1. Maggie Q began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films Gen-Y Cops and Naked Weapon, before appearing in the American productions Mission: Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard, Priest and The Protege.
18 Facts About Maggie Q
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Maggie Q portrayed Tori Wu in the dystopian science-fiction action film Divergent, and reprised her role in the sequels, Insurgent and Allegiant.
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Maggie Q provided the voice of Wonder Woman on the animated series Young Justice.
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Maggie Q's mother is Vietnamese and her father is of Polish and Irish descent.
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Maggie Q's parents met while her father was stationed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
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Maggie Q attended Mililani Waena Elementary School and Wheeler Intermediate School.
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Maggie Q won the student title of "Best Body" senior year, and graduated in 1997.
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Maggie Q won an athletics scholarship to a private university and intended to study veterinary science; however, her family was unable to assist her financially.
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Maggie Q left Hawaii at the end of one school year in hopes of earning enough money to resume at the beginning of the next one.
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Maggie Q tried again in Hong Kong, where she began using the stage name Maggie Q because the locals could not pronounce Quigley properly.
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Maggie Q played Zhen, the only female member of the IMF team.
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Maggie Q starred in the CBS drama series Stalker by Kevin Williamson as Detective Beth Davis along with Mariana Klaveno and Dylan McDermott.
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Maggie Q reprised her role in The Divergent Series: Allegiant, the third installment of the Divergent series, which was released on March 18,2016.
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Maggie Q starred as an assassin in The Protege, an action film featuring Samuel L Jackson and Michael Keaton, which was released to theaters August 20,2021.
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Maggie Q is investigating cold cases with the help of Harry Bosch.
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Maggie Q owned a house in Pound Ridge, New York, but sold it to Zoe Kravitz in 2021.
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Maggie Q has since taken the step to cut all animal products from her diet by becoming a vegan.
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Maggie Q is currently an ambassador for Animals Asia Foundation.