birth date | May 22, 1979 |
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birth place | Honolulu, Hawaii, US |
birthname | Margaret Denise Quigley |
occupation | Actress |
yearsactive | 1998–present |
othername | }} |
Margaret Denise Quigley, professionally known as Maggie Q (born May 22, 1979), is an American actress and former fashion model. She currently stars as the titular character on the action-thriller TV series Nikita.
Q attended Mililani Waena Elementary School and Wheeler Intermediate School. She also attended Mililani High School, where she was on the cross country, track and field, and swim teams. She won the title of "Best Bod" senior year, and graduated from Mililani High School in 1997.
In 1998, she started her acting career in the TV drama House of the Dragon, which was a huge hit in Asia. In 2000, Q made her film debut as Anna in the horror film Model from Hell, and went on to star as an FBI agent Jane Quigley in the action thriller Gen-Y Cops the same year. Her appearance in Gen-Y Cops impressed Jackie Chan so much that she was cast in Manhattan Midnight and Rush Hour 2.
In 2002, she starred as martial artist assassin Charlene Ching in the action film Naked Weapon. In 2005, Q played Harmony in the German-Singaporean TV mini-series House of Harmony, opposite Fann Wong. The same year she also co-produced the animal treatment documentary Earthlings narrated by Joaquin Phoenix.
In 2006, she starred alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III. She played Zhen, the only female member of the IMF team. In 2007, she appeared as Mai Linh in the Bruce Willis movie Live Free or Die Hard, the fourth film in the Die Hard series, and as Maggie in Balls of Fury.
In 2008, Q played fictional Cao Ying, a granddaughter of the warlord Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, her first ancient Chinese costume performance. That same year, she also appeared in the drama/thriller movie Deception starring Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman, as Tina, an investment banker who introduced Jackman's character to an exclusive anonymous sex club list.
Q also stars in the video game in the Need for Speed franchise Need for Speed: Undercover, as the seductive lead character, federal agent Chase Linh, who is the player's only contact to the Tri-City Police.
In 2010, she became the lead character, an assassin gone rogue, on the new CW series, Nikita, a revamp of the movie/TV title.
Q previously dated Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu who also was a costar of Naked Weapon. She had also dated Korean-American model and actor Daniel Henney. She has three tattoos: one on each arm and one of a phoenix on her buttocks, which she has had to conceal for most of her roles except Nikita. Q is also deaf in her left ear, because her eardrum was blown out in an explosive stunt while her right ear suffered mild hearing loss. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her three (at one point, 8) rescued dogs.
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;" | Film | |||
!Title | !Role | !Notes | ||
rowspan="2" | 2000 | Model from Hell (鬼名模) | Anna | |
Gen-Y Cops (特警新人類2) | Jane Quigley | |||
rowspan="2" | 2001 | Manhattan Midnight| | Susan & Hope (twins) | |
Rush Hour 2 | Girl in Car | |||
2002 | Naked Weapon (赤裸特工)| | Charlene Ching | ||
2003 | The Trouble-Makers (一屋两火)| | Clary | ||
rowspan="3" | 2004 | Rice Rhapsody (海南雞飯)| | Gigi | |
Around the World in 80 Days (2004 film)Around the World in 80 Days | |
Female Agent | ||
Magic Kitchen (魔幻廚房) | May | |||
rowspan="4" | 2005 | House of Harmony| | Harmony | |
Dragon Squad (猛龍) | Yuet | |||
Taped | Maggie | |||
Earthlings (documentary)Earthlings | |
Co-Producer | ||
rowspan="2" | 2006 | Mission: Impossible III| | Zhen Lei | Asian Excellence Awards>Asian Excellence Award for Supporting Film Actress |
The Counting House | Jade | |||
rowspan="3" | 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard| | Mai Linh | |
Balls of Fury | Maggie Wong | |||
The Counting House | Jade | |||
rowspan="3" | 2008 | Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (三國之見龍卸甲)| | Cao Ying | |
Deception (2008 film)Deception | |
Tina | ||
Need for Speed: Undercover | Chase Linh | |||
rowspan="3" | 2009 | The Warrior and the Wolf (狼災記)| | Harran Woman | |
New York, I Love You | Janice Taylor | |||
Operation: Endgame | High Priestess | |||
rowspan="1" | 2010 | The King of Fighters (film)The King of Fighters || | Mai Shiranui | |
rowspan="1" | 2011 | Priest (2011 film)Priest || | Priestess | |
colspan="4" style="background: LightSteelBlue;">Television | ||||
!Year | !Title | !Role | !Notes | |
rowspan="1" | 1998 | House of Dragon | Devine | |
2010–present | Nikita (TV series)Nikita || | Nikita (Nikita character)>Nikita | Teen Choice Awards>Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Action |
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