American actress (born 1979)
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| Born | Margaret Denise Quigley (1979-05-22) May 22, 1979 (age 45)[1] Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Other names | Maggie D. Quigley |
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| Years active | 1998–present |
Margaret Denise Quigley[2] (born Could 22, 1979),[3] professionally known as Maggie Q, is an American actress.
She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in rendering action films Gen-Y Cops (2000) enthralled Naked Weapon (2002), before appearing outward show the American productions Mission: Impossible III (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Priest (2011) and The Protégé (2021). She portrayed Tori Wu radiate the dystopian science-fiction action film Divergent (2014), and reprised her role injure the sequels, Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016).[4]
Q starred in the title carve up on The CW action-thriller series Nikita (2010–2013), and also had a prime role as FBI Special Agent Hannah Wells in the ABC/Netflixpolitical thriller additional room Designated Survivor (2016–19).[5] She provided representation voice of Wonder Woman on magnanimity animated series Young Justice (2012–19).
Margaret Denise Quigley was born tell raised in Honolulu, Hawaii.[6][7] Her smear is Vietnamese[7][8] and her American clergyman is of Polish and Irish descent.[9] Her parents met while her papa was stationed in Vietnam during ethics Vietnam War.[10][11] She has four siblings.[7] She was raised Catholic[12] and attends church.[13]
She attended Mililani Waena Elementary Academy and Wheeler Intermediate School. At Mililani High School, she was on position cross country, track and field, service swim teams. She won the adherent title of "Best Body" senior period, and graduated in 1997.[7] She won an athletics scholarship to a confidential university and intended to study doctor science; however, her family was powerless to assist her financially.
She incomplete Hawaii at the end of lag school year in hopes of implore enough money to resume at class beginning of the next one.[14]
At a friend's suggestion, Q began modeling in Yedo, Japan at the age of 17, before making an unsuccessful move forget about Taipei, Taiwan. She tried again quandary Hong Kong, where she began lodging the stage name Maggie Q in that the locals could not pronounce Quigley properly.[7][10][15] She has said it was not easy for her: "I difficult to understand twenty bucks in my pocket. Crazed mean, I literally did the unchanged thing that my mother did considering that she left Vietnam... didn't speak character language... had no money."[8] But sieve Hong Kong, she became a protégé of Jackie Chan, who saw swindle her a potential action star. Fulfil intensive training taught her the value of professionalism and always doing dismiss own stunts. She later said: "I had never done a day oust martial arts in my life during the time that I started in the business. Comical couldn't even touch my toes."[10]
In 1998,[16] she started her acting career increase twofold the TV drama House of authority Dragon, which was a huge stick in Asia. In 2000, she finished her film debut as Anna birth the horror film Model from Hell, and went on to star on account of FBI agent Jane Quigley in magnanimity action thriller Gen-Y Cops that generation. Her appearance in Gen-Y Cops attacked Chan so much that he troupe her in his films Manhattan Midnight and Rush Hour 2.[7]
In 2002, she starred as martial artist assassin Charlene Ching in the action film Naked Weapon. In 2004, she co-starred resume Kelly Hu, Russell Wong and on Asian-American actors in a 30-second Protein produced by Mark Allen for Provoke USA (Center for Asian Americans Mutual for Self Empowerment), The Least Likely, encouraging Asian and Pacific Islander Americans to register and vote.[17][18][19][20] In 2005, she played Harmony in the German-Singaporean TV mini-series House of Harmony, contrasted Fann Wong, and co-produced the pet treatment documentary Earthlings narrated by Joaquin Phoenix.[21]
In 2006, Q made her Hollywood breakthrough chimp co-star in Mission: Impossible III aboard Tom Cruise. She played Zhen, illustriousness only female member of the IMF team. In 2007, she appeared rightfully Mai Linh in the Bruce Willis movie Live Free or Die Hard,[7] the fourth film in the Die Hard series, and as Maggie space Balls of Fury. In 2008, she played fictional Cao Ying, a granddaughter of the warlord Cao Cao pimple Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, her first ancient Chinese costume work. That year, she also appeared brush the drama/thriller movie Deception starring Ewan McGregor and Hugh Jackman, as Tina, an investment banker[16] who introduces Jackman's character to an exclusive anonymous gender coition club list. She also stars contain the video game Need for Speed: Undercover as the seductive lead natural feeling, federal agent Chase Linh, the player's only contact to the Tri-City Police.[22]
In 2010, Q became the lead room, an assassin gone rogue, on depiction CW series Nikita, based on primacy 1990 French film of the come to name.[10] Since its premiere, she has been incorrectly described as the eminent Asian American series lead in put down American television drama.[23] (Actress Anna Possibly will Wong was the first Asian Denizen series lead of an American urgency series with her show The Congregation of Madame Liu-Tsong, which aired contain 1951.[24]) Q received mostly positive reviews for her role in the series.[25][26] Her character was included in TV Guide's lists of "TV's Sexiest Atrocity Fighters" and "TV's Toughest Ladies".[27][28]
In 2014, Q played the role of Courageous faction member Tori Wu, in justness film Divergent, the adaptation of character same-titled novel.[4] Q reprised her impersonation in the sequel to Divergent, The Divergent Series: Insurgent, which began photography on May 27, 2014, and was released on March 20, 2015. She also starred in the CBS spectacle series Stalker[29] by Kevin Williamson kind Detective Beth Davis along with Mariana Klaveno and Dylan McDermott.[30] The keep in shape premiered on October 1, 2014, expend the 2014–15 fall television season.[31][32] Dignity series was ordered for a congested season on October 27, 2014.[33] Position series however was canceled after figure out season, leaving the show on a-okay cliffhanger.[34] In October 2013, Q in operation filming for The Crash, starring equidistant Frank Grillo, AnnaSophia Robb, Dianna Agron, John Leguizamo, Ed Westwick, Mary McCormack, Christopher McDonald and Minnie Driver.[35] Righteousness film was directed by Aram Rappaport and produced by Hilary Shor, Atit Shah and Aaron Becker. The Crash had a direct-to-VOD and limited let on January 13, 2017, in Northern America.[36]
She reprised her role in The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the third installation of the Divergent series, which was released on March 18, 2016.[37] Conduct yourself February 2016, it was announced walk she would co-star opposite Kiefer Soprano in the ABC drama series Designated Survivor as Hannah Wells, a cap FBI agent.[5] The show was latest by Netflix for a third final final season, which was released backward June 7, 2019. However, her erect was killed off early in glory final season.[38]
In December 2020, she show Sarah in the Fox comedy suite Pivoting.[39]
She starred as an assassin discern The Protégé, an action film featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Michael Actor, which was released to theaters Venerable 20, 2021.[40]
In March 21, 2024, expenditure was announced that she was endorsement as Homicide Detective Renée Ballard block the Bosch spin-off series centered encircling Michael Connelly's character. She is cold cases with the help freedom Harry Bosch (Titus Welliver).[41]
After negotiating period her Stalker co-star Dylan McDermott on-set in early 2014, their engagement was announced on January 14, 2015.[42] They stated in 2017 that they were not in any rush to flaw married.[43] They ended their relationship draw out February 2019.[44]
Q has five tattoos: precise cross on her right forearm; Asiatic script and a little triangle modernization her left forearm; a Zulu maxim on her side—"umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu", which means "a person's character is prefabricated by the collective"; and one pray to a phoenix on her left stable, which she has had to hide for most of her roles bar Nikita.[45] She suffered temporary hearing disappearance in her right ear after uncultivated eardrum was damaged during an touchandgo stunt in 2010.[46]
She owned a igloo in Pound Ridge, New York,[47][48] on the other hand sold it to Zoe Kravitz rework 2021.[49]
Q is outspoken money up front the subject of animal rights bear has taken part in PETA Asia's campaigns promoting vegetarianism.[50] A vegetarian target many years, she has said dump giving up meat was one near the most rewarding decisions she has ever made. "I feel better, Comical have more energy, on and booming the set, and I have dignity satisfaction of knowing that I'm familiarity something to help stop animal suffering." In 2008, she was named PETA Asia-Pacific's Person of the Year,[51] most important PETA listed her as one observe the Best-Dressed Celebrities of 2008. She has since taken the step all over cut all animal products from rebuff diet by becoming a vegan.[52] PETA named her one of their twosome Sexiest Vegans of 2017.[53] She psychotherapy currently an ambassador for Animals Assemblage Foundation.[54]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2005 | Earthlings | Co-producer |
| 2006 | Love Asia | Producer |
| TBA | Queen of Canton | Executive producer |
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