Michelle Yeoh
Date of birth: 1962-08-06
Place of birth: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng, Michelle Khan, Ziqiong Yang, Chi-King Yeung, Yeoh Choo-kheng, Michelle Kheng, Michelle Yaoh, Yang Zi-Qiong
Biography
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.
Movie Credits
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000-07-06
Two warriors in pursuit of a stolen sword and a notorious fugitive are led to an impetuous, physical
Sunshine
2007-04-05
Fifty years into the future, the sun is dying, and Earth is threatened by arctic temperatures. A tea
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997-12-11
A deranged media mogul is staging international incidents to pit the world's superpowers against eac
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008-07-01
Archaeologist Rick O'Connell travels to China, pitting him against an emperor from the 2,000-year-ol
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992-07-04
A Hong Kong detective teams up with his female Red Chinese counterpart to stop a Chinese drug czar.
Tai-Chi Master
1993-11-18
Falsely accused for cheating in a martial arts competition, two boyhood friends are banished from th
Far North
2008-10-09
In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all
The Touch
2002-08-01
A sister and brother, the last heirs of a family of acrobats, are called upon by a Buddhist monk sec
Wing Chun
1994-03-24
Martial arts expert Wing Chun battles bandits in this magical film that provides as many laughs as i
Babylon A.D.
2008-08-20
A veteran-turned-mercenary is hired to take a young woman with a secret from post-apocalyptic Easter
The Children of Huang Shi
2008-04-03
About young British journalist, George Hogg, who with the assistance of a courageous Australian nurs
Butterfly and Sword
1993-01-16
A loyalist attempts to keep the King's empire from being overthrown by a revolutionary group.
Silver Hawk
2004-01-15
Lulu Wong, a rock star and philanthropist, fights injustice as her superhero alter-ego Silver Hawk.
The Soong Sisters
1997-05-01
The Soong family was a political dynasty in China that reached the highest levels of power. This fil
True Legend
2010-02-09
Su Qi-Er, a wealthy man living during the Qing Dynasty who loses his fortune and reputation as a res
The Heroic Trio
1993-02-12
While one tough woman with an invisible robe has stolen 18 babies for her powerful master, two other
Magnificent Warriors
1987-04-16
A daredevil airplane pilot and spy, who fights against the occupying Japanese forces in China, must
Reign of Assassins
2010-09-01
Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical
Royal Warriors
1986-06-26
When a tough policewoman learns about a group of violent terrorists, she, along with her partner and
Moonlight Express
1999-04-01
On the eve of her wedding, Hitomi loses her fiance Tatsuya to a car accident. She travels to Hong Ko
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998-07-17
Jackie Chan is one of the world's biggest action stars, famed for his wacky sense of humor, remarkab
Supercop 2
1993-10-21
As a crime wave sweeps through Hong Kong, the police call Jessica Yang, a rising star in the ranks,
Star Trek: Section 31
2025-01-15
Emperor Philippa Georgiou joins a secret division of Starfleet tasked with protecting the United Fed
Wonder Seven
1994-04-01
Wonder Seven, a secret group of well-trained government agents in China, has been assigned a case of
Yes, Madam!
1985-11-30
Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport, with a hidde
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011-05-25
Po and his friends fight to stop a peacock villain from conquering China with a deadly new weapon, b
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002-04-16
In their second film compilation following their 'Boogeymen:The Killer Compilation' series, FlixMix
Holy Weapon
1993-06-03
During the Ming dynasty, Mo Kake takes an invincibility drink to defeat the best Japanese warrior, S
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993-09-30
In a post-nuclear world, three superpowered women fight an evil genius controlling the government an
The Lady
2011-11-30
The story of Aung San Suu Kyi as she becomes the core of Burma's democracy movement, and her relatio
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
2020-02-22
Exploring the secrets of China to reveal the beauty of its hidden kingdoms, with unique access to lo
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2023-05-26
Delving into the rise of Asians in Hollywood, in honor of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacifi
The Stunt Woman
1996-10-10
After moving to Hong Kong from China, a young martial artist starts a promising career as a stuntwom
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
2015-12-26
A defiant warrior-monk arrives at Kublai Khan's court in chains and soon earns his tragic nickname i
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019-08-14
The fantastic story of how an ancient martial art, Chinese kung fu, conquered the world through the
The Owl vs Bombo
1984-12-12
Sammo and George Lam are partners in crime and they scam some triad big shot out of a load of money
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
2009-12-09
Renowned actress Michelle Yeoh journeys home to Malaysia to get to know her adopted orangutan, learn
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
1994-12-04
Fun-loving young Shaolin initiates get the better of two bungling assassins hired to chop off the ri
Easy Money
1987-08-20
Millionaire playgirl Ling Young (Michelle Yeoh) spends her free time staging elaborate heists -- not
Rose, c'est Paris
2010-05-05
Bettina Rheims and Serge Bramly's Rose, c'est Paris is both a photographic monograph and a feature-l
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016-02-18
A story of lost love, young love, a legendary sword and one last opportunity at redemption.
Hong Kong Stories
2003-01-01
A documentary about Hong Kong cinema mythology via Julien Carbon and Laurent Courtiaud’s experience
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985-08-15
The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. T
A Haunting in Venice
2023-09-13
Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantl
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023-06-06
When a new threat capable of destroying the entire planet emerges, Optimus Prime and the Autobots mu
Mechanic: Resurrection
2016-08-25
Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps
Jean Todt: The Method
2022-11-13
The Mother
An immigrant mother and businesswoman tries to make a new life for her family in America. But when h
Lady R
70 year old Shen Yanhong (played by Yang Ziqiong) was sent to a nursing home by her son after fallin
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022-07-05
A behind-the-scenes look at Everything Everywhere All at Once, with interviews from the directors/wr
Wicked: For Good
2025-11-19
As an angry mob rises against the Wicked Witch, Glinda and Elphaba will need to come together one fi
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022-12-25
Venture behind the scenes with the stars and creators of "The Witcher: Blood Origin" in an illuminat
Purple Mountain
2008-01-01
Personal accounts from the Japanese occupation of Eastern China during the 1930s when many innocent
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024-11-16
A behind-the-scenes look at the highly-anticipated film Wicked, featuring interviews with the cast a
Morgan
2016-09-01
A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial bein
The Bridge
2024-05-27
Fifty years ago, our country grappled with discrimination that profoundly impacted minority communit
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022-07-14
A hard-on-his-luck hound finds himself in a town full of cats in need of a hero to defend them from
Final Recipe
2013-10-10
Hao's Singaporean restaurant is in danger of going out of business. Hao's grandson, Mark, secretly t
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018-12-20
Following his defeat by Master Ip, Cheung Tin Chi tries to make a life with his young son in Hong Ko
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017-04-19
The Guardians must fight to keep their newfound family together as they unravel the mysteries of Pet
Crazy Rich Asians
2018-08-15
An American-born Chinese economics professor accompanies her boyfriend to Singapore for his best fri
The Legend of Nezha
2018-11-01
Nezha gets into trouble and implicates his parents who are punished by the heavens along with him. H
Fucking Kassovitz
2011-11-16
A making-of of the chaotic production of Mathieu Kassovitz's Babylon A.D. (2008).
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022-03-24
An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save what's impor
Dragon Girls!
2016-07-03
Yves Montmayeur takes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as the starting point for his study of the new
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021-07-14
To protect an 8-year-old girl, a dangerous assassin reunites with her mother and her lethal associat
Last Christmas
2019-11-07
Kate is a young woman who has a habit of making bad decisions, and her last date with disaster occur
Boss Level
2021-02-19
A former special forces agent is trapped in a time loop and relives his death over and over again. T
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001-10-01
Female characters in martial arts films from Hong Kong: the women who played them and the directors
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022-06-29
A fanboy of a supervillain supergroup known as the Vicious 6, Gru hatches a plan to become evil enou
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021-09-01
Shang-Chi must confront the past he thought he left behind when he is drawn into the web of the myst
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005-12-06
In the years before World War II, a penniless Japanese child is torn from her family to work as a ma
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020-09-19
Nations United is a special, first of its kind film, created by the United Nations on its 75th Anniv
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024-02-16
After the death of his grandmother, Tom Lee discovers he is part of a long lineage of magical protec
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998-01-01
His world is full of glamour, mystery and intrigue and now you get to be a part of it! Let gadget wi
The Secrets of 007
1997-12-04
Behind-the-scenes look at more than three decades of the James Bond feature film series.
Fearless
2006-01-26
After going through a series of tragic events in his life, martial arts master Huo Yuanjia returns t
The School for Good and Evil
2022-10-19
Best friends Sophie and Agatha navigate an enchanted school for young heroes and villains — and find
Avatar 4
2029-12-19
The fourth installment of the Avatar franchise.
Avatar 5
2031-12-17
The fifth installment of the Avatar franchise.
Wicked
2024-11-20
In the land of Oz, ostracized and misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba is forced to share a room with
Making Wicked
2024-12-31
Return to Oz for a fantastic behind-the-scenes journey with this expansive look inside the character
The Surgeon
A retired surgeon is abducted and forced to operate on a mystery patient. Though greatly outnumbered
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
2025-08-20
A must-watch special that invites viewers into the thrilling world of Universal's new theme park. Jo
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000-12-08
Documentary on the making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'.
A Conversation with Michelle Yeoh
2000-12-08
Actress Michelle Yeoh discusses her experience making the film 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'.
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025-11-06
Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande lead a one-time-only, two-hour special featuring electrifying perfor
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
2025-11-07
In an exclusive sneak peek, Angela Bishop heads down the yellow brick road to the land of Oz with th