Michelle Yeoh
Acting
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
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movieAvatar 5
2031
Dr. Karina Mogue
movieAvatar 4
2029
Dr. Karina Mogue
movieIt's My Time
2026
Zhao Yanhong
movieSandiwara
2026
The Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger / The Singer
movieWicked: For Good
2025
Madame Morrible
movieStar Trek: Section 31
2025
Philippa Georgiou
movieWicked
2024
Madame Morrible
tvARK: The Animated Series
2024
Mei-Yin Li (voice)
movieThe Tiger's Apprentice
2024
Loo (voice)
tvThe Brothers Sun
2024
Eileen 'Mama' Sun
movieA Haunting in Venice
2023
Joyce Reynolds
movieTransformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
Airazor (voice)
tvAmerican Born Chinese
2023
Guanyin Pusa
movieThe School for Good and Evil
2022
Professor Anemone
moviePaws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
Yuki (voice)
movieMinions: The Rise of Gru
2022
Master Chow (voice)
movieEverything Everywhere All at Once
2022
Evelyn Wang
movieGunpowder Milkshake
2021
Florence
movieBoss Level
2021
Dai Feng
movieThe Hidden Kingdoms of China
2020
Narrator (voice)
movieIron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieMaster Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018
Tso Ngan Kwan
tvStar Trek: Short Treks
2018
Philippa Georgiou
movieCrazy Rich Asians
2018
Eleanor Young
tvStar Trek: Discovery
2017
Captain Philippa Georgiou / Emperor Philippa Georgiou
movieGuardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
Aleta Ogord
movieMorgan
2016
Dr. Lui Cheng
movieDragon Girls!
2016
Herself
tvMarco Polo
2014
Lotus
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Self - Guest
movieThe Lady
2011
Aung San Suu Kyi
movieKung Fu Panda 2
2011
The Soothsayer (voice)
movieReign of Assassins
2010
Zeng Jing
tvStrike Back
2010
Mei Foster
movieTrue Legend
2010
Dr. Yu
movieAmong the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
2009
Self / Narrator
movieFar North
2008
Saiva
movieBabylon A.D.
2008
Sister Rebeka
movieThe Children of Huang Shi
2008
Mrs. Wang
movieSunshine
2007
Corazon
movieFearless
2006
Miss Yang
tvDancing with the Stars
2005
Self - Guest
movieSilver Hawk
2004
Lulu Wong
movieThe Touch
2002
Pak Yin Fay
movieUltimate Fights from the Movies
2002
Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
movieCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
Yu Shu Lien
movieMoonlight Express
1999
Michelle
movieJackie Chan: My Story
1998
Self - 008
movieTomorrow Never Dies
1997
Wai Lin
tvThe View
1997
Self - Guest
movieThe Soong Sisters
1997
Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
movieThe Stunt Woman
1996
Ah Kam
movieWing Chun
1994
Yim Wing Chun
movieSupercop 2
1993
Jessica Yang Jian Wa
movieHeroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993
Ching, Invisible Woman
movieHoly Weapon
1993
Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
movieThe Heroic Trio
1993
Ching, The Invisible Woman
movieButterfly and Sword
1993
Lady Ko
moviePolice Story 3: Super Cop
1992
Captain Jessica Yang
tvLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Self - Guest
movieEasy Money
1987
Michelle Yeung Ling
movieRoyal Warriors
1986
Michelle Yip
movieYes, Madam!
1985
Senior Inspector Ng
movieTwinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985
Judo Instructor
movieThe Owl vs Bombo
1984
Ms. Yeung
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self - Presenter / Self
tvToday
1952
Self
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
movieThe Legend of Nezha
Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
tvBlade Runner 2099
Olwen
Production8
movieIt's My Time
2026
Producer
movieStar Trek: Section 31
2025
Executive Producer
movieFinal Recipe
2013
Executive Producer
movieMy Fair Gentleman
2009
Producer
movieSilver Hawk
2004
Producer
movieThe Touch
2002
Producer
movieNak Muay
Executive Producer
Crew2
Writing1
movieThe Touch
2002
Story