Maggie Cheung Ho Yee
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Maggie Cheung Ho Yee (Traditional Chinese: 張可頤, pinyin: Zhāng Kěyi, born 20 March 1970 in Hong Kong), not to be confused with Maggie Cheung Man Yuk, is a Hong Kong actress, under contract to the television channel TVB. As such she owes her popularity for her work to that channel's television series, with relatively few film credits to her name.
Born in 1970 she competed in TVB's 1994 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards .
The popularity of artists in the Hong Kong television market depends as much on the popularity of the characters in a series as to the ability of the actors and it was not until 1998 that she achieved mainstream popularity with the series "Old Time Buddies", in which she played a character based on 60s teen idol Connie Chan Po-chu.
In 2003, she won the most coveted award a TVB actress can receive, Favorite Lead Actress, beating other "fa dan", a Cantonese term borrowed from Cantonese operas and roughly corresponding to modern notions of main actresses, such as Jessica Hsuan, Charmaine Sheh, and Kenix Kwok. In 2004, she was in the race for the award again with new series that included "The Conqueror's Story" and "War and Beauty". However, the filming for her Mainland China series, "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", interfered with the award ceremony, and Gigi Lai won the award.
Recently, she has been diagnosed with the rare Graves' Disease preventing her from filming "Au Revoir Shanghai" and she was replaced by Anne Heung.
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[edit] Filmography
| Year | Film | Production Company |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Tung Chu Kwan Biopic | China |
| Song of Everlasting Sorrow | China | |
| 2004 | The Conqueror's Story | TVB |
| War & Beauty | TVB | |
| 2003 | Better Halves | TVB |
| The King of Yesterday & Tomorrow | TVB | |
| Ups & Downs in the Sea of Love | TVB | |
| 2002 | Let's Face It | TVB |
| Burninig Flame II | TVB | |
| Police Station No.7 | TVB | |
| 2001 | The Awakening Story | TVB |
| 2000 | The Sky is the Limit | TVB |
| 1999 | A Smiling Ghost Story | TVB |
| Plain Love II | TVB | |
| 1998 | To Catch a Thief | TVB |
| 1997 | A Recipe for the Heart | TVB |
| Mystery Files | TVB | |
| Old Time Buddy | TVB | |
| A Road & A Will | TVB | |
| Those Were the Days | ||
| 1996 | One Good Turn Deserves Another | TVB |
| Once Upon a Time in Shanghai | TVB | |
| Ancient Heroes | TVB | |
| Cold Blood Warm Heart | TVB | |
| 1995 | A Kindred Spirit | TVB |
| The Unexpected | TVB | |
| The Condor Heroes 1995 | TVB |
[edit] Turn-downs
| Film | Replacement | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Au Revoir Shanghai | Anne Heung | Health reason |
| Lethal Weapons of Love & Passion | Charmaine Sheh | Schedule conflicts |
| Healing Hands III | Gigi Lai | Schedule conflicts |
| Riches & Stitches | Anne Heung | Schedule conflicts, uninterested |
| A Taste of Love | Flora Chan | Uninterested |
| Healing Hands II | Yoyo Mung | Uninterested |
| Country Spirits | Charmaine Sheh | Refused to repeat role |
| At the Threshold of an Era II | Maggie Siu | Uninterested |
| At the Threshold of an Era | Maggie Siu | Health reason, Uninterested |
| Class of Distinction | Angie Cheung | Ideological differences with producer |
[edit] Appearance in Sales Presentation
| Year | Film | Replacement |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Spies & Dangerous Love | N/A |
| 2004 | Lethal Weapons of Love & Passion | Charmaine Sheh |
| 2002 | Hard Fate | Flora Chan |
| 2001 | Armed Reaction III | Ada Choi |
| 1999 | Dangerous Elements | N/A |
| 1998 | Electric Inspector | N/A |
