Cecilia Cheung is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. She is wife of Nicholas Tse thus the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse (謝賢) and Deborah Li. She and Nicholas have a son, Lucas.
Cheung was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and a half Chinese-half British mother. Her parents divorced when she was just a child after which she was sent to Australia to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen. Cheung has an elder half-sister Dai Pek Chi, an airline pilot, two younger brothers and also a younger half-brother from her father's side.
In 1998, while helping a hair stylist friend at a catwalk show, she was offered to appear in a TV commercial advertising lemon tea. Later, Cheung made her film debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow's The King of Comedy (1999), followed soon after by Fly Me to Polaris (1999). The latter role earned her the award for Best Newcomer at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, Cheung launched her singing career with her first Cantopop album Any Weather (1999).
For Derek Yee's romantic drama Lost in Time (2003), Cheung won Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She played a young woman who lost her fiancé to a traffic accident which left her as a grieving single mother struggling to make ends meet.
Cecilia Cheung | |
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Chinese name | 張栢芝 (Traditional) |
Chinese name | 张柏芝 (Simplified) |
Pinyin | Zhāng Bózhī (Mandarin) |
Jyutping | Cheung Pak Zhi (Cantonese) |
Birth name | Cecilia Cheung |
Origin | Hong Kong |
Born | May 24, 1980 Hong Kong |
Occupation | Actress, singer |
Genre(s) | Cantopop |
Instrument(s) | Singing |
Spouse(s) | Nicholas Tse (2006-) |
Update:
Nicholas Tse & Cecilia Cheung To Divorce.
Nicholas Tse (謝霆鋒) and Cecilia Cheung (張拍芝) have separated as a result of the sex photos scandal that has rocked Hong Kong showbiz, Ming Pao, a Hong Kong newspaper, reported today, citing rumours.
Reports also say Nicholas Tse and Cecilia Cheung will divorce as because the sex scandel photos of Edison Chen and Cecilia Cheung pictures were seemingly taken right before their marriage. Nicholas is very angry and upset because some of the sex photos seem to have been taken just before the couple got married bring great shame to him and his family.
People are now wondering if the Nicholas Tse kids are really is and if DNA tests are needed. Edison Chen may be the father to one or two Cecilia Cheung love child.