Biography

Cheung was born in Man Wah Sun Chuen, Jordan, Hong Kong to a Chinese father and a half Chinese-half British mother. Her parents divorced when she was nine years old. She was sent to Melbourne, Australia 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.

Career

Her career began in 1998, when she was cast in a television commercial advertising lemon tea. She caught the attention of Stephen Chow after shooting the ad. Later, Cheung made her film debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow's 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 the award for Best Actress at the 23rd (2004) 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.

Cheung has earned 70 million HKD in 2014, making her number nine in the top ten list of Hong Kong's highest (entertainment) celebrity incomes in 2014.

Personal life

Cheung has been romantically linked to Hong Kong male singers such as Daniel Chan and Jordan Chan. She then dated Nicholas Tse in early 2002, but split with him late that year when he returned to his ex-girlfriend, singer Faye Wong. In early 2003, rumors surfaced of Cheung and Edison Chen engaging in an underground relationship. However, the media was not able prove the rumors, thus the rumors quickly disappeared until the infamous racy photos incident in 2008. Cheung and Tse were first reported to have reconciled in early 2006 and on 31 July 2006, Tse officially admitted to dating Cheung in an interview with Commercial Radio Hong Kong 881/903.

In September 2006, Tse showed off his wedding ring at the Hong Kong International Airport, announcing that he and Cheung had been married in a secret wedding ceremony in the Philippines.

On the 8 January 2007 episode of TVB's Entertainment Scoop (東張西望), Nicholas' father, Patrick Tse, confirmed that Cheung was approximately three months pregnant with the couple's first child. Around March 2007 on an episode of TVB's Entertainment Scoop (東張西望), it was said that their child, a baby boy, was due in August. On 2 August 2007, Cheung gave birth to a son named Lucas. On 12 May 2010, she gave birth to the couple's second son, Quintus. On 23 August 2011, the couple made a public announcement of an agreement to a divorce. They agreed to joint custody of their two sons.

Incidents

1999 Triad threat incident

In 1999, her triad member father got into a misunderstanding with a rival gang. As a result, Cheung received rape and death threats against her, when she was still relatively new in the film industry.

2008 Edison Chen Photo scandal

Main article: Edison Chen photo scandal

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.

Filmography

Film

Year	English title	Alternative title	Role	Notes
1999	King of Comedy	喜劇之王	Lau Piu-piu	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer
	Fly Me to Polaris	星願	Autumn Yue	Hong Kong Film Award for Best New Performer Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Nominated - Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actress
	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 #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	Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Actress Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	Lost in Time	忘不了	Holly Lam	Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress Golden Bauhinia Award for Best Actress
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 cafe	cameo
	One Nite in Mongkok	旺角黑夜	Dan Dan	Nominated - Hong Kong Film Award for Best Actress
	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
2012	Repeat I Love You	影子愛人	Paris
	The Lion Roars 2	河東獅吼2	Wang Yueying
	Dangerous Liaisons	危險關係	Mo Jieyu
2015	11th Day and One Night
TBA	Out of Control

Television

Year	English title	Alternative title	Role	Notes
2008	The Wandering Songstress	天涯歌女	Zhou Xuan

Discography

• (1999) No Matter How The Weather...Cloudy, Rainy Or Sunny EP (任何天氣)
• (1999) Destination
• (2000) A Brand New Me (不一樣的我)
• (2000) Cecilia Cheung (張柏芝同名國語專輯)
• (2001) Cecilia Cheung New & Best Collection (張柏芝全新經驗新曲+精選)
• (2001) Party All the Time (Remix Album)
• (2001) Brand New Image (最新形象)
• (2002) Cecilia Cheung EP (真我)
• (2003) Colour of Lip (New + Best Collection) (至愛唇色(新曲+精選))
• (2005) C1

[ Source: Wikipedia ]