Q Maggie

Of Vietnamese and Irish-American descent. Raised in Hawaii. Was a fashion model and television personality before she became a movie actress.Spokesmodel for Shiseido cosmetics.Is the youngest of five children.Although she is actually Vietnamese-American (born and raised in Hawaii), Maggie pursued modeling careers first in Japan, then Taiwan, then Hong Kong. Her transition into acting was almost coincidental and since then she has become both a top model and actress in Hong Kong, along with garnering a certain amount of fame across Asia.For her first several Hong Kong films, since Maggie could not actually speak Cantonese - she actually had to learn her lines phonetically. Some lines may also have been dubbed.Mentions in an interview that her favorite food is Vietnamese food, since that's the food she grew up with at home.Attended Mililani High School with Traycee King.Her mother is a property investor.Was cast in Live Free or Die Hard (2007) without an audition.Posed for renowned Singaporean photographer Leslie Kee for Kee's 2006 charity photo-book "Super Stars", dedicated to the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami disaster, which consists of photographs of 300 Asian celebrities by Kee.Is a vegetarian.

As an actress:

• 2011 Priest as Priestess
• 2010 Rogues Gallery as High Priestess
• 2010 The King of Fighters as Mai Shiranui
• 2009 Lang zai ji
• 2009 New York, I Love You as Call Girl (segment "Yvan Attal")
• 2008 Need for Speed: Undercover as Chase Linh
• Deception as Tina
• 2008 Saam gwok dzi gin lung se gap as Cao Ying
• 2007 Balls of Fury as Maggie
• 2007 Live Free or Die Hard as Mai Linh
• 2006 Mission: Impossible III as Zhen
• 2006 The Counting House as Jade
• 2005 Barbara Wood - Das Haus der Harmonie as Harmony
• 2005 Mang lung as Yuet
• 2005 Taped as Maggie
• 2004 Hainan ji fan as Gigi
• 2004 Around the World in 80 Days as Female Agent
• 2004 Moh waan chue fong as May
• 2003 Yi wu liang huo as Miss Clary
• 2002 Chek law dak gung as Charlene Ching
• 2001 Rush Hour 2 as Girl in Car
• 2001 Manhattan Midnight as Susan/Hope
• 2000 Tejing xinrenlei 2 as Jane Quigley
• 2000 Gui ming mo as Anna

As a composer:

• 2007 Earthlings

As a producer:

• 2007 Earthlings

Self:

• 2008 2008 Asian Excellence Awards
• "Caiga quien caiga"
• 2008 Episode dated 30 January 2008
• 2007 Balls Out: The Making of 'Balls of Fury'
• 2007 Under the Balls: The Life of a Ball Wrangler
• 2007 Analog Hero in a Digital World: Making of 'Live Free or Die Hard'
• "Late Night with Conan O'Brien"
• 2007 Episode dated 27 August 2007
• "Up Close with Carrie Keagan"
• 2007 Episode dated 27 August 2007
• "The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson"
• 2007 Episode #4.106
• 2007 2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards
• 2006 Catering Impossible: M:i:III
• 2006 2006 Asian Excellence Awards
• 2003 "MTV Whatever Things"
• 2003 "Kela on the Karpet"