Monday, September 15, 2008

Cecilia Cheung

Cecilia Cheung Pak-Chi is a actress and cantopop singer based in Hong Kong. She is the wife of Nicholas Tse, thus being the daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and . She and Nicholas have a son, Lucas.

Biography


Cheung was born in Hong Kong to a father and a half Chinese-half mother. Her parents divorced when she was just a child after which she was sent to Australia to live with her aunt at the age of fourteen. Cheung has an elder half-sister Dai Pek-Chi, two younger brothers and also a younger half-brother from her father's side.

Career


Her career began in 1998, when she was offered to appear in a TV commercial advertising . She caught the attention of Stephen Chow after shooting the ad. The latter role earned her the award for Best Newcomer at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In the same year, Cheung launched her singing career with her first Cantopop album ''Any Weather'' . For Derek Yee's romantic drama '''' , Cheung won the award for Best Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards. She played a young woman who lost her fiancé to a traffic accident which left her as a grieving single mother struggling to make ends meet.

Personal


Cheung has been linked to Hong Kong male singers such as Daniel Chan and Jordan Chan. She then dated Nicholas Tse in early 2002, but was then dumped by Tse late that year when Tse got back with his ex-girlfriend, singer Faye Wong. Later she was rumored to have dated a younger Lu Siyuan before the relationship ended in 2003. Cheung suffered serious depression and eating disorders after the break-up with Tse.

Cheung and Tse were first reported to be "getting back together" in early 2006 and on July 31, 2006, Tse officially admitted dating Cheung in an interview with Commercial Radio Hong Kong 881/903.

In September 2006, 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 January 8, 2007 episode of 's ''Entertainment Scoop'' , Cheung was publicly confirmed by Nicholas' father, Patrick Tse, to be approximately three months pregnant with the couple's first child.

Around March 2007 on the episode of TVB's ''Entertainment Scoop'' it is said that their child is due in August. It is confirmed by Cheung's husband Nicholas Tse that she is expecting a baby boy.

On August 2, 2007, it was reported that Cecilia Cheung and her husband were both in the maternity ward awaiting for their child to be born. Cecilia gave birth to a baby boy named Lucas.

Filmography


* ''The 601st Phone Call''
* ''My Kung-Fu Sweetheart''
* ''The Shopaholics''
* ''''
* ''Himalaya Singh''
* ''''
* ''One Nite in Mongkok''
* ''Papa Loves You''
* ''Sex and the Beauties''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''Running on Karma''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''''
* ''The Lion Roars''
* ''The Legend of Zu''
* ''Para Para Sakura''
* ''Shaolin Soccer''
* ''Failan''
* ''Everyday Is Valentine''
* ''Master Q 2001''
* ''Wu Yen''
* ''Twelve Nights''
* ''Tokyo Raiders''
* ''Help!!!''
* ''The Legend of Speed''
* ''Fly Me to Polaris''
* ''''

Discography


* ''C1''
* ''Colour of Lip''
* ''Shaolin Soccer''
* ''Party All the Time''
* ''New and Best Collection''
* ''Party All the Time''
* ''Cecilia Cheung''
* ''A Brand New Me''
* ''903 California Red Concert''
* ''Destination''
* ''Any Weather''

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