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.
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Credits
- 2031 · Avatar 5 as Dr. Karina Mogue
- 2029 · Avatar 4 as Dr. Karina Mogue
- 2025 · Wicked: For Good as Madame Morrible
- 2025 · Star Trek: Section 31 as Philippa Georgiou
- 2024 · Making Wicked as Self
- 2024 · Wicked as Madame Morrible
- 2024 · Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked as Self
- 2024 · The Bridge as Self
- 2024 · ARK: The Animated Series as Mei-Yin Li (voice)
- 2024 · The Tiger's Apprentice as Loo (voice)
- 2024 · The Brothers Sun as Eileen 'Mama' Sun
- 2023 · A Haunting in Venice as Joyce Reynolds
- 2023 · Transformers: Rise of the Beasts as Airazor (voice)
- 2023 · The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation as Self
- 2023 · American Born Chinese as Guanyin Pusa
- 2022 · The Witcher: Blood Origin as Scían
- 2022 · Making The Witcher: Blood Origin as
- 2022 · Jean Todt: The Method as Self
- 2022 · The School for Good and Evil as Professor Anemone
- 2022 · Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank as Yuki (voice)
- 2022 · Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once as Self
- 2022 · Minions: The Rise of Gru as Master Chow (voice)
- 2022 · Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Wang
- 2021 · Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings as Ying Nan
- 2021 · Gunpowder Milkshake as Florence
- 2021 · Marvel Studios Assembled as Self
- 2021 · Boss Level as Dai Feng
- 2020 · Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times as Self
- 2020 · The Hidden Kingdoms of China as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Last Christmas as Santa
- 2019 · The Kelly Clarkson Show as
- 2019 · Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 · The Ready Room as Self
- 2018 · Master Z: Ip Man Legacy as Tso Ngan Kwan
- 2018 · Star Trek: Short Treks as Philippa Georgiou
- 2018 · Crazy Rich Asians as Eleanor Young
- 2018 · My Legacy and I as
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Captain Philippa Georgiou
- 2017 · Star Trek: Discovery as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
- 2017 · Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Aleta Ogord
- 2016 · Morgan as Dr. Lui Cheng
- 2016 · 鲁豫有约一日行 as
- 2016 · Mechanic: Resurrection as Mei
- 2016 · Dragon Girls! as Herself
- 2016 · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny as Yu Shu Lien
- 2016 · Trump Card as
- 2015 · Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes as Lotus
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as
- 2015 · The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Marco Polo as Lotus
- 2014 · Chef Nic as
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · Final Recipe as Julia
- 2011 · The Lady as Aung San Suu Kyi
- 2011 · Fucking Kassovitz as Self
- 2011 · Kung Fu Panda 2 as The Soothsayer (voice)
- 2010 · Reign of Assassins as Zeng Jing
- 2010 · Strike Back as Mei Foster
- 2010 · Rose, c'est Paris as self
- 2010 · True Legend as Dr. Yu
- 2009 · Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh as Self / Narrator
- 2008 · Far North as Saiva
- 2008 · Babylon A.D. as Sister Rebeka
- 2008 · The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor as Zi Yuan
- 2008 · The Children of Huang Shi as Mrs. Wang
- 2008 · Purple Mountain as
- 2007 · Sunshine as Corazon
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2006 · Fearless as Miss Yang
- 2005 · Memoirs of a Geisha as Mameha
- 2004 · Silver Hawk as Lulu Wong
- 2003 · Hong Kong Stories as Self
- 2002 · Jackie Chan: Fast, Funny and Furious as Self (archive footage)
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Wai Lin (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002 · Bond Girls Are Forever as Wai Lin, 'Tomorrow Never Dies' (archive footage)
- 2002 · The Touch as Pak Yin Fay
- 2002 · Ultimate Fights from the Movies as Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
- 2001 · Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong as Self
- 2000 · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as Yu Shu Lien
- 1999 · Moonlight Express as Michelle
- 1999 · Jackie Chan: My Stunts as (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 1998 · Masters of the Martial Arts Presented by Wesley Snipes as Self (archive footage)
- 1998 · Jackie Chan: My Story as Self - 008
- 1998 · Highly Classified: The World of 007 as
- 1997 · Tomorrow Never Dies as Wai Lin
- 1997 · The Secrets of 007 as Self
- 1997 · The View as Self - Guest
- 1997 · The Soong Sisters as Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
- 1996 · The Stunt Woman as Ah Kam
- 1996 · Top Fighter 2 as Self (Archive Footage)
- 1996 · Jackie Chan - From Stuntman to Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- 1996 · The Daily Show as Self
- 1996 · The Rosie O'Donnell Show as Self
- 1994 · Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple as Ah King
- 1994 · Wonder Seven as Ying
- 1994 · Wing Chun as Yim Wing Chun
- 1993 · Tai-Chi Master as Snow
- 1993 · Supercop 2 as Jessica Yang Jian Wa
- 1993 · Heroic Trio 2: Executioners as Ching, Invisible Woman
- 1993 · Holy Weapon as Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
- 1993 · The Heroic Trio as Ching, The Invisible Woman
- 1993 · Butterfly and Sword as Lady Ko
- 1992 · Police Story 3: Super Cop as Captain Jessica Yang
- 1987 · Easy Money as Michelle Yeung Ling
- 1987 · Magnificent Warriors as Ming
- 1986 · Royal Warriors as Madam Michelle Yip
- 1985 · Yes, Madam! as Senior Inspector Ng
- 1985 · Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars as Judo Instructor
- Future · Blade Runner 2099 as Olwen
- Future · The Legend of Nezha as Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
- 1984 · The Owl vs Bombo as Ms. Yeung
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1952 · Today as Self
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
- 1944 · Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner
- Future · Lady R as 申艳红
- Future · The Mother as
- Future · The Surgeon as