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Maggie Cheung (Cheung Man-yuk; Chinese: 張曼玉; pinyin: Zhāng Mànyù; born 20 September 1964) is a Hong Kong actress. She is one of the most successful and internationally acclaimed actresses in Asia, renowned for her diverse and versatile performances as well as her natural acting skills. She has won numerous international acting awards, including the Best Actress Award at the Berlin International Film Festival for her performance in the film Center Stage (1991) and becoming the first Asian actress to win the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival for her outstanding performance in the film Clean (2004). In 2000, she starred in Wong Kar-wai's film In the Mood for Love, which not only gained her worldwide fame but also received widespread acclaim. It is now regarded as a classic in Asian cinema and fashion. After winning the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004, she put her acting career on hold and occasionally appears at fashion events and award ceremonies.
In 1985, she collaborated with Jackie Chan in the film Police Story, becoming popular in Asia and getting recognized by international audiences.
Cheung has won numerous accolades at home and abroad for her acting. From 1989 to 2001, she won the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress five times, holding the record for most wins in the category. She also holds the record for most wins for the Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress in Taiwan, winning four times.
In Europe, she won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for Center Stage (1991) at the Berlin International Film Festival, and Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004 for Clean, becoming the first Asian actress to win the latter. In 2005, she became the first Asian actress to be nominated for the French César Award for Best Actress, also for Clean. She is the only Asian actress to have won Best Actress awards at two of the three major European film festivals.
In 2000, In the Mood for Love, in which she starred, ranked fifth on Sight & Sound magazine's list of the top 100 films in film history. The website of Entertainment Weekly in the United States once listed the "51 classic performances overlooked by the Oscars" in the 86-year history of the Oscars, and Maggie Cheung's performance in In the Mood for Love became one of the only two Asian performances on the list.In 2002, she starred in the film Hero, which was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars. Golden Globe Award nomination for best foreign language film.In the same year, she became the cover figure of Time magazine.
in 2005, she gradually faded from the public eye. She occasionally appeared at some events or award ceremonies. She once served as an ambassador for the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) in 2010.