Michelle Yeoh
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1962-08-06 (age 63)
- Place of birth
- Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
- Also known as
- Michelle Yeoh Choo-Kheng · Michelle Khan · Ziqiong Yang · Chi-King Yeung · Yeoh Choo-kheng · Michelle Kheng
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (32)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
The Daily Show
1996
as Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Dancing with the Stars
2005
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self - Guest
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter / Self - Nominee
Trump Card
2016
Marco Polo
2014
as Lotus
Star Trek: Discovery
2017
as Captain Philippa Georgiou / Emperor Philippa Georgiou
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Strike Back
2010
as Mei Foster
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
鲁豫有约一日行
2016
The Ready Room
2019
as Self
Today
1952
as Self
Chef Nic
2014
Marvel Studios Assembled
2021
as Self
The Brothers Sun
2024
as Eileen 'Mama' Sun
American Born Chinese
2023
as Guanyin Pusa
ARK: The Animated Series
2024
as Mei-Yin Li (voice)
The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
as Scían
The Rosie O'Donnell Show
1996
as Self
Star Trek: Short Treks
2018
as Philippa Georgiou
Blade Runner 2099
as Olwen
My Legacy and I
2018
After Trek
2017
Epic Ride: The Story of Universal Theme Parks
2025
as Herself
Movies (90)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Evelyn Wang
Wicked
2024
as Madame Morrible
Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
2021
as Ying Nan
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
2023
as Airazor (voice)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
as Aleta Ogord
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011
as The Soothsayer (voice)
Minions: The Rise of Gru
2022
as Master Chow (voice)
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
2008
as Zi Yuan
Wicked: For Good
2025
as Madame Morrible
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
2000
as Yu Shu Lien
Mechanic: Resurrection
2016
as Mei
Police Story 3: Super Cop
1992
as Captain Jessica Yang
Sunshine
2007
as Corazon
Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank
2022
as Yuki (voice)
The School for Good and Evil
2022
as Professor Anemone
Babylon A.D.
2008
as Sister Rebeka
Tomorrow Never Dies
1997
as Wai Lin
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
1985
as Judo Instructor
Avatar 4
2029
as Dr. Karina Mogue
Fearless
2006
as Miss Yang
A Haunting in Venice
2023
as Joyce Reynolds
Memoirs of a Geisha
2005
as Mameha
Boss Level
2021
as Dai Feng
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
2016
as Yu Shu Lien
Crazy Rich Asians
2018
as Eleanor Young
True Legend
2010
as Dr. Yu
Morgan
2016
as Dr. Lui Cheng
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018
as Tso Ngan Kwan
Last Christmas
2019
as Santa
Gunpowder Milkshake
2021
as Florence
Reign of Assassins
2010
as Zeng Jing
Yes, Madam!
1985
as Senior Inspector Ng
The Tiger's Apprentice
2024
as Loo (voice)
Avatar 5
2031
as Dr. Karina Mogue
Royal Warriors
1986
as Michelle Yip
Star Trek: Section 31
2025
as Philippa Georgiou
Dragon Girls!
2016
as Herself
Tai-Chi Master
1993
as Snow
Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
1994
as Ah King
Supercop 2
1993
as Jessica Yang Jian Wa
Silver Hawk
2004
as Lulu Wong
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Jackie Chan: My Story
1998
as Self - 008
Wing Chun
1994
as Yim Wing Chun
The Lady
2011
as Aung San Suu Kyi
The Touch
2002
as Pak Yin Fay
Heroic Trio 2: Executioners
1993
as Ching, Invisible Woman
The Heroic Trio
1993
as Ching, The Invisible Woman
Ultimate Fights from the Movies
2002
as Yu Sau Lien (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) (archive footage)
Defying Gravity: The Curtain Rises on Wicked
2024
as Self
The Soong Sisters
1997
as Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
Marco Polo: One Hundred Eyes
2015
as Lotus
Magnificent Warriors
1987
as Ming
Final Recipe
2013
as Julia
Moonlight Express
1999
as Michelle
The Children of Huang Shi
2008
as Mrs. Wang
The Making of 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'
2000
as Self
The Stunt Woman
1996
as Ah Kam
Making The Witcher: Blood Origin
2022
The Owl vs Bombo
1984
as Ms. Yeung
Butterfly and Sword
1993
as Lady Ko
Wonder Seven
1994
as Ying
Easy Money
1987
as Michelle Yeung Ling
Holy Weapon
1993
as Mon Ching Sze / To Col Ching
Grit & Polish: Heroines from Hong Kong
2001
as Self
Wicked: One Wonderful Night
2025
as Self
Sandiwara
2026
as The Critic / The Hawker / The Waitress / The Vlogger / The Singer
Far North
2008
as Saiva
Making Wicked
2024
as Self
Lady R
as 赵艳红
Hong Kong Stories
2003
as Self
The Legend of Nezha
as Yin Rong (Lady Yin)
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
2020
as Self
Highly Classified: The World of 007
1998
as Self
Rose, c'est Paris
2010
as self
Inside the Worlds of Epic Universe
2025
as Self
Almost Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Everything Everywhere All at Once
2022
as Self
Fucking Kassovitz
2011
as Self
The Secrets of 007
1997
as Self
The New Face of Hollywood – A Soul of a Nation Presentation
2023
as Self
The Surgeon
Making Wicked: For Good
2025
as Self
The Bridge
2024
as Self
Among the Great Apes with Michelle Yeoh
2009
as Self / Narrator
Purple Mountain
2008
The Mother
Wicked: For Good - A Sneak Peek
2025
as Self
Jean Todt: The Method
2022
as Self
The Hidden Kingdoms of China
2020
as Narrator (voice)
A Conversation with Michelle Yeoh
2000
as Self
About 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 perform… With 122 credits spanning from 1944 to 2031, Michelle Yeoh has appeared in 90 films and 32 TV shows.
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- Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) — as Evelyn Wang
- Wicked (2024) — as Madame Morrible
- Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021) — as Ying Nan
- Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023) — as Airazor (voice)
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) — as Aleta Ogord
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