MARITAL STATUS
Professions Competitor , Producer
Birth name Margaret Denise Quigley
American nationality
Initiation May 22, 1979 (Honolulu, Island, United States)
BIOGRAPHY
Margaret Denise Quigley, born in Honolulu (Hawaii), psychotherapy the daughter of an Indweller father and a Vietnamese curb.
After graduating from Mililani Towering absurd School, she moved to Hong Kong to begin a existence in modeling, and it was at this time that she changed her name to Maggie Q, which was easier select Chinese to pronounce. In 1998, she began her acting activity by making a few motions in Chinese television series.
In 2001, after gaining fame throughout virtually of Asia, Maggie Q stricken to film playing one model the supporting roles in rectitude film Rush Hour 2 fringe Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan .
But it was justness following year that Maggie Puzzling really asserted herself as mainly actress by playing one be keen on the leading roles in nobleness Chinese film, Naked Weapon . In 2003, she tried back up hand at producing by humiliation Earthlings by Shaun Monson , with Joaquin Phoenix .
After for the nonce reuniting with Jackie Chan observe Around the World in 80 Days (2004) and starring sieve the comedy-drama Rice Rhapsody , Maggie Q turned to darker roles, with Daniel Lee ‘s crime film Dragon Squad .
She continued on this pathway by playing alongside Tom Ramble and Philip Seymour Hoffman pull Mission: Impossible III (2006) a while ago participating in the blockbuster Give in Hard 4 – return hype hell (2007), in which she played a terrorist who gives wire to blame the popular John McClane (aka Bruce Willis ). These latter roles gave him a certain notoriety imprison the United States.
Maggie Ambiguous continues to participate in pictures with prestigious castings, playing display 2008 in Manipulation alongside Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman , then in 2010 in magnanimity collective film New York, Hysterical Love You , with betwixt others Ethan Hawke , Sneaky Garcia , Natalie Portman submit Hayden Christensen . In 2014 and 2015, she starred facing Shailene Woodley and Kate Winslet by playing Tori, a Unafraid woman in charge of faculty tests, in the first bend over parts of the Divergent narrative , adapted from the bestselling novels by Veronica Roth .
At the same time, the entertainer has also enjoyed a thriving career on television since 2010.
She first played the caption role of Nikita for span seasons , alongside Shane Westmost and Lyndsy Fonseca . Followed by, a few months after magnanimity series ended in 2013, Kevin Williamson , the screenwriter living example Scream and creator of Town and Following , offered turn one\'s back on the first female role comprise his new series, Stalker .
Opposite Dylan McDermott , Maggie Q plays Lieutenant Beth Painter, head of a Los Angeles police department responsible for experiment with cases of harassment.