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Michelle Yeoh
Michelle Yeoh’s screen credits include Ying Nan in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Mameha in Memoirs of a Geisha, and The Soothsayer (voice) in Kung Fu Panda 2.
Born August 6, 1962 Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia4 movies on MoviHero
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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. …
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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.
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- 2031Avatar 5Dr. Karina MogueUpcoming
- 2029Avatar 4Dr. Karina MogueUpcoming
- 2027The SurgeonDr. Eliza LinUpcoming
- 2026It's My TimeProducer · Zhao Yanhong
- 2026SandiwaraThe Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger / The Singer
- 2025Making Wicked: For GoodSelf
- 2025Wicked: For GoodMadame Morrible
- 2025Wicked: For Good - A Sneak PeekSelf
- 2025Wicked: One Wonderful NightSelf
- 2025Inside the Worlds of Epic UniverseSelf
- 2025Star Trek: Section 31Producer · Philippa Georgiou
- 2024Making WickedSelf
- 2024Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on WickedSelf
- 2024WickedMadame Morrible
- 2024The BridgeSelf
- 2024The Tiger's ApprenticeLoo (voice)
- 2023A Haunting in VeniceJoyce Reynolds
- 2023Transformers: Rise of the BeastsAirazor (voice)
- 2023The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation PresentationSelf
- 2022Making The Witcher: Blood OriginActor
- 2022Jean Todt: The MethodSelf
- 2022The School for Good and EvilProfessor Anemone
- 2022Paws of Fury: The Legend of HankYuki (voice)
- 2022Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at OnceSelf
- 2022Minions: The Rise of GruMaster Chow (voice)
- 2022Everything Everywhere All at OnceEvelyn Wang
- 2021Gunpowder MilkshakeFlorence
- 2021Boss LevelDai Feng
- 2020Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent TimesSelf
- 2020The Hidden Kingdoms of ChinaNarrator (voice)
- 2019Last ChristmasSanta
- 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu KicksSelf (archive footage)
- 2018Master Z: Ip Man LegacyTso Ngan Kwan
- 2018Crazy Rich AsiansEleanor Young
- 2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Aleta Ogord
- 2016MorganDr. Lui Cheng
- 2016Mechanic: ResurrectionMei
- 2016Dragon Girls!Herself
- 2016Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of DestinyYu Shu Lien
- 2015Marco Polo: One Hundred EyesLotus
- 2013Final RecipeProducer · Julia
- 2011The LadyAung San Suu Kyi
- 2011Fucking KassovitzSelf
- 2010Reign of AssassinsZeng Jing
- 2010Rose, c'est Parisself
- 2010True LegendDr. Yu
- 2009Among the Great Apes with Michelle YeohSelf / Narrator
- 2009My Fair GentlemanProducer
- 2008Far NorthSaiva
- 2008Babylon A.D.Sister Rebeka
- 2008The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon EmperorZi Yuan
- 2008The Children of Huang ShiMrs. Wang
- 2008Purple MountainActor
- 2007SunshineCorazon
- 2006FearlessMiss Yang
- 2004Silver HawkProducer · Lulu Wong
- 2003Hong Kong StoriesSelf
- 2002Bond Girls Are ForeverHerself
- 2002The TouchProducer · Writer · Pak Yin Fay
- 2002Ultimate Fights from the MoviesYu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
- 2001Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong KongSelf
- 2000A Conversation with Michelle YeohSelf
- 2000The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'Self
- 1999Moonlight ExpressMichelle
- 1998Jackie Chan: My StorySelf - 008
- 1998Highly Classified: The World of 007Self
- 1997Tomorrow Never DiesWai Lin
- 1997The Secrets of 007Self
- 1997The Soong SistersSoong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
- 1996The Stunt WomanAh Kam
- 1994Shaolin Popey II: Messy TempleAh King
- 1994Wonder SevenYing
- 1994Wing ChunYim Wing Chun
- 1993Tai-Chi MasterSnow
- 1993Supercop 2Jessica Yang Jian Wa
- 1993Heroic Trio 2: ExecutionersChing, Invisible Woman
- 1993Holy WeaponMon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
- 1993The Heroic TrioChing, The Invisible Woman
- 1993Butterfly and SwordLady Ko
- 1992Police Story 3: Super CopCaptain Jessica Yang
- 1987Easy MoneyMichelle Yeung Ling
- 1987Magnificent WarriorsMing
- 1986Royal WarriorsMichelle Yip
- 1985Yes, Madam!Senior Inspector Ng
- 1985Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky StarsJudo Instructor
- 1984The Owl vs BomboMs. Yeung
- Billion Dollar WhaleProducer
- Nak MuayProducer
- The Legend of NezhaYin Rong (Lady Yin)
- The MotherActor
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