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Cinemax 'Warrior': Olivia Cheng takes on another powerful role as she plays a brothel madam in new series

She played the warrior, the prostitute, the victim, and the slave, and now she is set to depict the woman who was the first Chinese brothel madam in San Fransisco.

We all remember the beautiful, yet fearless warrior and courtesan, Mei Lin from the 2014 Netflix series 'Marco Polo'. However, it was not an easy feat for the Canadian-Chinese actress, Olivia Cheng, who had to conceal the news from her parents for a very long time. Yet in that heavily sexually loaded role, Cheng pulled out Mei Lin as a woman with depth whose layered past made her one of the most interesting characters on the show. Keeping up with her perfect depiction of women of complex nature with tumultuous backstories, Cheng takes on the role of brothel madam, Ah Toy, in Cinemax's upcoming 10-part series, 'Warrior'. 

Based the writings of Bruce Lee, 'Warrior' is set in Chinatown in the late 1800s, during the Tong Wars, which is a series of violent disputes beginning in the 1880s among rival Chinese tong factions in the Chinatowns of various American cities, particularly San Francisco. The disputes saw rival crime families battle for territory and control. At the center of it all is Ah Sahm(played by Andrew Koji), a newcomer from China whose skill in martial arts makes him a valuable part of one family’s ongoing struggle for power and influence. Amid all the brilliant casting of the series, Cheng will serve as one of the main faces, and her character continues to be just as complex yet similar to her previous one in 'Marco Polo'.