Brought up in England, she came to HK for a beauty contest and found fame and fortune. For her first number of years, she appeared in dozens of films usually playing an innocent slightly muddled but almost always adorable character. As Jackie Chan's girlfriend in the first three Police Stories, she gained much fame, but in other roles as in The Actress and Song of Exile she slowly and quietly became the best actress in HK in my opinion. She has that  thing called "magic" up on the big screen. She connects with the audience and whether it be comedy or drama somehow she makes the filmgoers care about her character.

Perhaps, she has waved farewell to HK and is now seeking other challenges abroad. I certainly can't fault her for that, but I will very much miss watching her pout and her grin and her slightly crooked face in HK films.

• Heroic Trio - Maggie as Thief Catcher dazzles the eye in her black leather attire

 
• Comrades - Almost a Love Story - a wonderfully told story of Maggie and Leon Lai's relationship with one another. Maggie is just terrific here as she creates as real a character as you are likely to find in HK film. She won the HK Best Actress Award for this.

 
• Soong Sisters - Maggie has to share the stage with the other two Soong Sisters - Michelle Yeoh and Vivian Woo, but it is her performance that lies at the center of this film. Some stunning close-ups of Maggie.

 
• Ashes of Time - Maggie only has brief film time in this Wong Kar Wai masterpiece, but it is without a doubt a few of the most memorable and glorious minutes in cinema.

 
• Dragon Inn - one of her most delightful characters as she plays an innkeeper in a remote area of ancient China who from time to time cooks one of her customers to serve to the other guests for dinner.

 
• Seventh Curse - one of her earlier films and I love watching her race through the streets and uncover booby traps in the jungle. Her acting here may be minimal, but she is as effervescent as a shaken ginger ale on the screen.

 
• Flying Daggers - a totally goofy off the wall comedy, but her character as “Flying Cat”  steals the film for me.

 
•  A Fishy Story - Maggie is stunning and charming as Holly Golightly in HK. A lovely romantic story that is saturated with wonderful pictures of Maggie always looking very chic yet vulnerable.

 
• Rose - in a film that is not entirely satisfying, Maggie gives one of her most natural and splendid performances.

 
• Irma Vep - a lot of people dislike this film, but I believe a lot of this hostility is caused by the fact that Maggie left HK behind to work on this French film and got married to the French director. It is a quirky little film in which Maggie plays herself and is the central character as the film production just whirls around her in total confusion.  Her performance is very low key and she primarily reacts to those around her, but it is an opportunity to hear her slightly cockney English accent and does she ever look good in that cat suit!