Maggie Q
Q in 2011, photo by Helga Esteb / Shutterstock.com
Birth Name: Margaret Denise Quigley
Place of Birth: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Date of Birth: May 22, 1979
Ethnicity:
*father – Polish, as well as Irish and French
*mother – Vietnamese
Maggie Q is an American actress and model. She first acted in Hong Kong movies, and took Mandarin and Cantonese lessons to aid her career. Her roles include the films Gen-Y Cops, Rush Hour 2, Naked Weapon, The Trouble-Makers, Magic Kitchen, Around the World in 80 Days (2004), Rice Rhapsody, Dragon Squad, Mission: Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard, Balls of Fury, Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon, Deception (2008), New York, I Love You; The Warrior and the Wolf, Operation: Endgame, The King of Fighters, Priest (2011), Divergent, and its sequels, The Divergent Series: Insurgent and The Divergent Series: Allegiant; Unity (2014), The Crash, Slumber (2017), The Con Is On, Modest Heroes, Fantasy Island, The Argument (2020), Death of Me, The Protégé (2021), Fear the Night, and Family Plan; the series Mission in Trouble, Nikita, Young Justice, Stalker, Designated Survivor, Pivoting, Bosch: Legacy, and Ballard; the made-for-tv movie House of Harmony; the video game Need for Speed: Undercover; and the music video for “The Game of Love.” She is also known as Maggie D. Quigley.
Maggie was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Her father is American-born, and is of Polish, as well as Irish and French, descent. Her mother is Vietnamese. Her parents met when her father was stationed in Vietnam. Maggie practices Buddhism.
Maggie is married to Vietnamese-born, U.S.-raised entrepreneur and hedge fund manager Curtis Macnguyen.
Maggie’s paternal grandmother was Mary Theresa Gazdzik (the daughter of Alexander/Aloysius Gazdzik and Helen Nowicka). Mary was born in Buffalo, Erie, New York. Aloysius was born in New York, to Polish parents, Stanislaus/Stanley Gazdzik, who was from Krzystkowice, Lubuskie; and Katharine/Katherine Trojak. Maggie’s great-grandmother Helen was also the daughter of Polish parents, Albert Nowicki and Annie/Anna Stachowiak.
Genealogy of Maggie Q (focusing on her father’s side) – https://gw.geneanet.org
Maggie’s paternal grandmother Mary Theresa Gazdzik familysearch page.
Also Maggie’s father Dennis Francis Quigley was born in May of 1943
Thought she was western chinese
*west chinese
Looks a lot like Brianne Tju, especially in this picture.
Neiltennant has been here since at least early 2012, so this is a shame.
he has not progressed yet, but gone backward
I think he should be on the front page:
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I can do that for you.
No more neiltennant???
Yea, I speak for everyone here when I say we are going to miss you. If you get this message please do us all a favor and never give up on genealogy. We all think you’re awesome. sincerely, ethnic celebs
no