Michelle Yeoh

Michelle Yeoh

Yeoh Choo Kheng PSM SPMP (Chinese: 楊紫瓊; born 6 August 1962), known professionally as Michelle Yeoh (/joʊ/), is a Malaysian actress. In a career spanning over four decades, Yeoh has appeared in projects encompassing a wide array of genres and received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for two British Academy Film Awards. Credited as Michelle Khan in her early films, she rose to fame in the 1980s and 1990s after starring in Hong Kong action and martial arts films, where she performed her stunts. These roles included Yes, Madam (1985), Magnificent Warriors (1987), Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992), The Heroic Trio, Tai Chi Master (both 1993), and Wing Chun (1994). After moving to the United States, Yeoh gained international recognition for starring in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and in Ang Lee's wuxia martial arts film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000); the latter gained her a nomination for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her Hollywood career progressed with roles in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005), Sunshine (2007), and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008). She continued to appear in Hong Kong and Chinese cinema, starring in True Legend (2010), Reign of Assassins (2010), Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016), and Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018). In 2011, she portrayed Aung San Suu Kyi in the British biographical film The Lady. Yeoh played supporting roles in the romantic comedies Crazy Rich Asians (2018) and Last Christmas (2019), as well as in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) and the television series Star Trek: Discovery (2017–2020). Her voice acting work has included Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), Minions: The Rise of Gru, Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank (both 2022), Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), and The Tiger's Apprentice (2024). For her starring role as Evelyn Quan Wang in Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022), she won the Academy Award for Best Actress, becoming the first Asian to win the category, and the first Malaysian to win an Academy Award. She has since featured in the mystery film A Haunting in Venice (2023) and the musical fantasy film Wicked (2024). The film review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes ranked her the greatest action heroine of all time in 2008. In 1997, she was chosen by People as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World", and in 2009, the same magazine listed her as one of the "35 All-Time Screen Beauties". In 2022, Time named her one of the world's 100 most influential people on its annual listicle and its Icon of the Year. In 2024, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michelle Yeoh, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
    Known for
    Acting
    Place of birth
    Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
    Birthday
    August 1962
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
7.434
Sunshine
Sunshine
6.964
Tomorrow Never Dies
Tomorrow Never Dies
6.368
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
5.501
Police Story 3: Super Cop
Police Story 3: Super Cop
6.9
Tai-Chi Master
Tai-Chi Master
7.2
Far North
Far North
6.1
The Touch
The Touch
5
Wing Chun
Wing Chun
6.8
Bond Girls Are Forever
Bond Girls Are Forever
5.852
Babylon A.D.
Babylon A.D.
5.659
The Children of Huang Shi
The Children of Huang Shi
6.7
Butterfly and Sword
Butterfly and Sword
5.7
Silver Hawk
Silver Hawk
5.439
The Soong Sisters
The Soong Sisters
6.7
True Legend
True Legend
6.6
The Heroic Trio
The Heroic Trio
6.6
Magnificent Warriors
Magnificent Warriors
6.5
Reign of Assassins
Reign of Assassins
6.912
Royal Warriors
Royal Warriors
6.7
Moonlight Express
Moonlight Express
6.667
Jackie Chan: My Story
Jackie Chan: My Story
6.2
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious
6.3
Supercop 2
Supercop 2
5.724
Star Trek: Section 31
Star Trek: Section 31
4.853
Wonder Seven
Wonder Seven
6.2
Yes, Madam!
Yes, Madam!
7.1
Kung Fu Panda 2
Kung Fu Panda 2
7.045
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
4.9
Holy Weapon
Holy Weapon
6.5
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
5.8
The Lady
The Lady
6.8
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
0
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
0
The Stunt Woman
The Stunt Woman
7.2
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
7.315
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
6.696
The Owl vs Bombo
The Owl vs Bombo
4.75
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
10
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
4.786
Easy Money
Easy Money
5
Rose, c'est Paris
Rose, c'est Paris
5.1
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
6.159
Hong Kong Stories
0
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
6.6
Top Fighter 2
Top Fighter 2
5.3
A Haunting in Venice
A Haunting in Venice
6.597
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
7.222
Mechanic: Resurrection
Mechanic: Resurrection
6.025
Jean Todt: The Method
Jean Todt: The Method
7
Best Ever Bond
5
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
10
Wicked: For Good
Wicked: For Good
0
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
4
Purple Mountain
0
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
7.5
Morgan
Morgan
5.8
The Bridge
The Bridge
0
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
6.6
Final Recipe
Final Recipe
6.5
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
6.503
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
7.612
Crazy Rich Asians
Crazy Rich Asians
7.064
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar
7
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes
8.5
Fucking Kassovitz
Fucking Kassovitz
7.4
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Everything Everywhere All at Once
7.754
Dragon Girls!
Dragon Girls!
7.5
Gunpowder Milkshake
Gunpowder Milkshake
6.292
Last Christmas
Last Christmas
7.224
Boss Level
Boss Level
6.862
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
0
Minions: The Rise of Gru
Minions: The Rise of Gru
7.298
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
7.518
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha
7.659
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
10
The Tiger's Apprentice
The Tiger's Apprentice
7.3
Highly Classified: The World of 007
Highly Classified: The World of 007
4
The Secrets of 007
The Secrets of 007
7.9
Fearless
Fearless
7.517
The School for Good and Evil
The School for Good and Evil
7.052
Avatar 4
Avatar 4
0
Avatar 5
Avatar 5
0
Jackie Chan: My Stunts
Jackie Chan: My Stunts
7.2
Wicked
Wicked
6.938
Making Wicked
Making Wicked
8