Michelle Yeoh

Acting

Born Aug 06, 1962

From Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

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.

Michelle Yeoh

Known For

Wicked

Wicked: For Good

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Kung Fu Panda 2

Crazy Rich Asians

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

Filmography — Acting

Wicked

Wicked: For Good

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Kung Fu Panda 2

Crazy Rich Asians

Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

Minions: The Rise of Gru

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

Tomorrow Never Dies

True Legend

Mechanic: Resurrection

Sunshine

Memoirs of a Geisha

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

A Haunting in Venice

Fearless

Boss Level

The School for Good and Evil

Avatar 4

Yes, Madam!

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

The Heroic Trio

Police Story 3: Super Cop

Reign of Assassins

Royal Warriors

Babylon A.D.

Jackie Chan: My Story

Last Christmas

Gunpowder Milkshake

Supercop 2

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny

Executioners

Star Trek: Section 31

The Tiger's Apprentice

Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank

Avatar 5

Moonlight Express

Tai-Chi Master

The Soong Sisters

Holy Weapon

Magnificent Warriors

Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple

Morgan

The Stunt Woman

Silver Hawk

Butterfly and Sword

The Owl vs Bombo

Wing Chun

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks

The Legend of Nezha

Wonder Seven

Rose, c'est Paris

The Children of Huang Shi

The Touch

The Lady

Final Recipe

Wicked: One Wonderful Night

Easy Money

Lady R

Ultimate Fights from the Movies

Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes

Sandiwara

The Secrets of 007

Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked