i was happy to see that maggie won too. i think she's one of the most talented actors to come out of hk.

Wasn't she in "Chinese Box" with Boris Karloff, er, Jeremy Irons?

Yes, Maggie was in Chinese Box.

You can get a list of her movies here.

Matt and I totally loved her in In the Mood for Love and The Actress.

I hope the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences finally recognizes her for Clean -- the movie for which she won her award at Cannes.

the actress is one of most amazing films. i'd read about that film when i was really into hk films and still living in the states, but it never showed up at the theaters, and i had a hard time finding a copy of the film with subtitles. but it shows up on tv here everyonce in awhile. i never knew what its various english names were until seeing this post though.

Isn't The Actress just great? It's a biography of the very famous female actor Ruan Ling-yu who was active in China in the 1930s. Fame-wise, she was, like, the Mary Pickford of her time -- although her films were VERY realistic, gritty, and powerful. This movie eerily recreates some actual scenes from the few surviving films of Ruan Ling-yu. Maggie is totally wonderful in this role.


We saw an interview with Maggie on one of the DVD's we rented of her other films, and she kept talking about The Actress. (It is also known as Centre Stage.) I went looking for it, and (surprisingly) did not find it on any American site. I hunted some more and found it on a site that specializes in Asian films. I took a chance and ordered it, got it, and was totally amazed how gorgeous is the production of that film! And it's a really sad story, too, because Ruan Ling-yu was a victim of sexism and racism and so many other "-isms" that affected strong women back then (and, I suppose, still can).

I totally recommend this film -- and, of course, any film of Maggie's. She is so wonderful!

Disclaimer: I am not related to or affiliated with Maggie in any way -- although I would totally love to interview her one day!

Maggie Cheung is wonderful -- the only star I've ever compared favorably to Barbara Stanwyck. The first time I realized just how grand she was was, paradoxically, in Wong Kar-Wai's first movie, "As Tears Go By" -- paradoxical, because she so completely vanished into the role.

No currently available version of "Actress" compares with the director's; I've already told the sad story at my site.

Video companies have treated Stanley Kwan disgracefully. Americans don't even have access to his wonderful BFI documentary, the best of the "Century of Cinema" series.