Actress

Priest (2011)

The King of Fighters (2010)

Rogues Gallery (2010)

The Warrior and the Wolf (2009)

New York, I Love You (2009) (segment "Yvan Attal")

Deception (2008)

Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon (2008)

Balls of Fury (2007)

Live Free or Die Hard (2007)

Mission: Impossible III (2006)

The Counting House (2006)

House of Harmony (2005) (TV)

Dragon Squad (2005)

Taped (2005)

Rice Rhapsody (2004)

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

Moh waan chue fong (2004)

The Trouble-Makers (2003)

Naked Weapon (2002)

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

Manhattan Midnight (2001)

Gen-X Cops 2: Metal Mayhem (2000)

Gui ming mo (2000)

Producer

Earthlings (2007) (co-producer)

As Herself

2008 Asian Excellence Awards (2008) (TV)

"Caiga quien caiga" (1 episode, 2008)

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' (2007)

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1 episode, 2007)

"Up Close with Carrie Keagan" (1 episode, 2007)

The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (1 episode, 2007)

2007 AZN Asian Excellence Awards (2007) (TV)

Catering Impossible: M:i:III (2006) (TV)

2006 Asian Excellence Awards (2006) (TV)

"MTV Whatever Things" (2003) TV series (2005)

"Kela on the Karpet" (2003) TV mini-series

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Maggie Q, born Margaret Denise Quigley (born May 22, 1979), is an American actress and former fashion model. She initially gained fame in Hong Kong.

She began acting in Hong Kong and elsewhere in East Asia. Because of her non-Chinese heritage, many of her Asian film appearances are in English or dubbed in Chinese languages. She has, however, stated that she took Mandarin and Cantonese lessons during her career in Asia and is able to speak both languages in varying degrees. Among her first appearances in film was the lead roles in the Hong Kong action thrillers Gen-Y Cops and Naked Weapon, in which she played the martial artist assassin Charlene Ching. She has also played the titular role of Harmony in the German-Singapore telemovie collaboration Das Haus Der Harmonie, opposite leading Singaporean actress Fann Wong.


In 2006, she starred alongside Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible III. She played Zhen, the only female member of his IMF team. In 2007, she appeared in the Bruce Willis movie Live Free Or Die Hard, the fourth film in the Die Hard franchise and in Balls of Fury.


In 2008, Maggie played fictional Cao Ying, a granddaughter of the warlord Cao Cao in Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, in her first Chinese ancient costume performance.


She also stars in the video game in the Need for Speed franchise Need for Speed: Undercover as Inspector Chase Linh who is the player's only contact to the Tri-City Police.


She changed her name to Maggie Q in order for it to be more easily pronounced by Chinese audiences.

Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.

I'm just totally into being strong. There's something about wanting to get a jar or whatever out of a high cupboard, or moving a sofa over because my dog's bone rolled under it, and not having to call anyone for help. There's comfort in that.

Mentions in an interview that her favorite food is Vietnamese food, since that's the food she grew up with at home.

Is a vegetarian.