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Maggie Q
Maggie Q at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival
Born	Margaret Denise Quigley May 22, 1979 (1979-05-22) (age 30) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Other name(s)	Maggie Quigley
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1998–present

Margaret Denise Quigley, better known as Maggie Q (Chinese: 李美琪; pinyin: Lǐ Měiqí, Vietnamese: Lý Mỹ Kỳ (Lei Mei-Kei); born May 22, 1979), is a Hawaiian-born actress and former fashion model. She initially gained fame in Hong Kong.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 External links

Early life

Maggie Q was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, to an American father of Polish, French Canadian and Irish descent, and a Vietnamese mother.¹² Her parents met while her father was stationed in Vietnam. Maggie is the youngest of five children. She has two sisters and two half-siblings from her mother's previous marriage in Vietnam. After graduating from Mililani High School, she traveled to Japan and Hong Kong to become a fashion model. In 1998, she got her first role in a Chinese-language television series.^{citation needed}

Career

She began acting in Hong Kong and elsewhere in East Asia. Because of her non-Chinese heritage, many of her Asian film appearances are in English or dubbed in Chinese languages. She has, however, stated that she took Mandarin and Cantonese lessons during her career in Asia and is able to speak both languages to varying degrees. Among her first film appearances were the lead roles in the Hong Kong action thrillers Gen-Y Cops and Naked Weapon, in which she played the martial artist assassin Charlene Ching. She has also played the titular role of Harmony in the German-Singapore telemovie collaboration Das Haus Der Harmonie, opposite leading Singaporean actress Fann Wong.

In 2006, she starred alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III. She played Zhen, the only female member of the IMF team. In 2007, she appeared in the Bruce Willis movie Live Free or Die Hard,³ the fourth film in the Die Hard series, and in Balls of Fury.

In 2008, Maggie played fictional Cao Ying, a granddaughter of the warlord Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, in her first ancient Chinese costume performance.

She also stars in the video game in the Need for Speed franchise Need for Speed: Undercover as Inspector Chase Linh who is the player's only contact to the Tri-City Police.⁴

In 2010, it was announced that she would be the lead character on the new CW series, Nikita, a revamp of the movie/TV title.⁵

She changed her name to Maggie Q for easier pronunciation by Chinese audiences.

Personal life

Maggie Q, who is vegetarian, is a strong supporter of PETA Asia-Pacific. She featured in two advertisements for the organization⁶ in 2007. In addition, Maggie was responsible for the removal of real fur from the costumes/set of the Chinese film Three Kingdoms.⁷ In 2007, PETA Asia-Pacific named Maggie Q its 'Person of the Year'. In 2008, the organization named Maggie Q one of the best-dressed celebrities of the year.⁸

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2011	Priest	Priestess
2010	The King of Fighters	Mai Shiranui
2009	Rogue's Gallery	High Priestess
	New York, I Love You	Janice Taylor
	The Warrior and the Wolf	TBA
2008	Deception	Tina
	Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon	Cao Ying
2007	Balls of Fury	Maggie Wong
	Live Free or Die Hard	Mai Linh
2006	Mission: Impossible III	Zhen Lei
	The Counting House	Jade
2005	House of Harmony	Harmony
	Dragon Squad	Yuet
	Taped	Maggie
2004	Rice Rhapsody	Gigi
	Around the World in 80 Days	Female Agent (cameo)
	Magic Kitchen	May
2003	The Trouble-Makers	Clary
2002	Naked Weapon	Charlene Ching
2001	Rush Hour 2	Girl in Car
	Manhattan Midnight	The twin-sisters Susan and Hope
2000	Gen-Y Cops	Jane Quigley
	Model from Hell	Anna

Year	Video Game	Role
2008	Need for Speed: Undercover	Chase Linh

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Maggie Q

• Maggie Q at the Internet Movie Database
• Maggie Quigley at Fashion Model Directory

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NAME	Q, Maggie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Quigley, Margaret Denise
SHORT DESCRIPTION	American actress
DATE OF BIRTH	May 22, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Honolulu, Hawaii
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH