In recent years, Cecilia Cheung has been very controversial.
I often think that if there was no photo scandal, nonsense on variety shows, and controversies such as having three children.
Perhaps her achievements won’t just stop before 2008.
She is the actress I have always felt the most pity for.
After all, her congenital conditions are really superior, and there are many noble people around her.
In 1998, 18-year-old Cecilia Cheung went shopping with her friends and was discovered by a talent scout because of her exquisite facial features and smart appearance.
Later, she filmed a lemon tea commercial and made her official debut.
This year, Stephen Chow discovered her through this advertisement and invited her to star in "The King of Comedy".
What is surprising is that this girl is not only good-looking, but also quite intelligent in acting.
For this film, she was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards.
In the same year, Ma Chucheng was preparing to film "Star Wishes" and needed a pure-looking heroine, and Cecilia Cheung became his first choice.
For this film, Cecilia Cheung won the Best Newcomer Award at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards.
Suddenly, Cecilia Cheung became famous.
Many senior artists are optimistic about this girl's future development.
Many media even called her "Little Brigitte Lin", the new hope of Hong Kong.
In those years, Cecilia Cheung lived up to expectations and played various characters, not limited by her own appearance and temperament.
In "Bai Lan", she is the simple, indifferent and somewhat inferior Bai Lan; in
in "Hedong Lion's Roar", she is the young and beautiful, but hot-tempered and strong Liu Yue'e; in
"Unforgettable", she is Xiaohui, a low-level minibus driver who is rebellious, stubborn and values love and justice;
In "The Promise", she is the vain, worldly princess Qingcheng who dares to love and hate...
relies on her precise portrayal of these characters From 1999 to 2007, she won awards of all sizes.
These awards include Best Actress at the Academy Awards, Best Actress at the Golden Bauhinia Award, Best Actress at the Korean Grand Bell Awards, and Best Actress at the Chinese Film Media Awards.
are all extremely valuable awards in the film and television industry.
Unfortunately, all this glory fell off a cliff after the "Photogate" scandal.
In January 2008, someone uploaded many indecent photos of Edison Chen and Gintong Chung on the Tianya community.
As the situation escalates, more and more female celebrities are involved in the "photo scandal", and Cecilia Cheung is one of them.
How sensational was this back then?
Because the people involved, Edison Chen, Gillian Chung, Cecilia Cheung and others are all idols of the new generation.
In addition, they only debuted for a few years, and they have masterpieces in both film and television and music.
Almost all of them have joined the ranks of first-line artists and have successfully made their mark internationally.
Therefore, after the incident, it was like an avalanche, causing a strong shock in the society.
When Edison Chen later held a press conference to announce his indefinite retirement from the entertainment industry, mainstream Western media such as The Independent and The Wall Street Journal all reported in detail.
In this controversy, some of the artists involved have withdrawn from the industry, and some have been hidden.
Now it seems that Cecilia Cheung is the luckiest one among them.
Although her career was severely damaged, her comeback was much smoother than others because she had the support of her husband's family.
And those noble people who had helped her were willing to support her again.
In 2010, Huang Baiming supervised the production of "The Strongest Thing" to help her come back.
In the same year, director Ma Chucheng, who had collaborated with "Star Wish", made her a guest appearance in "Speed Angel" to increase her exposure.
But the aftermath of the "pornographic photos scandal" is still there. She has made a successful comeback, but film and television resources are rare.
It has been 13 years since her comeback, and she has only a handful of film and television works.
In recent years, Cecilia Cheung has appeared in more variety shows.
It’s not difficult to understand that variety shows need topicality, and she just has it.
The upside is that it brings exposure; the downside is that she becomes more controversial.
For example, she emphasized in the variety show "Who's Your Food" that she is a vegetarian.
However, netizens found out that she ate meat in other variety shows. In an interview with
, she emphasized that she was crazy about filming and didn't sleep for 3 months in a row.
In the "Ace vs. Ace" program, he also emphasized that he slept for 16 consecutive days, during which he relied on his family to feed him water and apply facial masks.
Such extreme and contradictory comments made everyone question her as "neurotic" and "a liar".
In 2018, she suddenly revealed that she had given birth to a child again, and the father of her third child was a mystery, raising questions about the chaos of her private life.
Her reputation has become worse and worse in recent years, and her career has also stalled.
Of course, apart from Taizuo, it is also because her career is not the first priority in her life pursuits.
She values her children more than her career.
gave birth to her "third child". She later emphasized many times that she loved children very much.
Over the years, if nothing else, she has truly devoted herself to her children.
Both her ex-husband Nicholas Tse and her ex-father-in-law Xie Xian praised her for being kind and dedicated to her children.
In an interview with "30+ Women", the staff around her also mentioned:
"No matter how busy she is, she will insist on sending her children to school, chatting and playing with them."
She may have a lot of "leaves", But when it comes to liking children, she is very "real".
She is not a perfect entertainer, and perhaps not a very good wife.
But she is a good mother.
Cecilia Cheung is the only woman that I didn’t know how to define when I was writing.
She is a very contradictory person.
But no matter what, I admire her attitude when she responded to the photo scandal.
When I was young, I was afraid that the other person would leave, so I cooperated with the other person in taking those naughty photos.
She loved with all her heart, and later paid a heavy price for this immature relationship.
As for her attitude towards this price, she said:
"I don't blame God, I don't blame you, I don't blame you. If you make your own choices, then you have to bear the consequences."
When asked, if she were 19 years old again, When asked what to say to herself, she said:
"I will not tell her that it will be difficult and hurt a lot in the future. I will tell her to work hard, keep going, don't look back, don't regret."
Today, Cecilia Cheung has 43 years old.
If possible, I still wish her to meet a role that suits her in the future and shine on the screen again.
After all, we are only forty, and the second half of life has just begun.
