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Maggie Q - Biography |
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Margaret Denise Quigley (born May
22, 1979), professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress.
She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in
the action films Gen-Y Cops (2000) and Naked Weapon (2002), before
appearing in the American productions Mission: Impossible III (2006),
Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Priest (2011) and The Protégé (2021). She
portrayed Tori Wu in the dystopian science-fiction action film Divergent
(2014), and reprised her role in the sequels, Insurgent (2015) and
Allegiant (2016).
Q starred in the title role on The CW action-thriller series Nikita
(2010–2013), and also had a main role as FBI Special Agent Hannah Wells
in the ABC/Netflix political thriller series Designated Survivor
(2016–19). She provided the voice of Wonder Woman on the animated series
Young Justice (2012–19).
For her first several Hong Kong films, since Maggie could not actually
speak Cantonese - she actually had to learn her lines phonetically. Some
lines may also have been dubbed.
Her father, who is American-born, has Irish and Polish ancestry. Her
mother is Vietnamese-born. Maggie was raised in Hawaii, and was a
fashion model and television personality before she became a movie
actress.
Although she is actually American (born and raised in Hawaii), and of
half Vietnamese descent, Maggie pursued modeling careers first in Japan,
then Taiwan, then Hong Kong. Her transition into acting was almost
coincidental and since then she has become both a top model and actress
in Hong Kong, along with garnering a certain amount of fame across Asia. |
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Maggie Q - Personal Quotes |
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Not only do I not want to be
stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights (gee, what a wonder), but
also, I have more to offer than that.
I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting
to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa
over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call
anyone for help. There's comfort in that.
When you come to America, it's a very serious thing. It's not like
you arrive and they say, "Hey, come on! Do movies!" I can't just be
hopping around. I have to focus and be still and make sure that I
put the time and effort in. Because if I don't, I could lose it like
that.
My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says,
'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can
I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the
planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue
that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that
we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow
things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way. |
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Maggie Q - Filmography |
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2000 Model from, Hell Anna
2000 Gen-Y Cops, Jane Quigley
2001 Manhattan Midnight, Susan / Hope
2001 Rush Hour 2, Girl in car
2002 Naked Weapon, Charlene Ching
2003 The Trouble-Makers, Miss Clary
2004 Magic Kitchen, May
2004 Around the World in 80 Days, Female agent
2004 Rice Rhapsody Gigi, Chinese
2005 Taped Maggie Short film
2005 Dragon Squad Yuet
2006 Mission: Impossible III, Zhen Lei
2007 The Counting House, Jade
2007 Live Free or Die Hard, Mai Linh
2007 Balls of Fury, Maggie Wong
2008 Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, Cao Ying
2008 Deception, Tina
2008 New York, I Love You, Janice Taylor Segment: "Yvan Attal"
2009 The Warrior and the Wolf, Harran woman
2010 Operation: Endgame, High Priestess
2010 The King of Fighters, Mai Shiranui
2011 Priest, Priestess
2014 Divergent, Tori Wu
2014 Unity Narrator Documentary
2015 The Divergent Series: Insurgent, Tori Wu
2016 The Divergent Series: Allegiant , Tori Wu
2017 The Crash, Hilary
2017 Slumber, Alice
2018 The Con Is On, Irina
2018 Modest Heroes, Mom (voice), Segment: "Life Ain't Gonna Lose"
2020 Fantasy Island, Gwen Olsen
2020 he Argument, Sarah
2020 Death of Me, Christine
2021 The Protégé, Anna
2023 Fear the Night, Tess
2023 The Family Plan, Gwen |
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Maggie Q - Related Links |
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