Maggie Q
Margaret Denise Quigley, professionally known as Maggie Q (born May 22, 1979), is an American actress and former fashion model. She currently stars as the titular character on the action-thriller TV series Nikita.
Q was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father works for the government, and is of Irish, and Polish descent. Her mother is a golf course employee, and is a Vietnamese immigrant. Her parents met while her father was stationed in Vietnam during the war. Q grew up with four siblings.
At the suggestion of a friend, Q began modeling in Tokyo at the age of 17, before making an unsuccessful move to Taipei, and finally trying in Hong Kong. She has said it was not easy for her: "I had twenty bucks in my pocket. I mean, I literally did the same thing that my mother did when she left Vietnam... didn't speak the language... had no money."
But, it was in Hong Kong, that she was selected by Jackie
Chan, because he saw a potential action star. His intensive
training taught her the importance of professionalism and
always doing her own stunts. Q later said, "I had never done
a day of martial arts in my life when I started in the
business. I couldn’t even touch my toes."
In 1998, she started her acting career in the TV drama House of the Dragon, which was a huge hit in Asia. In 2000, Q made her film debut as Anna in the horror film Model from Hell, and went on to star as an FBI agent Jane Quigley in the action thriller Gen-Y Cops the same year. Her appearance in Gen-Y Cops impressed Jackie Chan so much that she was cast in Manhattan Midnight and Rush Hour 2.
In 2010, she became the lead character, an assassin gone rogue, on the new CW series, Nikita, a revamp of the movie/TV title.
For a thrilling and complex spy series with great action and real characters, check out her television series Nikita.
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