Ĭheung has earned 70 million HKD in 2014, ranking number nine in the top ten list of Hong Kong's highest (entertainment) celebrity incomes in 2014. Ĭheung's next few films failed to achieve commercial success and were critically panned. She was reportedly paid 200,000 yuan per episode to film the drama. Ĭheung was cast in her first television project, where she played the legendary singer Zhou Xuan in The Wandering Songstress (2008). She was nominated for the Best Actress award at the Hong Kong Film Awards for the third time. Ĭheung reunited with Derek Yee in the crime thriller One Nite in Mongkok (2004) where she played a prostitute who cross paths with an assassin (played by Daniel Wu). Cheung impressed the audiences with her portrayal of the independent and spunky heroine, and won the Most Popular Actress award at the Chinese Film Media Awards. She then starred in the Chinese comedy film The Lion Roars (2002). The film earned her a nomination at the Grand Bell Awards for Best Actress. Ĭheung made inroads into the Korean market with Failan (2001) co-starring Choi Min-shik. In the same year, Cheung launched her singing career with her first Cantopop album Any Weather (1999). Cheung also sung the theme song for Fly Me to Polaris, which gained attention among the masses for her singing ability. She then starred in Fly Me to Polaris (1999), which earned her the award for Best Newcomer at the Hong Kong Film Awards. King of Comedy became the highest grossing local film of the year, and shot Cheung to fame in Hong Kong. Later, Cheung made her film debut as a young nightclub hostess in Stephen Chow's King of Comedy (1999). She caught the attention of Stephen Chow after shooting the ad. Her career began in 1998, when she was cast in a television commercial advertising lemon tea. Star, hand prints and autograph of Cecilia Cheung Pak Chi on the Avenue of Stars in Hong Kong.
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