According to Wikipedia, Maggie Q was born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii. Her father works for the government, and is American of Irish and Polish descent. Her mother works on a golf course and is a Vietnamese immigrant who had come to the U.S. with no money, and could not speak English.
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. She also played in Mission Impossible 3.
What makes Maggie Q a great actress? Well, from what I can see, Maggie really makes her character herself even though she's not that character. Every character I have seen her play makes me forget that she's Maggie Q that I have seen in interviews. Maggie can play just about any kind of female with a personality. She can be sexy, she can be the strong woman, she can be the weak woman, she can be the fighter, and I could go on and on.
Q is really great at playing detective or FBI. In Nikita, she does well playing in the government role. Her father works for the government in real life, so maybe she knows something about government. I do not know what kind of government work her father does. Maybe someday Maggie could do something extraordinary and real to help people and go beyond the fantasies of acting. Who knows, maybe she'll be in the White House someday.
