The Lion Roars | Won | [31] |
2004 | 23rd Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actress | Lost in Time | Won | [32] |
Running on Karma | Nominated | ||||
10th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award | Best Actress | Won | [33][34] | ||
4th Chinese Film Media Awards | Best Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan) | Nominated | [35] | ||
Lost in Time | Won | [36] | |||
Most Popular Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan) | Running on Karma Lost in Time |
Silver Prize | [37] | ||
9th Golden Bauhinia Awards | Best Actress | Lost in Time | Won | [38] | |
2005 | 10th Golden Bauhinia Awards | One Nite in Mongkok | Nominated | [39] | |
24th Hong Kong Film Awards | Best Actress | Nominated | [40] | ||
5th Chinese Film Media Awards | Best Actress (Hong Kong/Taiwan) | Nominated | [41] | ||
2006 | 11th Golden Bauhinia Awards | Best Actress | The Promise | Nominated | [42] |
2011 | 1st LeTV Entertainment Awards | Most Popular Film Actress (Asia Pacific) | — | Won | [43] |
Most Commercially Valuable Actress | — | Won |
Notes
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References
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絕 代 佳人 張 柏 芝 (1)-魯豫有 約 :紅 伶-閱讀-新 浪 新聞 中心 " (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 May 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021. - ^ 8
大 明星 祝福 38岁张柏 芝生 日 ,亮 点 是 最 后 一 个男星 ,他 不 是 谢霆锋 [8 celebrities celebrates Cecilia Cheung's 38th birthday]. www.sohu.com (in Chinese). 23 May 2018. Retrieved 24 May 2021. - ^ Southern Metropolis Weekly (12 October 2007). "张雨绮亲
述 一 夜 成 名 :只 用 30秒 搞定周 星 驰(图)" (in Chinese). Sina. Archived from the original on 15 June 2024. Retrieved 15 June 2024.张柏
[Cecilia Cheung is also a star girl who has only had one movie with Stephen Chow, which made her quickly popular in the entertainment industry and after becoming popular, she began to stand in the position of the best actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In "Happy", Stephen Chow transformed this super pure girl into a complex combination of a simple student girl and a bar prostitute, reflecting his unique perspective of "creating" newcomers.]芝 也是只 和 周 星 驰仅有 过一部戏之缘的星女郎,让她疾 速 走 红娱乐圈,并且走红之后 就开始 站在金 像 奖影后 的 位置 上 。在 《喜 》中 ,周 星 驰硬是 把 这位超 级清纯玉女 改 造成 单纯学生 妹 和 酒 吧妓女 相 结合的 复杂面目 ,体 现了他 "打 造 "新人 的 独特 视角。 - ^ a b "Cecilia Cheung—A Fresh Young Beauty". Women of China. 12 September 2006. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
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琴子 ) (2008). "Cecilia Cheung, Beautiful Girl also Wild" 《张柏芝 ,玉 女 也张狂 》. 《快 乐阅读》 [Happy Reading] (in Chinese). Changsha, Hunan: Gao Zhong Sheng; Hunan Education Press. p. 10. ISSN 1671-329X. - ^ "Weep For Cecilia". Time. 1 May 2000.
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芝 ,正 在 浪 费才华" [Cecilia Cheung is wasting her talent]. People's Daily (in Chinese). Global People. 26 August 2012. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2017. - ^ ""Kung Fu Hustle," "2046" dominate HK Film Awards nominations". Sina Corp. 1 February 2005.
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- ^ "Cecilia Cheung, Joey Yung compete to be in a band for women over 30". The Star. 2021-03-02
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芝 霸气回 归荧屏 携手吴建豪 演 绎《如果,爱》" [Cecilia Cheung returns to the screen, pairs up with Vanness Wu in Perhaps, Love] (in Chinese). Sina Corp. 8 May 2017. - ^ "Golden Bauhinia Awards - Hong Kong, China - 2000 Awards". IMDb. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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第 十屆香港電影評論學會大獎得獎理由撮要" [Summary of reasons for winning the 10th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards]. Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 12 January 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024. - ^ "
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失意 金 紫 荆刘德 华"开溜" 张柏芝 获奖却遭嘘 声 " [Frustrated Golden Bauhinia Andy Lau "escaped" Cecilia Cheung won the award but was booed] (in Chinese). Sichuan News Network-Chengdu Evening News. 29 March 2004. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024 – via Sina Entertainment. - ^ "
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第 11届 香港 电影金 紫 荆奖提 名 名 单(部分 )" [The 11th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards Nomination List (Part)] (in Chinese). Sina Entertainment. 11 August 2006. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024. - ^ "乐视
影 视盛典 群 星 闪耀 张柏芝 表示 永 不 放 弃(图)" [Stars shine at LeTV Film and Television Festival, Cecilia Cheung says she will never give up (photo)]. Sina Entertainment (in Chinese). 27 August 2011. Archived from the original on 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- 1980 births
- 20th-century Hong Kong actresses
- 21st-century Hong Kong actresses
- 21st-century Hong Kong women singers
- Cantopop singer-songwriters
- Hong Kong Mandopop singers
- Hong Kong film actresses
- Hong Kong television actresses
- Hong Kong people of British descent
- Hong Kong emigrants to Australia
- Hong Kong idols