Cecilia Cheung

Cecilia Cheung Hanzi 張栢芝 Pinyin Zhãng Băi Zhī Cantonese Cheung Pak Zhi Born May 24 1980 Is A Hong Kong Actress And Singer Of Chinese Ancestry With One-Quarter British Descent. She Is Affectionately Known For Her Husky Sultry Voice. Cheung's Parents Divorced When She Was Just A Child And Was Sent To Australia To Live With Her Aunt When She Was 14. Before Completing Her Secondary Education She Returned To Hong Kong At The Age Of 17 Because She Missed Her Family In Hong Kong Too Much. In 1998 While Helping A Hair Salon Friend At A Catwalk Show She Was Noticed And Offered To Appear In A TV Commercial Advertising Lemon Tea. Later Cheung Made Her Film Debut As A Young Nightclub Hostess In Stephen Chow's The King Of Comedy 1999 Followed Soon After By Fly Me To Polaris 1999 . 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 1999 . For Derek Yee's Romantic Drama Lost In Time 2003 Cheung Won Best Actress At The Hong Kong Film Awards. She Played A Young Woman Who Lost Her Fiance To A Traffic Accident Which Left Her As A Grieving Single Mother Struggling To Make Ends Meet. Cheung Speaks Cantonese Mandarin And English. read less