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