Maggie Q

Known by fans and everyone in the business as Maggie Q, Margaret Denise Quigley has attained global fame as a femme fatale actress. The former model is also a film producer and PETA supporter.

Early Accomplishments

While in high school, she participated in swimming, track & field events and cross country, winning the title of “Best Body”.

She began modelling in Tokyo at the age of 17 and later in Hong Kong. After a meet with Jackie Chan, who offered her tutelage of the art, she made a screen debut in a recurring role in 1998’s House of the Dragon.

Best Known For

Maggie’s fame on the big screen has been made possible by roles in Mission: Impossible III in 2006, Live Free or Die Hard in 2007 and recently in the 3 chapters of the Divergent films.

Her notoriety as a femme fatale is due to her main role in Nikita from 2010 to 2013. She has also registered lead roles in 2014’s Stalker and Designated Survivor since 2016.

Sexual Orientation

Maggie is straight and has been engaged to Dylan McDermott since 2015. She had previously dated Brett Ratner for 2 years in 2008 after her break up from Justin Long in 2007. She also dated Daniel Henney in 2005 and was rumored to have been with Daniel Wu.

Family

She is born as the youngest child of an American dad and a Vietnamese immigrant mom and has a 3 sisters who are Andrea, Maria and Nicole, one of which is a maternal half-sister. She has a half-brother too.

Religion 

She was raised a Catholic but has since been a keen Buddhism devotee through the years. She still holds some of her childhood faith, so much one can say she’s a Catholic-Buddhist.

Worth To Know

To make her name easier to pronounce for her Chinese audience, she changed it to Maggie Q.

A long-time vegetarian, she is considered one of PETA’s forerunner of animal rights protection.