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Michelle Yeoh

Actor, Producer, Additional CreditsBorn August 6, 1962 (62 years)
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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Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Tai Chi Master
  • Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy
  • True Legend
  • Reign of Assassins
  • Wing Chun
  • Magnificent Warriors

Known For

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
  • Tomorrow Never Dies
  • Sunshine
  • Crazy Rich Asians
  • Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
  • Wicked
  • Memoirs of a Geisha
  • Kung Fu Panda 2
  • Last Christmas
  • The Brothers Sun
  • The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
  • Mechanic: Resurrection
  • Babylon A.D.
  • Star Trek: Section 31
  • Supercop
  • Minions: The Rise of Gru
  • A Haunting in Venice
  • Gunpowder Milkshake
  • Boss Level
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
  • Star Trek: Discovery
  • Reign of Assassins
  • Morgan

Featured Videos

    Filmography

    2031
    Avatar 5 · as Dr. Karina Mogue
    2029
    Avatar 4 · as Dr. Karina Mogue
    2025
    2025
    Wicked: For Good · as Madame Morrible
    2025
    Ne Zha II · as Lady Yin
    2025
    Star Trek: Section 31 · as Philippa Georgiou
    2024
    Wicked · as Madame Morrible
    2024
    ARK: The Animated Series (TV Series) · as Mei-Yin Li (voice)
    2024
    The Tiger's Apprentice · as Loo (voice)
    2024
    The Brothers Sun (TV Series) · as Eileen 'mama' Sun
    2023
    A Haunting in Venice · as Joyce Reynolds
    2023
    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts · as Airazor (voice)
    2023
    American Born Chinese (TV Series) · as Guanyin Pusa
    2022
    The Witcher: Blood Origin (TV Series) · as Scían
    2022
    2022
    The School for Good and Evil · as Professor Anemone
    2022
    2022
    Minions: The Rise of Gru · as Master Chow (voice)
    2022
    2021
    2021
    Gunpowder Milkshake · as Florence
    2020
    Boss Level · as Dai Feng
    2020
    Star Trek: Discovery Logs (TV Series) · as Philippa Georgiou
    2020
    The Hidden Kingdoms of China · as Narrator (voice)
    2019
    Last Christmas · as Santa
    2019
    2018
    2018
    Star Trek: Short Treks (TV Series) · as Philippa Georgiou
    2018
    Crazy Rich Asians · as Eleanor Young
    2018
    Oscars 2018: The Nominations · as Drowning Victim
    2017
    Star Trek: Discovery (TV Series) · as Emperor Philippa Georgiou
    2017
    2016
    Morgan · as Dr. Lui Cheng
    2016
    2016
    2015
    2014
    Marco Polo (2014) (TV Series) · as Lotus
    2013
    Final Recipe · as Julia
    2011
    The Lady · as Aung San Suu Kyi
    2011
    Kung Fu Panda 2 · as The Soothsayer (voice)
    2010
    2010
    Strike Back (TV Series) · as Mei Foster
    2010
    2008
    Babylon A.D. · as Sister Rebeka
    2008
    2008
    2008
    2007
    Far North · as Saiva
    2007
    Sunshine · as Corazon
    2006
    Fearless · as Miss Yang
    2005
    Memoirs of a Geisha · as Mameha
    2004
    Silver Hawk · as Lulu Wong
    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)
    2000
    1999
    Moonlight Express · as Michelle
    1999
    Jackie Chan: My Stunts · as (archive Footage) (uncredited)
    1998
    1997
    Tomorrow Never Dies · as Wai Lin
    1997
    The Soong Sisters · as Soong Ai Ling / Madam Kung
    1996
    The Stunt Woman · as Ah Kam
    1994
    1994
    Wonder Seven · as Ying
    1994
    Wing Chun · as Yim Wing Chun
    1993
    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
    Supercop · as Captain Jessica Yang
    1987
    Easy Money · as Michelle Yeung Ling
    1987
    1986
    Royal Warriors · as Madam Michelle Yip
    1985
    Yes, Madam! · as Senior Inspector Ng
    1985
    Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars · as Judo Instructor
    1984
    The Owl vs. Bumbo · as Ms. Yeung
    Blade Runner 2099 (TV Series) · as Olwen

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