Profile | プロフィール
Born / 生年月日
September 20, 1964 | Hong Kong
Age / 年齢
60 years old (as of 2025)
Occupation / 職業
Actress
俳優
Nationality / 国籍
Hong Kong / British (香港・イギリス)
Net Worth / 推定資産
$20 million (2025)
Biography | 経歴
[English] Maggie Cheung Man-yuk is one of the supreme screen actresses in the history of cinema. Her trajectory from a beauty-contest entrant to a Cannes laureate remains one of the most inspiring transformations in the craft of acting. Her collaboration with Wong Kar-wai produced iconic images etched into the permanent memory of world cinema. In In the Mood for Love, her portrayal of Mrs. Chan—moving through narrow corridors in cheongsams designed to constrain desire, her inner life revealed only through the precision of movement and the subtle quality of withheld expression—stands as one of the most profound performances in contemporary film. Her achievement spans the full spectrum of the medium, culminating in the raw, sustained truth of Clean. That she chose, at the zenith of her career, to step away from the machinery of stardom is a final statement of artistic integrity, perfectly consistent with the profound depth of her work.
[日本語] マギー・チャン（張曼玉）は、映画史上最高のスクリーン女優の一人です。ミス・コンテストの出場者からカンヌ国際映画祭の受賞者へと至る彼女の軌跡は、演技という芸術において最も人々に勇気を与える変容の記録と言えるでしょう。ウォン・カーウァイとの共同作業によって生み出された映像は、世界映画の永続的な視覚的記憶として刻まれています。とりわけ『花様年華』において、欲望を封じ込めるかのようなチャイナドレスを纏い、抑制された身振りと「保留された表現」のみで内面の情念を伝えた彼女の演技は、現代映画史に燦然と輝く至高の達成であり、本作を傑作たらしめている核心にほかなりません。アクションから悲劇、そして三ヶ国語を操り剥き出しの真実を演じきった『クリーン』に至るまで、その歩みは女優という存在の可能性をすべて網羅しました。絶頂期にスターダムから身を引く決断を下したことさえも、彼女の芸術的誠実さの証明であり、その作品が持つ高潔な質実さと見事に調和しています。
Filmography | 主な作品
Feature Films (長編映画)
|
Year |
Title (English / Japanese / Original) |
Director |
Awards/Note |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1985 |
Police Story / ポリス・ストーリー／香港国際警察 / 警察故事 |
Jackie Chan |
May the girlfriend / Career-launching role |
|
1988 |
As Tears Go By / いますぐ抱きしめたい / 旺角卡門 |
Wong Kar-wai |
HKFA Best Actress nomination 🌟 / Debut with WKW |
|
1988 |
Police Story 2 / ポリス・ストーリー2 / 警察故事續集 |
Jackie Chan |
May reprise |
|
1990 |
Days of Being Wild / 欲望の翼 / 阿飛正傳 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Su Li-zhen / HKFA Best Film 🏆 |
|
1991 |
Centre Stage / ロアン・リンユィ/阮玲玉 / 阮玲玉 |
Stanley Kwan |
Berlin Silver Bear Best Actress 🏆 First Hong Kong actress / Ruan Lingyu biopic |
|
1992 |
Police Story 3: Supercop / ポリス・ストーリー3 / 警察故事3：超級警察 |
Stanley Tong |
May reprise / Action sequences with Michelle Yeoh |
|
1993 |
Green Snake / 青蛇 |
Tsui Hark |
Title role / Chinese fantasy folk legend |
|
1994 |
Ashes of Time / 楽園の瑕 / 東邪西毒 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Maggie Cheung as “The Woman” |
|
1996 |
Irma Vep |
Olivier Assayas |
Plays fictionalized “herself” / European art cinema breakthrough / Met future husband Assayas |
|
2000 |
In the Mood for Love / 花様年華 / 花樣年華 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Cannes Technical Grand Prize 🏆 (film) / BBC #1 Film 21st C (2022) / 23 cheongsam dresses / Tony Leung |
|
2002 |
Hero / HERO / 英雄 |
Zhang Yimou |
Moon / First Chinese-language film #1 US box office / Tony Leung reunion |
|
2004 |
Clean / クリーン |
Olivier Assayas |
Cannes Best Actress 🏆 First Asian actress to win / Drug addiction recovery / English, French, Cantonese |
|
2004 |
2046 |
Wong Kar-wai |
Ghostly reprise of In the Mood for Love character / Farewell appearance |
Television (テレビ)
|
Year |
Title |
Role |
Network |
Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1984–88 |
Multiple TVB dramas |
Various |
TVB |
Soap operas, light dramas, comedy series; established Hong Kong TV popularity |
Awards & Recognition | 受賞歴
Cannes Film Festival
Winner (受賞): 1 🏆
- Best Actress – Clean (2004) 🏆 First Asian actress in history to win Cannes Best Actress
In Competition (コンペティション部門):
- In the Mood for Love (2000) – Technical Grand Prize 🏆 / Palme d’Or nominated
Berlin International Film Festival (ベルリン国際映画祭)
Winner (受賞): 1 🏆
- Silver Bear for Best Actress – Centre Stage / Actress (1992) 🏆 First Hong Kong actress to win
Hong Kong Film Awards (香港電影金像奨)
Best Actress Winner (主演女優賞受賞): 4 times 🏆
- Best Actress – Centre Stage (1992) 🏆
- Best Actress – In the Mood for Love (2001) 🏆
- Best Actress – Hero (2003) 🏆
- Best Actress – Clean (2005) 🏆
Most wins in HKFA Best Actress history (tied)
Other Major Awards
- Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress – multiple wins 🏆
- Golden Horse Award (Taiwan / 金馬奨) Best Actress – Centre Stage (1992) 🏆
- Seattle International Film Festival Best Actress – Clean (2004) 🏆
- Asian Film Award – Career recognition 🏆
Retrospectives & Honours
- Cinémathèque Française, Paris – Career retrospective 🏆
- Hong Kong Film Archive – Featured retrospective 🏆
- Multiple international film festival tributes
Box Office Achievements | 興行成績
|
Film |
Worldwide Box Office |
|---|---|
|
Hero (2002) |
$177.4 million |
|
Police Story 3: Supercop (1992) |
$114 million |
|
In the Mood for Love (2000) |
~$12 million (international arthouse) |
Career Box Office (selected films): Over $300 million worldwide
