Career
Maggie Cheung Ho-yee competed in TVB"s 1994 Mission Hong Kong beauty pageant, reaching the final five but not placing. However she did gain a special award for best "potential artist" (最具演藝潛質獎) and was signed to the channel soon afterwards. Her career spun off to a whirlwind of a start, as she was offered a leading role.
However, she wanted to start from the bottom up and hence declined the role, only to accept a subsidiary role in another series.
Many will say that her career kicked off with the well accepted Old Time Buddy, but some others say it is with her primary leading role in "One Good Turn Deserves Another". The character was well received because of Maggie"s excellent portrayal of Connie Chan.
The immense success lead to sequel, To Catch A Thief, a movie, Those Were The Days, and even a platinum selling Civil Defense. She has co-starred with numerous male actors, such as Gallen Lo, Louis Koo, Wong He, Roger Kwok, Steven Ma, Joe Ma, Moses Chan, Gordon Lam, and numerous others Her chemistry with Gallen Lo lead to several other pairings in other series.
In 2004, she was in the race for the award again with new series that included "The Conqueror"s Story" and "War and Beauty".
In 2005, she was diagnosed with the rare Graves" Disease, preventing her from filming "Au Revoir Shanghai" and she was replaced by Anne Heung. After a break from showbiz for 2 years, she has just recovered and Maggie has said in an interview that she would be filming a new drama series in August 2007. Her numerous fans worldwide are avidly awaiting the release of a new drama from Cheung Ho Yee.
Maggie also hosted the Mr Hong Kong 2007 contest with Dodo Cheng.
In 2010, Maggie became a spokesperson for the French"s anti-aging skincare brand, Race Of Champions®.