Body of Work: Maggie Q's Hottest Roles

The stunning Hong Kong action star makes her TV debut in the sexy assassin show "Nikita." Look back on other performances that were hot to death.

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lead-maggieq-bodyofworkLooks do kill. So says the tagline for Nikita, Maggie Q's new CW assassin series based on Luc Besson's 1990 classic La Femme Nikita. We have to agree, 'cause Q has been slaying us with sexiness for years. The worldly Hawaiian actress, who is of Vietnamese, Polish, French Canadian, and Irish descent, and who made her name kicking ass in Hong Kong action flicks, ranked high on both our list of The 50 Hottest Hawaiian Women and The 25 Hottest Gun-Toting Movie Chicks. In Nikita, she's blazing more guns (and just plain blazing) as a lethal operative gone rogue when her company tries to eliminate her. Word to Biggie, she's got us ready to die.
Check out all her killer characters as we run down Maggie Q's hottest roles...

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11. THE WARRIOR & THE WOLF (2009)
Character: Harran Woman
Nude? Yes
Hottest Scene: Rolling around naked with the twos out.
Complex says: High kicks are awesome and all but this is the kind of action we want more of from Maggie!

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10. LIVE FREE OR DIE HARD (2007)
Character: Mai Linh
Nude? No
Hottest Scene: Roughing up one of cinema's most badass heroes, John McClane.
Complex says: When do the terrorists win? When Q plays one instead of Tony Shalhoub.

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9. OPERATION: ENDGAME (2010)
Character: High Priestess
Nude? No
Hottest Scene: A grunt-filled fight to the death with an enemy agent.
Complex says: The "endgame" of this star-studded and highly forgettable action comedy should have been to get Q naked. Producers, take note.

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8. THE KING OF FIGHTERS (2010)
Character: Mai Shiranui
Nude? No
Hottest Scene: Any of her scantily clad fighting scenes.
Complex says: Her character is a little more voluptuous in the video game series this suspect adaptation is based on, but Q still puts the joy in our stick.

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7. NEW YORK, I LOVE YOU (2009)
Character: Call Girl
Nude? No.
Hottest Scene: Playfully listens to a stranger, who lights her cigarette and tries to scoop her up by describing how he'd find her G spot, before revealing that she's a hooker and giving him her card.
Complex says: Call girls look like this?! Spitzer, we forgive you.

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6. BALLS OF FURY (2007)
Character: Maggie Wong
Nude? No
Hottest Scene: Whupping on a handsy Chinatown thug in Spandex workout gear.
Complex says: Our balls aren't furious. They're not mad at her at all.

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5. MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE III (2006)
Character: Zhen Lei
Nude? No
Hottest Scene: Infiltrates one of those evil villain parties in a red dress split way high up the leg.
Complex says: Exploding messages? We've got a couple of those for Q.

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4. DECEPTION (2008)
Character: Tina
Nude? Yes
Hottest Scene: A rendez-vous as part of an anonymous sex club for corporate workaholics.
Complex says: Looks can be deceiving, but there's no second guessing Maggie Q in sheer black lingerie. You can see right through it if you doubt!

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3. MANHATTAN MIDNIGHT (2001)
Character: Susan/Hope
Nude? Yes
Hottest Scene: Um...the sex scene with your boy Richard Grieco? She plays twins in this one, you know.
Complex says: If only there really were two of her, our chances of bagging a Maggie would be way higher! *sigh*

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2. NIKITA (2010-???)
Character: Nikita
Nude? No
Hottest Scene: Eliminating a target and his bodyguards while wearing a revealing red one-piece bathing suit.
Complex says: Word to every 12-year-old boy in the world, Q isn't the only one this show will have whacking.

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1. NAKED WEAPON (2002)
Character: Charlene Ching
Nude? Yes
Hottest Scene: Taking a break from killing people to have sex on a beach.
Complex says: Maggie Q + a movie with Naked in the title = a full-out sprint to the theaters. We have no idea why Hollywood failed to add Live Naked or Die Hard, Naked Mission: Impossible, and Naked Balls of Fury to her filmography. OK, maybe we would have rented the last one.

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