Cecilia Cheung

Cecilia Cheung is a Hong Kong actress and C-pop singer. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Tse and ex-daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have two sons, Lucas and Quintus.
Biography
Cheung was born at Man Wah Sun Chuen in Yau Ma Tei, Kowloon, She is daughter to a Chinese father and a Chinese-British mother. Her parents divorced when she was just a child, after which she was sent to Australia to live with her aunt. Cheung has an elder half-sister, two younger brothers and a younger half-brother from her father's side of the family.
In 1998, while helping a hairstylist friend at a catwalk show, she was offered to appear in a TV advertisement advertising lemon tea. Later, Cheung made her movie debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow's King of Comedy in 1999, followed soon after by Fly Me to Polaris. Her role in Fly Me to Polaris got her the award for Best Newcomer at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, Cheung launched her singing career with her first C-pop album Any Weather.
For Derek Yee's romance-drama Lost in Time (2003), Cheung won the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She played a young woman who lost her fiance in a traffic accident which left her as a grieving single mother struggling to make ends meet.
Cheung has been linked to Hong Kong singer-actor Edison Chen and has also dated another Hong Kong singer-actor Daniel Chan. She then dated Nicholas Tse in early 2002, but they split up late that year. Later she was rumored to have dated a younger Lu Siyuan before the relationship ended in 2003. Cheung suffered serious depression and eating disorder after the break up .
Cheung and Tse were first reported to be "getting back together" in early 2006 and on July 31 that year, Tse officially admitted dating Cheung in an interview with Commercial Radio Hong Kong 881/903. In September, the same year, Tse showed off his wedding ring at the Hong Kong International Airport, announcing 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 (Dong Zhang Xi Wang ), Cheung was publicly confirmed by Nicholas' father, Patrick Tse to be approximately three months pregnant with the couple's first child. A March episode of Entertainment Scoop (Dong Zhang Xi Wang ) said that their child is due in August. It is confirmed by Nicholas Tse that she is expecting a baby boy.
On 2 August, it was reported that Cheung and Tse were both in the maternity ward waiting for their child to be born. However no specific photo was enclosed with such report. The very next day, Cecilia gave birth to a baby boy named Lucas.
2008 Edison Chen Photo scandal
In January and February 2008 many explicit photos were found online involving Cecilia Cheung and Edison Chen. The scandal also involved Gillian Chung and Bobo Giglioti.
Filmography
The 601st Phone Call (Di 601Ge Dian Hua ) (2006)
My Kung-Fu Sweetheart (Ye Man Mi Ji ) (2006)
The Shopaholics (Zui Ai Nu Ren Gou Wu Kuang ) (2006)
The Promise (Wu Ji ) (2005)
Nominated in the Golden Globe, Hong Kong Film Awards, Golden Trailer and Fantasporto.
Himalaya Singh (Xi Ma La A Xing ) (2005)
The White Dragon (Xiao Bai Long Qing Hai Fan Bo ) (2004)
One Nite in Mongkok (Wang Jiao Hei Ye ) (2004)
Papa Loves You (Zhe Ge A Ba Zhen Bao Zha ) (2004)
Xing Gan Du Shi (2004)
Fantasia (Gui Ma Kuang Xiang Qu ) (2004)
Lost in Time (Wang Liao Wang Bu Liao ) (2003)
Won Best Female Actress in Golden Bauhinia and Hong Kong Film Awards
Running on Karma (Da Zhi Lao ) (2003)
Cat and Mouse (Lao Shu Ai Shang Mao ) (2003)
Honesty (Jue Zhong Hao Nan Ren ) (2003)
Mighty Baby (Jue Shi Hao B) (2002)
Second Time Around (Wu Xian Fu Huo ) (2002)
The Lion Roars (Wo Jia You Yi Zhi He Dong Shi ) (2002)
The Legend of Zu (Shu Shan Zheng Chuan ) (2001)
Para Para Sakura as Yuriko (2001)
Shaolin Soccer (Shao Lin Zu Qiu ) (2001)
Cameo appearance
Failan (pairan, Bai Lan ) (2001)
Every Day Is Valentine (Qing Mi Da Hua Wang ) (2001)
Master Q 2001 (Lao Fu Zi 2001) (2001)
Zhong Wu Yan Wu Yen (2001)
Twelve Nights (Shi Er Ye ) (2000)
Tokyo Raiders (Dong Jing Gong Lue ) (2000)
Help!!! (La Shou Hui Chun ) (2000)
The Legend of Speed (Lie Huo Zhan Che 2Zhi Ji Su Chuan Shuo ) (1999)
Fly Me to Polaris (Xing Yuan ) (1999)
Won Best Newcomer in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
King of Comedy (Xi Ju Zhi Wang )(1999)
Nominated Best New Actress in the Hong Kong Film Awards.
Discography
C1 (2005)
Colour of Lip (Zhi Ai Chun Se (Xin Qu +Jing Xuan ) (2002)
Shaolin Soccer (2002)
Party All the Time (2001)
New and Best Collection (2001)
Party All the Time (2001)
Cecilia Cheung (2000)
Brand New Me (Zui Xin Xing Xiang ) (2000)
903 California Red Concert (2000)
Destination (1999)
Any Weather (1999)
References
Other websites
HKADB entry
Cecilia Cheung Gallery
Portrait of Cecilia Cheung (French)
Cecilia's Hong Kong Movie Database Entry
1980 births
Living people
Hong Kong actors
C-pop singers
Hong Kong singers