Maggie Q Biography

MARITAL STATUS
Professions Actress , Producer
Birth name Margaret Denise Quigley
American nationality
Birth May 22, 1979 (Honolulu, Hawaii, United States)

BIOGRAPHY
Margaret Denise Quigley, born in Honolulu (Hawaii), is the daughter of an American father and a Vietnamese mother. After graduating from Mililani High School, she moved to Hong Kong to begin a career in modeling, and it was at this time that she changed her name to Maggie Q, which was easier for Chinese to pronounce. In 1998, she began her acting career by making a few appearances in Chinese television series.

In 2001, after gaining fame throughout most of Asia, Maggie Q moved to film playing one of the supporting roles in the film Rush Hour 2 alongside Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan . But it was the following year that Maggie Q really asserted herself as an actress by playing one of the leading roles in the Chinese film, Naked Weapon . In 2003, she tried her hand at producing by financing Earthlings by Shaun Monson , with Joaquin Phoenix .

After briefly reuniting with Jackie Chan in Around the World in 80 Days (2004) and starring in the comedy-drama Rice Rhapsody , Maggie Q turned to darker roles, with Daniel Lee ‘s crime film Dragon Squad . She continued on this path by playing alongside Tom Cruise and Philip Seymour Hoffman in Mission: Impossible III (2006) before participating in the blockbuster Die Hard 4 – return to hell (2007), in which she played a terrorist who gives wire to blame the famous John McClane (aka Bruce Willis ). These latter roles gave him a certain notoriety in the United States. Maggie Q continues to participate in films with prestigious castings, playing in 2008 in Manipulation alongside Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman , then in 2010 in the collective film New York, I Love You , with among others Ethan Hawke , Andy Garcia , Natalie Portman and Hayden Christensen . In 2014 and 2015, she starred opposite Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet by playing Tori, a Dauntless woman in charge of aptitude tests, in the first two parts of the Divergent saga , adapted from the bestselling novels by Veronica Roth .

At the same time, the actress has also enjoyed a successful career on television since 2010. She first played the title role of Nikita for four seasons , alongside Shane West and Lyndsy Fonseca . Then, a few months after the series ended in 2013, Kevin Williamson , the screenwriter of Scream and creator of Dawson and Following , offered her the first female role in his new series, Stalker . Opposite Dylan McDermott , Maggie Q plays Lieutenant Beth David, head of a Los Angeles police department responsible for investigating cases of harassment.