Maggie Q

American actress

Photo by: Sidewalks Entertainment · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Born:May 22, 1979

Age:47

Zodiac Sign:Gemini

Height:1.72 m (5′8″)

Born in:Honolulu, United States

Residence:Pound Ridge, United States

Languages:English

Film Actor Voice Actor Television Actor Model Actor

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Famous For

Movies & TV

Live Free or Die HardMission: Impossible IIIRush Hour 2Around the World in 80 DaysThe Divergent Series: Insurgent

Maggie Q

American actress

Biography

Margaret Denise Quigley (born May 22, 1979), known professionally as Maggie Q, is an American actress. She began her professional career in Hong Kong, with starring roles in the action films Gen-Y Cops (2000) and Naked Weapon (2002), before appearing in the American productions Mission: Impossible III (2006), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), Priest (2011) and The Protégé (2021). She portrayed Tori Wu in the dystopian science-fiction action film Divergent (2014), and reprised her role in the sequels, Insurgent (2015) and Allegiant (2016). Q starred in the title role on the CW action-thriller series Nikita (2010–2013), and also had a main role as FBI special agent Hannah Wells in the ABC/Netflix political thriller series Designated Survivor (2016–2019). She provided the voice of Wonder Woman on the animated series Young Justice (2012–2019). In 2025, Q began starring in the lead role of Detective Renée Ballard on the Prime Video series Ballard, a spinoff of the television series Bosch: Legacy.

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Quotes

“[As a vegetarian] I feel better, I have more energy on and off the set, and I have the satisfaction of knowing that I’m doing something to help stop animal suffering.”

— “Maggie Q’s Beautiful New Ads,” by PETA (29 September 2007).

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Photos

SIDEWALKS host Lori Rosales interviews actress Maggie Q about her favorite part in doing her former TV series "Nikita" and preparing and working on her action film, "The Protégé."

Maggie Q speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International, for Entertainment Weekly's "Women Who Kick Ass" panel, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.