Background
Ethnicity:
Her father, a government employee, is of Irish and Polish descent. Her mother, a golf course employee, is a Vietnamese immigrant.
Margaret Denise Quigley was born on May 22, 1979.
Maggie Q
Maggie Denise Quigley
Maggie Denise Quigley
Maggie Q and Lyndsy Fonseca in Nikita.
Maggie Q
Maggie Q and Shane West
Ethnicity:
Her father, a government employee, is of Irish and Polish descent. Her mother, a golf course employee, is a Vietnamese immigrant.
Margaret Denise Quigley was born on May 22, 1979.
She speaks English and Cantonese
At the suggestion of a friend, Q began modeling in Tokyo at the age of 17, before making an unsuccessful move to Taipei, and finally trying in Hong Kong.
In 1998, she started her acting career in the TV drama House of the Dragon, which was a huge hit in Asia.In 2002, she starred as martial artist assassin Charlene Ching in the action film Naked Weapon.
Q previously dated Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu who also was a costar of Naked Weapon. She has three tattoos: one on each arm and one of a phoenix on her left hip, which she has had to conceal for most of her roles except Nikita. Q also suffered temporary hearing loss in her left ear, when her eardrum was blown out in an explosive stunt. She lives in Los Angeles, California, with her three (at one point, eight) rescued dogs.
Actor: (films) The Legendary Tai Fei, 1999, Gui Ming Mo, 2000, Gen-Y Cops, 2000, Manhattan Midnight, 2001, Rush Hour 2, 2001, Naked Weapon, 2002, Magic Kitchen, 2004, Around the World in 80 Days, 2004, Rice Rhapsody, 2004, Taped, 2005, House of Harmony, 2005, Dragon Squad, 2005, Mission Impossible The third, 2006, Deception, 2008, Balls of Fury, 2007; (television series) House of the Dragon, 1998, See You in Kowloon, 2002, Mission in Trouble, 2002; (plays) All Hallow's Eve, 2003.
Appeared over 100 covers including Asian editions of Time,Harper's Bazaar, Marie Claire, Elle, Madame Figaro, and Cosmopolitan.
