Cecilia Cheung

After her film career declined in the 2010s, she shifted toward Chinese reality television.

• Name — Cecilia Cheung • Native Name — 張栢芝 • Birth Name — Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi • Born — 24 May 1980 • Birthplace — Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, British Hong Kong • Education — Camberwell Girls Grammar School • Occupation — * Actress • singer • Years Active — 1998–present • Known for — Sing girl • Notable Works — * King of Comedy • Fly Me to Polaris • The Lion Roars • Lost in Time • The Promise • Children — 3

Cheung was born on 24 May 1980 at Man Wah Sun Chuen, Jordan, Hong Kong to Davies Shally, who is of half Chinese and half British descent, and Cheung Yan-yung, a triad member who is also known as Bearded Bravery or Bearded Yung. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She was sent to Melbourne to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen and then attended Camberwell Girls Grammar School. She has an elder half-sister, two younger brothers, and a younger half-brother from her father's side.

• Illustration — Star, hand prints and autograph of Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong. In 1998, Cheung was cast in a television commercial advertising lemon tea, which caught the attention of Stephen Chow. Cheung made her film debut as a call girl in Chow's King of Comedy (1999), which became the highest grossing local film of the year and shot Cheung to fame. She then starred in Fly Me to Polaris (1999), for which she sang the theme song. She was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards for both King of Comedy and Fly Me to Polaris, and won for the latter. In the same year, Cheung released her first album Any Weather (1999). Cheung made inroads into the Korean market with Failan (2001) co-starring Choi Min-shik. The film earned her a nomination at the Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress. She then starred opposite Louis Koo in the comedy film The Lion Roars (2002), for which she won the Most Popular Actress award at the Chinese Film Media Awards. Cheung reunited with Louis Koo in Derek Yee's film Lost in Time (2003), for which she won the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She followed with crime thriller One Nite in Mongkok (2004) by Derek Yee, where she played a prostitute who crosses paths with an assassin (played by Daniel Wu). She was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the third time. • Illustration — Cheung in 2009 Cheung played old Shanghai diva Zhou Xuan in TV series The Wandering Songstress (2008), after which she took a break from acting and gave birth to two sons. She made a comeback in 2010, but her films were commercially and critically unsuccessful. In 2013, she announced a one-year break from acting and relocated to Singapore. Since then, Cheung mainly appeared in variety shows in mainland China. She has earned 70 million HKD in 2014, ranking number nine in the top ten list of Hong Kong's highest celebrity incomes in 2014. In 2021, Cheung joined the second season of Chinese reality series Sisters Who Make Waves.

Cheung dated Hong Kong star Daniel Chan from 1999 to 2001, after which she was romantically linked to Jordan Chan and Edison Chen. Cheung married Hong Kong star Nicholas Tse in the Philippines in September 2006. She gave birth to their first son in August 2007 and second son in May 2010. The couple divorced in 2011. They agreed to hold joint custody of their two sons. On 18 November 2018, Cheung announced that she had given birth to a third son, but the father of her son remains unknown. In March 2020, Cheung voiced her support for Xinjiang cotton after several international companies announced that they will no longer purchase cotton from the region due to concerns over Uyghur human rights.

In 1998, Cheung signed a contract with her first manager Stanley Chu Wing-lung, who took 30 percent of her earnings. After King of Comedy (1999), she sought to terminate the deal, leading to a public dispute and lawsuit, during which Chu was attacked by three assailants and hospitalized while Cheung declined to comment over the incident. They reached a settlement in February 2004.

In 1999, Cheung, then a newcomer actress, was threatened with rape by triad members due to her father's massive debts. The threat was quelled with the help of Tiffany Chen, wife of Charles Heung, after which Cheung joined the couple's China Star Entertainment.

In January and February 2008, many explicit photos were found online involving Cheung and Edison Chen. The scandal also involved Gillian Chung and Bobo Chan.

In 2006, Cheung's manager Tiffany Chen sought to terminate Cheung's contract with China Star Entertainment in order to urge her to end her relationship with Nicholas Tse; instead, Cheung secretly married Tse in the Philippines. In 2007, Cheung attempted to dissolve her contract and pursued a claim of over HK$15.8 million, but the dispute was settled within a month. In 2015, Charles Heung criticized Cheung's behavior on the set of League of Gods and announced he would no longer work with her, while Chen suggested Cheung seek treatment over her mental issues. In 2016, Chen alleged that Andy Lau had complained about Cheung's unprofessional behavior during the filming of Running on Karma, and further claimed that Cheung prevented Tse's family from seeing their children. In 2019, Chen accused Cheung of pathological lying, suggesting it was a result of her divorce.

On 1 June 2024, Cheung's former manager Samuel Yu released the song "In the Name of a Dog", alleging that she had likened herself to a dog to obtain a HK$40 million signing bonus and later failed to fulfill her contract. Cheung's studio denied the claims, stating that Yu had signed contracts without her authorization.

Film • Year — English title — Original title — Role — Notes • 1999 — King of Comedy — 喜劇之王 — Lau Piu-piu • Fly Me to Polaris — 星願 — Autumn Yue • The Legend of Speed — 烈火戰車2極速傳說 — Nancy • 2000 — Tokyo Raiders — 東京攻略 — Saori • Twelve Nights — 十二夜 — Jeannie • Help!!! — 辣手回春 — Dr. Ho Wing-yan • 2001 — Wu Yen — 鍾無艷 — Enchantress / Yin Chun • Master Q 2001 — 老夫子2001 — Mandy • Everyday Is Valentine — 情迷大話王 — Wonderful • Failan — 파이란 — Failan • Shaolin Soccer — 少林足球 — Dragon Player No. 7 — Cameo • Para Para Sakura — 芭啦芭啦櫻之花 — Yuriko Sakurada / Yuriko's granny • The Legend of Zu — 蜀山傳 — Dawn / Enigma • 2002 — Second Time Around — 無限復活 — Tina Chow • Mighty Baby — 絕世好B — Boey • The Lion Roars — 我家有一隻河東獅 — Moth Liu • 2003 — Love Under the Sun — 愛在陽光下 — Short film • Cat and Mouse — 老鼠愛上貓 — Bai Yutang • Honesty — 絕種好男人 — Didi Wong • Running on Karma — 大隻佬 — Inspector Lee Fung-yee • Lost in Time — 忘不了 — Holly Lam • 2004 — Fantasia — 鬼馬狂想曲 — Harmy Bobo • Sex and the Beauties — 性感都市 — Yuki Cheung • Papa Loves You — 這個阿爸真爆炸 — Customer refused entry to café — Cameo • One Nite in Mongkok — 旺角黑夜 — Dan Dan • The White Dragon — 小白龍情海翻波 — Black Phoenix / White Dragon Jr. • 2005 — Himalaya Singh — 喜馬拉亞星 — Peacock • The Promise — 無極 — Qing Cheng • 2006 — The Shopaholics — 最愛女人購物狂 — Fong Fong-fong • My Kung-Fu Sweetheart — 野蠻秘笈 — Phoenix • The 601st Phone Call — 第601個電話 — Tian You • 2011 — All's Well, Ends Well 2011 — 最強囍事 — Claire • Treasure Hunt — 無價之寶 — Peggy Jiang • Legendary Amazons — 楊門女將之軍令如山 — Mu Guiying • Speed Angels — 極速天使 — You Mei • The Lion Roars 2 — 河東獅吼2 — Wang Yueying • Dangerous Liaisons — 危險關係 — Mo Jieyu • 2017 — Out of Control — 失控·幽靈飛車 — Lucy Lin • TBA — 11th Day and One Night — 十一天零一夜 Television • Year — English title — Alternative title — Role — Notes/Ref. Reference • 2008 — The Wandering Songstress — 天涯歌女 — Zhou Xuan • 2018 — Love Won't Wait — 如果，爱 — Wan Jialing

Her recorded languages were Cantonese, English and Putonghua. Her recorded confession was Buddhism. She married Nicholas Tse.

Cecilia Cheung is recorded with the occupation singer. Classed in the genre C-pop. Recorded as singer, actress, songwriter and musician.